Mad Butcher Explained

Mad Butcher
Type:ep
Artist:Destruction
Cover:Destructionmadbutcher.jpg
Released:6 March 1987
Recorded:December 1986 at Karo Studio
Genre:Thrash metal
Length:18:56
Label:Steamhammer/SPV
Producer:Kalle Trapp
Prev Title:Eternal Devastation
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:Release from Agony
Next Year:1987

Mad Butcher is the second EP by German thrash metal band Destruction, released on 6 March 1987. It is the band's first studio recording featuring a four-piece lineup instead of a trio. Tommy Sandmann had left the band and two new members had entered the group: a new drummer, Oliver Kaiser, and a new guitarist, Harry Wilkens.

"Mad Butcher", the first song of the album, is a re-recording from the Sentence of Death EP with a faster tempo and double solos from Sifringer and Wilkens. The second song, "The Damned", is a cover song of the Plasmatics. The third song, "Reject Emotions", is a power ballad. Finally, "The Last Judgement" is an instrumental song played by Wilkens.

Personnel

Destruction
Production