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)
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^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. ISSN0890-0795. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
