The Industrial Twilight: Jag Panzer - "Ample Destruction" [1984]

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Jag Panzer - "Ample Destruction" [1984]

Artist: Jag Panzer

Title: Ample Destruction

Genre: Heavy Metal

Country: USA

Release date: 1984

Track List:

Licensed to Kill
Warfare
Symphony of Terror
Harder than Steel
Generally Hostile
The Watching
Reign of the Tyrants
Cardiac Arrest
The Crucifix

An absolutely classic album for the American heavy metal scene, recorded by then-unknown young band and released on a small independent label, thus remaining only an underground hit until early 1990s, when it was re-released on Metal Blade records. The subsequent album "Dissident Alliance" (1994) turned out to be a total disappointment, but, fortunately, the band got back on the right track later on.

"Ample Destruction" is often called one of the seminal USPM albums, but I have to say it sounds significantly harsher than the works by other bands from that scene I've posted here before (Omen, Hittman, Fifth Angel, etc.) Even the song titles give an impression of a thrash metal album rather than a heavy/power one. Anyway, it's a great album, especially the side A (tracks 1-5), where literally very track is a hit:

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