Day of Reckoning (Destruction album)

Day of Reckoning
Studio album by
Destruction
Released18 February 2011 (2011-02-18)[1]
Recorded2010
GenreThrash metal
Length46:45
LabelNuclear Blast
Destruction chronology
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
(2008) 		Day of Reckoning
(2011) 		Spiritual Genocide
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
AllMusic[3]
Exclaim!favourable[4]
PopMatters8/10[5]
Rock Hard8/10[6]

Day of Reckoning is the eleventh studio album by German thrash metal band Destruction. It was released on 18 February 2011 in Europe and 8 March 2011 in North America via Nuclear Blast.[7] The first limited edition of the album does not have the band's logo on the booklet while the vinyl version and second pressing of the CD show a red Destruction logo on it.

This is the first album to feature their new drummer Vaaver.[8] The first statements from the band are promising, for the oldschool fans, a more fast and turbulent album than the 2008 studio record D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. that will go more 'back to the roots'. On 18 December 2010 in Portugal they played "Hate Is My Fuel" for the first time. Day of Reckoning sold over 800 copies in its first week in the U.S.[9]

  1. ^ "Day Of Reckoning by DESTRUCTION – info and shop at Nuclear Blast – Nuclear Blast". www.nuclearblast.de. Nuclear Blast. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. ^ Pacheco, MetalGeorge. "Destruction – 'Day Of Reckoning'". heavymetal.about.com. About.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  3. ^ Day of Reckoning at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. ^ Pratt, Greg. "Destruction Day of Reckoning". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  5. ^ Begrand, Adrien (20 March 2011). "Destruction: Day of Reckoning". popmatters.com. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  6. ^ Kühnemund, Götz. "RH #286". Rock Hard. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  7. ^ Destruction - Day Of Reckoning, retrieved 25 September 2022
  8. ^ "DESTRUCTION Frontman: 'It Feels Great To Be A Real Band Again'". 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  9. ^ "DESTRUCTION: 'Day Of Reckoning' First-Week Sales Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 21 December 2021.