Birth of Malice is the sixteenth studio album by the German thrash metal band Destruction. It was released on 7 March 2025 through Napalm Records. Background. On 6 June 2024, the band released a new single, titled "No Kings - No Masters", in anticipation of their seventeenth studio album "Birth of Malice", which was released on 7 March 2025. The album charts at #29 on French Rock & Metal Albums