Ample Destruction

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Ample Destruction
Ample Destruction cover
Studio album by Jag Panzer
Released 1984
Genre Power Metal
Length 39:09
Label Azra (original U.S.)
Metalcore (1990 reissue)
Metal Blade (1991 reissue)
Jag Panzer chronology
Ample Destruction
(1984)		 Dissident Alliance
(1994)

Ample Destruction is the first studio album released by American power metal band Jag Panzer, released in 1984. It is a very influential album in American power metal[citation needed], Jag Panzer being one of the first bands in America to alter a basic heavy metal sound to bring about the elements in power metal. Originally released on Azra Records, a small independent label, it received poor marketing from the label, and thus became only an underground hit amongst the metal community, and was bootlegged repeatedly. The band lost Conklin and Tafolla soon after the release to other projects, and the band went through several line-up changes until finally reuniting in a semi-stable form in 1997, with the release of The Fourth Judgement.

Contents

[edit] Songs

  1. "Licenced to Kill" – 3:02
  2. "Warfare" – 5:11
  3. "Symphony of Terror" – 4:24
  4. "Harder Than Steel" – 4:54
  5. "Generally Hostile" – 3:20
  6. "The Watching" – 4:10
  7. "Reign of the Tyrants" – 3:33
  8. "Cardiac Arrest" – 3:12
  9. "The Crucifix" – 7:19

[edit] Re-release

  1. "Battlezones" - 3:38
  2. "Death Row" - 2:56
  3. "Metal Melts With Ice" - 4:10
  4. "Iron Shadows" - 5:54
  5. "Tower Of Darkness" - 2:20
  6. "Licence to Kill" – 3:02
  7. "Warfare" – 5:11
  8. "Symphony of Terror" – 4:24
  9. "Harder Than Steel" – 4:54
  10. "Generally Hostile" – 3:20
  11. "The Watching" – 4:10
  12. "Reign of the Tyrants" – 3:33
  13. "Cardiac Arrest" – 3:12
  14. "The Crucifix" – 7:19
  15. "Instrumental" - 0:59
  16. "Black Sunday" - 2:51
  17. "Eyes Of The Night" - 6:06
  18. "Fallen Angel" - 3:13

[edit] Album line-up

  • Harry Conklin - Vocals
  • Mark Briody - Guitar
  • Joey Tafolla - Guitar
  • John Tetley - Bass guitar
  • Rick Hilyard - Drums

[edit] Re-issues

The album was re-issued officially twice by two different companies, though the tracklistings were the same, with three bonus tracks; "Black Sunday", "Eyes of the Night" and "Lying Deceiver".

There is also one other version of the album which includes four tracks from "Tyrants" EP ("Battlezones", "Death Row", "Metal Melts With Ice" and "Iron Shadows") one track from "Tyrants" era ("Tower Of Darkness") and four unreleased tracks from "Ample Destruction" Era ("Instrumental", "Black Sunday", "Eyes Of The Night" and "Fallen Angel").This version was marketed by AZRA INTERNATIONAL and includes lyrics for all 18 tracks.

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