All Hell Breaks Loose (Destruction album)

All Hell Breaks Loose is the sixth studio album by German thrash metal band Destruction, released on 25 April 2000 by Nuclear Blast. It was the first official album released since Cracked Brain in 1990, and the first with Schmier returning to vocals and bass since Release from Agony in 1987. It also marks the return of the band to a three-piece lineup.^[4]

All Hell Breaks Loose
Studio album by Destruction
Released	25 April 2000 (2000-4-25)[1]
Recorded	December 1999
Studio	Abyss Studios, Pärlby, Sweden
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	45:28
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Peter Tägtgren, Destruction
Destruction chronology
The Least Successful Human Cannonball (1998) All Hell Breaks Loose (2000) The Antichrist (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Exclaim!	favorable[2]
Rock Hard	9.5/10[3]

The album includes a cover of Metallica song "Whiplash".^[5]

Content

Although All Hell Breaks Loose is considered to be a return to thrash metal roots for Destruction, it still retains some of the groove metal influences from the band's 1990s releases from their "Neo-Destruction" period.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"		0:43
2.	"The Final Curtain"		4:26
3.	"Machinery of Lies"		3:42
4.	"Tears of Blood"		4:03
5.	"Devastation of Your Soul"		4:10
6.	"The Butcher Strikes Back"		3:08
7.	"World Domination of Pain"		4:05
8.	"X-Treme Measures"		4:54
9.	"All Hell Breaks Loose"		5:40
10.	"Total Desaster 2000"	Schirmer, Sifringer, Sandmann	3:07
11.	"Visual Prostitution"		3:51
12.	"Kingdom of Damnation"		3:37
13.	"Whiplash" (Metallica cover)	Hetfield, Ulrich	3:31
Total length:			45:28

All tracks are written by Schirmer and Sifringer, except where noted

Limited edition bonus disc: Bestial Invasion of Hell demo

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mad Butcher"	3:43
2.	"Total Desaster"	3:27
3.	"Antichrist"	3:40
4.	"Front Beast"	1:55
5.	"Satan's Vengeance"	2:52
6.	"Tormentor"	4:12

Note

• "Whiplash" is a hidden bonus track on some copies of the record.

Personnel

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

Destruction

• Schmier – bass, vocals
• Mike Sifringer – guitars
• Sven Vormann – drums

Guest musicians

• Peter Tägtgren – guitars, vocals on "Total Desaster 2000"

Production

• Peter Tägtgren – production, recording
• Destruction – production, recording

Artwork and design

• Joachim Luetke – cover artwork
• Dirk Gohr – layout
• Axel Jusseit – photography

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8]	67