Instruments of Destruction

The Transformers: The Movie insert song
And it got worse from there.
"Instruments of Destruction"
Performed by:	N.R.G.
Genre:	Heavy Metal
Written by:	Ernest Petrangelo, Robin Ward and Steven Serpa
Produced by:	Ernie Burns

"Instruments of Destruction" is a heavy metal song by the band N.R.G., featured in the album The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

The song plays in The Transformers: The Movie during one of the first scenes which sets the tone for the remainder of the movie; the scene where the Decepticons brutally massacre the crew of an Autobot shuttle.

Album releases

• 1986 — The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Scotti Bros. Records)
• 2001 — N.R.G.: Transformed (Independent release) — New recording, plus the original "Unreleased Unedited" and instrumental versions.
• 2007 — The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: 20th Anniversary Edition (Legacy Recordings)

Notes

• The band considers the "Instruments of Destruction" era to be one of their most fulfilling, and are very proud to have it featured in Transformers. ^[1]
• There exist two versions of this song, the "unreleased unedited" one mentioned above (which was also used in live performances) and the "censored" version used in the movie. Differences in the lyrics are as follows:
  • The original version of the very first line is "Iron birds of foreplay". In the censored version, that is toned down to "Iron birds of fortune".
  • "Flying tools of torture" becomes "Flying tools of torment".
  • A repeated change occurs in the chorus, where "It's a violent seduction" is replaced by "It's a violent eruption".
• A "30th Anniversary Edition" of the song was released in 2016, featuring its co-writer Ernie "Burns" Petrangelo alongside guitarist Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake, Dio, Dead Daisies, and Lion), singer Mark Boals (Yngwie Malmsteen) and drummer Larry Aberman (Jimmy and Stevie Ray Vaughn 'Family Style', David Lee Roth) under the name "Machine Regime". This recording also uses the "uncensored" lyrics.^[2]
• It donated its name to a squad in Angry Birds Transformers, made up of Soundwave, Soundblaster, and Blaster.

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