The Destroyer (Alec Empire album)

The Destroyer
The Destroyer
Studio album by Alec Empire
Released	June 1996
Recorded	February 12, 1994 - April 1996
Studio	Empire Studios (Berlin, Germany)
Genre	Digital hardcore, breakcore
Length	72:32 ; 74:39 (US)
Label	Digital Hardcore Recordings
Producer	Alec Empire
Alec Empire chronology

The Destroyer is an album by electronic artist Alec Empire, his first on his own record label Digital Hardcore Recordings, released in 1996 in Europe and a revised version in 1998 in United States. Destroyer is also the name given to a series of EPs by Empire released two years before. Unlike his previous albums for Mille Plateaux, The Destroyer had a much heavier sound more akin to that of his band Atari Teenage Riot, and is considered one of the earliest examples of a breakcore record. Producer Enduser named the album as an inspiration for his music.^[3] The album peaked at #54 on the CMJ Radio Top 200 in the U.S.^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	6.7/10^[2]

Track listing edit

1996 European CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	Untitled	0:21
2.	"We All Die!"	7:07
3.	"Suicide"	4:54
4.	"Bang Your Head!"	5:37
5.	"Don't Lie, White Girl!"	4:35
6.	"Fire Bombing"	4:17
7.	"I Just Wanna Destroy..."	4:51
8.	"Bonus Beats"	4:03
9.	"Nobody Gets Out Alive!"	5:34
10.	"My Body Cannot Die"	4:25
11.	"The Peak"	3:54
12.	"Heartbeat That Isn't There"	3:08
13.	"I Don't Care What Happens"	5:11
14.	"My Face Would Crack"	6:46
15.	"Pleasure Is Our Business (Live!)"	7:42
16.	Untitled	0:07
Total length:		72:32

1998 US CD Edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hard Like It's A Pose" (previously released on Funk Riot Beat)	5:49
2.	"What Are You Talking About" (previously released on No Safety Pin Sex E.P.)	5:01
3.	"Down With The Shit" (previously released on Funk Riot Beat)	4:51
4.	"We All Die!"	7:07
5.	"Suicide"	4:54
6.	"Bang Your Head!"	5:36
7.	"Heartbeat That Isn't There"	3:06
8.	"Nobody Gets Out Alive!"	5:33
9.	"Fire Bombing"	4:16
10.	"The Peak"	3:56
11.	"Bonus Beats"	4:03
12.	"I Don't Care What Happens"	5:11
13.	"My Face Would Crack"	6:47
14.	"Pleasure Is Our Business (Live!)"	7:39
Total length:		73:49

References edit

^ Allmusic review
^ Richard-San, Mark. "Alec Empire - The Destroyer". pitchforkmedia.com. Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2017-10-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Ilyas, Sofia (2011-06-05). "Outliers in Emotion: Enduser". www.trebuchet-magazine.com. Trebuchet Magazine. Retrieved 2019-01-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Helms, Colin (2 November 1998). "CMJ Radio Top 200" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 56 (594). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 46–50. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

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[1] Allmusic review

[p4k-2] Richard-San, Mark. "Alec Empire - The Destroyer". pitchforkmedia.com. Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2017-10-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[TM-3] Ilyas, Sofia (2011-06-05). "Outliers in Emotion: Enduser". www.trebuchet-magazine.com. Trebuchet Magazine. Retrieved 2019-01-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[cmj-11-98-4] Helms, Colin (2 November 1998). "CMJ Radio Top 200" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 56 (594). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 46–50. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

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