The Destroyer (Alec Empire album)

1996 studio album by Alec Empire

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

Hypermodern Jazz
(1996)

The Destroyer
(1996)

Les Étoiles des Filles Mortes
(1996)

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

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]

Track listing

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

^ 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.

External links

The Destroyer CD at Discogs
The Destroyer LP at Discogs
The Destroyer on Bandcamp
Official Digital Hardcore Recordings site

Alec Empire

Studio albums

Solo	Generation Star Wars Low on Ice (The Iceland Sessions) Hypermodern Jazz 2000.5 The Destroyer Les Étoiles des Filles Mortes Miss Black America Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley Intelligence and Sacrifice Futurist The Golden Foretaste of Heaven
as Death Funk	Funk Riot Beat
as DJ 6666 feat. The Illegals	Death Breathing
as Nintendo Teenage Robots	We Punk Einheit!
with Techno Animal	Curse of the Golden Vampire