Thrash Anthems

Thrash Anthems is an album released by the German thrash metal band Destruction on January 19, 2007.^[6] It comprises re-recordings of old songs and two new ones: "Deposition (Your Heads Will Roll)" and "Profanity".

Thrash Anthems
Studio album / compilation album by Destruction
Released	19 January 2007 (2007-01-19)
Recorded	October–November 2006
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	72:14
Label	AFM
Producer	Destruction
Destruction chronology
Inventor of Evil (2005) Thrash Anthems (2007) D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
AllMusic	[2]
Blabbermouth.net	8/10[3]
Exclaim!	favorable[4]
Rock Hard	9/10[5]

The limited digipak edition includes one bonus track ("Eternal Ban") and a video clip for "Total Desaster".^{[citation needed]} The 2-LP version does not include the bonus track and the running order of the tracks is partly different. A sequel to this album titled Thrash Anthems II was released in November 2017 and features a selection of other classic songs that have been newly re-recorded.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Destruction except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Bestial Invasion"		Infernal Overkill	4:38
2.	"Profanity"	Sifringer, Schirmer		5:56
3.	"Release from Agony"		Release from Agony	4:36
4.	"Mad Butcher"		Mad Butcher	3:45
5.	"Reject Emotions"		Mad Butcher	5:52
6.	"Death Trap"		Infernal Overkill	4:52
7.	"Cracked Brain"		Cracked Brain	3:46
8.	"Life Without Sense"		Eternal Devastation	6:22
9.	"Total Desaster"		Sentence of Death	3:26
10.	"Deposition (Your Heads Will Roll)"	Sifringer, Schirmer		5:11
11.	"Invincible Force"		Infernal Overkill	3:44
12.	"Sign of Fear"		Release from Agony	6:36
13.	"Tormentor"		Infernal Overkill	3:55
14.	"Unconscious Ruins"		Release from Agony	4:17
15.	"Curse the Gods"		Eternal Devastation	5:16
Total length:				72:14

Limited digipack edition bonus track

No.	Title	Original Album	Length
16.	"Eternal Ban"	Eternal Devastation	3:14
Total length:			75:28

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[7]

Personnel

Destruction

• Schmier – bass, lead vocals
• Mike Sifringer – guitars
• Marc Reign – drums, backing vocals

Guest musicians

• Harry Wilkens – guitar solo on "Release from Agony", "Cracked Brain"
• Jacob Hansen – guitar solo on "Death Trap", "Invincible Force"
• V.O. Pulver – guitar solo on "Unconscious Ruins"

Additional musicians

• V.O. Pulver – backing vocals
• Franky Winkelmann – backing vocals
• Harry Wilkens – backing vocals
• Andre Grieder – backing vocals
• Ramona Götz – backing vocals

Production

• Destruction – production
• V.O. Pulver – engineering
• Gero Krenz – engineering
• Franky Winkelmann – engineering
• Jacob Hansen – mixing, mastering

Artwork and design

• Marco Schirmer – artwork
• Katja Piolka – photography

Studios

• House of Music Studios, Winterbach, Germany – recording
• Little Creek Studio, Gelterkinden, Switzerland – recording
• Hansen Studios, Ribe, Denmark – mixing, mastering