Day of Reckoning (Destruction album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Day of Reckoning

| type = studio

| artist = Destruction

| cover = Destruction - Day of Reckoning.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2011|2|18|df=y}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/band/discography/details/118723.70956.day-of-reckoning.html |title=Day Of Reckoning by DESTRUCTION – info and shop at Nuclear Blast – Nuclear Blast |author= |date= |website=www.nuclearblast.de |publisher=Nuclear Blast |accessdate=30 December 2014}}

| recorded = 2010

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Thrash metal

| length = {{Duration |m=46 |s=45}}

| label = Nuclear Blast

| producer =

| prev_title = D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = Spiritual Genocide

| next_year = 2012

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC =

| rev1 = About.com

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|last1=Pacheco|first1=MetalGeorge|title=Destruction – 'Day Of Reckoning'|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/destruction/gr/Destruction-Day-Of-Reckoning-Review.htm|website=heavymetal.about.com|publisher=About.com|accessdate=28 October 2014|archive-date=28 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028163510/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/destruction/gr/Destruction-Day-Of-Reckoning-Review.htm|url-status=dead}}

| rev2 = AllMusic

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic | class = album | id = mw0002095362| label = Day of Reckoning | accessdate = 28 October 2014}}

| rev3 = Exclaim!

| rev3Score = favourable{{cite web|last1=Pratt|first1=Greg|title=Destruction Day of Reckoning|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Metal/destruction-day_of_reckoning|website=exclaim.ca|accessdate=28 October 2014}}

| rev4 = PopMatters

| rev4Score = 8/10{{cite web|last1=Begrand|first1=Adrien|title=Destruction: Day of Reckoning|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/137918-destruction-day-of-reckoning/|website=popmatters.com|date=20 March 2011 |accessdate=28 October 2014}}

| rev5 = Rock Hard

| rev5Score = 8/10{{cite web|last1=Kühnemund|first1=Götz|title=RH #286|url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=26741|website=Rock Hard|accessdate=28 October 2014}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Day of Reckoning is the eleventh studio album by German thrash metal band Destruction. It was released on 18 February 2011 in Europe and 8 March 2011 in North America via Nuclear Blast.{{Citation |title=Destruction - Day Of Reckoning |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6848900-Destruction-Day-Of-Reckoning |language=en |access-date=2022-09-25}} The first limited edition of the album does not have the band's logo on the booklet while the vinyl version and second pressing of the CD show a red Destruction logo on it.

This is the first album to feature their new drummer Vaaver.{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=149787 |title=DESTRUCTION Frontman: 'It Feels Great To Be A Real Band Again' |date=22 November 2010 |website= |access-date=21 December 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911173716/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=149787 |archive-date=11 September 2012 |url-status=dead}} The first statements from the band are promising, for the oldschool fans, a more fast and turbulent album than the 2008 studio record D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. that will go more 'back to the roots'. On 18 December 2010 in Portugal they played "Hate Is My Fuel" for the first time. Day of Reckoning sold over 800 copies in its first week in the U.S.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=155382|title=DESTRUCTION: 'Day Of Reckoning' First-Week Sales Revealed|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=21 December 2021}}