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in the United States. The album features three guitarists as guest appearances — Gary Holt of

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and Jeff Waters of Annihilator, both playing solos in the song "Urge (The Greed of Gain)", in addition to

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. All the first letters of each track on the record spell out the word "devolution".

Track listing

Personnel

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes. ;Destruction * Schmier –

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, vocals * Mike Sifringer – guitars * Marc Reign –

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;Guest musicians *

– guitar solo on "D.evolution" * Harry Wilkens – guitar solo on "E.levator to Hell" * V.O. Pulver – guitar solo on "E.levator to Hell" * Jacob Hansen – guitar solo on "L.ast Desperate Scream", "O.dyssey of Frustration" * Gary Holt – guitar solo on "U.rge (The Greed of Gain)" * Jeff Waters – guitar solo on "U.rge (The Greed of Gain)" * Flemming C. Lund (ex- Invocator) – guitar solo on "O.dyssey of Frustration" ;Additional musicians * Asbjörn Steffensen – backing vocals * Jeppe S. Nielsen – backing vocals * Torsten Madsen – backing vocals * Kasper Kierkegaard – backing vocals * Jan B. Jepsen – backing vocals * Jacob Hansen – backing vocals * Jeppe Andersson – backing vocals ;Production * Destruction – production * Jacob Hansen – production, mixing, mastering ** Jeppe Andersson – assisting engineering * Martin Pagaard – drum tech ;Artwork and design * Gyula Havancsák – Cover art * Katja Piolka – photography (Schirmer only)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Devolution 2008 albums Destruction (band) albums AFM Records albums