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Everything mostly missing from the various Mille Plateaux releases turns up here in spades: blasting, nuclear- strength, high-speed hip-hop loops; in- your-face, belligerent samples; and conversational snippets -- the works. As with Atari Teenage Riot, Empire's sheer humorlessness becomes terribly funny upon reflection. There's no doubting his passion, to be sure, but the liberal use of exclamation points in his titles ("We All Die!," "Bang Your Head!," "Nobody Gets Out Alive!") is just one example where his enthusiasm better suits a satiric sketch about rebels more than anything else. As with his main band's other work, though, once past the window dressing he serves, his music in The Destroyer becomes a thrilling proposition from the get-go. Where the goal is righteous, invigorating action, Empire's almost without peer. If he seems doomed to essentially plow the same musical furrow again and again -- ironically dating himself more and more with time as a result -- the variations he comes up with often turn out to be winners. Opening track "Hard Like It's a Pose" sets the tone: the barked sample that provides the title fed through studio treatment, the clever and very carefully arranged layering of massive beat-slams, balancing chaos and calculation, and more. Empire's highlight of his solo career appears here, "The Peak." Combining barreling drum loops, huge distortion crunches, and a voice claiming "When you've reached your peak, it's time to die!," it's a truly compelling example of Empire's work. A slight ringer concludes the album -- a live (or rather, "Live!") recording of "Pleasure Is Our Business" from a couple of years previous that has its moments -- but mostly this is Empire at his frenetic, take-no-prisoners best. Originally released in Europe only back in 1996, the US version (finally released in 1998) contains an alternate track listing and alternate album art. Missing are 5 tracks from the original European release. In their place are 3 full length tracks from previous Alec Empire albums. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ This release is enviromentally friendly!! │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ ░ ░ ▒ We're not going to write your usual ▒ ▒█▓ cliched disclaimer here about supp- ▒█▓ ▒█░█▓ orting the artists and buying their ▒█░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ cd's and not spreading this release ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ on p2p networks. No, we're going to ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ be honest with one another for just ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ a moment. By searching for this ▒█░░░█▓ ▒▒▒█░░░█▓▓▓ release and downloading it, you're ▒▒▒█░░░█▓▓▓ ▒▒████░░░████▓▓ admitting that your sole intention ▒▒████░░░████▓▓ ▒██░░░░░░░░░░░██▓ is to pirate this cd and there's ▒██░░░░░░░░░░░██▓ ░▒█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░█▓░ nothing i can say or do to make you ░▒█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░█▓░ ▒██░░░░░░░░░░░██▓ purchase this cd after listening. ▒██░░░░░░░░░░░██▓ ▒▒████░░░████▓▓ ▒▒████░░░████▓▓ ▒▒▒█░░░█▓ Now there are a few honest folks ▒▒▒█░░░█▓▓▓ ▒█░░░█▓ out there who abide by the try it ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ before you it buy it formula, and ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ while we do admire that, we think ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ you guys are full of shit too. You ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░█▓ & i both know you're headed off to ▒█░█▓ ▒█▓ eBay aka "the worlds largest garage ▒█▓ ▒ sale" to purchase it & in the grand ▒ ░ scheme of things, the artists won't ░ see a penny of it. Your money will ░ however be going into the hands of ░ ▒ the USPS, Paypal, more middle men, ▒ ▒█▓ and then into the pocket of some ▒█▓ ▒█░█▓ jerkoff at another corporation ▒█░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ completely unrelated to the artist. ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ Hey,chances are you the honest user ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ will be the one purchasing this cd ▒█░░░█▓ ▒▒▒█░░░█▓▓▓ when i auction it off on eBay a few ▒▒▒█░░░█▓▓▓ ▒▒████░░░████▓▓ weeks from now. So you're a thief, ▒▒████░░░████▓▓ ▒██░░░░░░░░░░░██▓ i'm a thief, your mom's a thief & a ▒██░░░░░░░░░░░██▓ ░▒█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░█▓░ whore, we're all thiefs and whores. ░▒█░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░█▓░ ▒██░░░░░░░░░░░██▓ ▒██░░░░░░░░░░░██▓ ▒▒████░░░████▓▓ If you truly want to support your ▒▒████░░░████▓▓ ▒▒▒█░░░█▓▓▓ favorite artists, go to the shows, ▒▒▒█░░░█▓▓▓ ▒█░░░█▓ buy the t-shirts, tell your friends ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ about your favorite band, & purchase ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ everything directly from the artists ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░░░█▓ themselves. Take a stand against ▒█░░░█▓ ▒█░█▓ soulless corporate conglomerates and ▒█░█▓ ▒█▓ fight the future. ▒█▓ ▒ -Valour 2008 ▒ ░ ░ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Saving the world, one release at a time!! │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘