Mad Butcher

This article is about the album by Destruction. For the New Zealand businessman known as The Mad Butcher, see Peter Leitch (Mad Butcher).

Mad Butcher
EP by Destruction
Released	6 March 1987
Recorded	December 1986 at Karo Studio
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	18:56
Label	Steamhammer/SPV
Producer	Kalle Trapp
Destruction chronology
Eternal Devastation (1986) Mad Butcher (1987) Release from Agony (1987)

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Mad Butcher is the second EP by German thrash metal band Destruction, released on 6 March 1987. It is the band's first studio recording featuring a four-piece lineup instead of a trio. Tommy Sandmann had left the band and two new members had entered the group: a new drummer, Oliver Kaiser, and a new guitarist, Harry Wilkens.

"Mad Butcher", the first song of the album, is a re-recording from the Sentence of Death EP with a faster tempo and double solos from Sifringer and Wilkens. The second song, "The Damned", is a cover song of the Plasmatics. The third song, "Reject Emotions", is a power ballad, but not really. Finally, "The Last Judgement" is an instrumental song played by Wilkens.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mad Butcher"	5:01
2.	"The Damned" (Plasmatics cover)	3:54
3.	"Reject Emotions"	6:50
4.	"The Last Judgement" (instrumental)	3:11
Total length:		18:56

Personnel

Destruction

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

Production

• Sebastian Krüger – cover painting
• Kalle Trapp – producer, mixing, recording