Destroyer of the Void

Destroyer of the Void
Studio album by
Blitzen Trapper
ReleasedJune 8, 2010 (2010-06-08)
GenreAlternative country
Length45:56 [1]
LabelSub Pop
Blitzen Trapper chronology
Black River Killer
(2009) 		Destroyer of the Void
(2010) 		American Goldwing
(2011)

Destroyer of the Void is the fifth studio album by Blitzen Trapper released on June 8, 2010 on Sub Pop Records.[2][3] Following their commercial breakthrough, Furr, Destroyer was a hit in its own right. Destroyer of the Void put Blitzen Trapper in the top 100 of Billboard's Top 200 chart for the first time - peaking at #88[4] - while the album had even more success on the Top Independent Album charts, hitting #11 there.[5]

Unusually, lead songwriter and singer Eric Earley didn't title the album, which was named by multi-instrumentalist Marty Marquis. Earley admitted, "I couldn’t think of a name for it."[6]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[8]
Consequence of Sound[9]
Pitchfork Media[10]
PopMatters[11]
Spectrum Culture[12]
Spin[13]
War on Pop[14]
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  2. ^ "Sub Pop Records : Blitzen Trapper : Destroyer of the Void". Subpop.com. 2010-04-17. Archived from the original on 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  3. ^ "Amazon.com: Destroyer of the Void: Blitzen Trapper: Music". Amazon. Archived from the original on 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  4. ^ "Billboard Top 200: 06/26/2010". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2015-10-14. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Billboard Independent Album Chart: 06/26/2010". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2015-10-30. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  6. ^ Gopalan, Nisha. "Blitzen Trapper's Eric Earley on His Father, Murderers, and Why He Hates Park Rangers". Vulure. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Destroyer of the Void by Blitzen Trapper". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  8. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Review: Destroyer of the Void". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  9. ^ "Consequence of Sound review". Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  10. ^ "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2010-06-05. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  11. ^ "PopMatters review". Archived from the original on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  12. ^ "Spectrum Culture review". Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  13. ^ "Spin review". 24 May 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  14. ^ "War on Pop review". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-08-28.