Release from Agony
Studio album by Destruction
Released	1 December 1987
Recorded	September 1987
Studio	Karo Studio, Münster, West Germany
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	37:20
Label	Steamhammer/SPV
Producer	Kalle Trapp
Destruction chronology
Mad Butcher (1987) Release from Agony (1987) Live Without Sense (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rock Hard	9.0/10[2]

Release from Agony is the third studio album by Germanthrash metal bandDestruction, released on December 1, 1987 bySteamhammer/SPV in mainly Europe, and in 1988 byProfile/Rock Hotel Records in North America. This was their last studio album to feature bassist and lead vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer until he rejoined the band in 1999.

Metal Hammer included the album cover on their list of "50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever".^[3]

Destruction

• Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer – bass, vocals
• Mike Sifringer – guitars
• Harry Wilkens – guitars
• Oliver "Olli" Kaiser – drums

Production

• Kalle Trapp – production, recording, engineering, mixing
• Joachim Luetke – cover art

• Release from Agony atAllMusic

• Destruction (band) albums
• 1987 albums
• SPV/Steamhammer albums

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