Editing Use Once and Destroy

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Use Once and Destroy
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Superjoint Ritual]]
| cover      = SuperjointRitual-UseOnceandDestroy.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 21, 2002
| recorded   = 
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Balance Productions|Balance Recordings Studios]], [[Mandeville, Louisiana]]
| genre      = [[Sludge metal]], [[hardcore punk]], [[thrash metal]]
| length     = 49:10
| label      = [[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]]
| producer   = [[Dave Fortman]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[A Lethal Dose of American Hatred]]
| next_year  = 2003
}}

{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic" >{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r590058|pure_url=yes}}|title=Use Once and Destroy - Superjoint Ritual|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Use Once and Destroy''''' is the debut studio album by American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Superjoint Ritual]], released on May 21, 2002.<ref name="allmusic" /> The guitar and bass work was done by [[Phil Anselmo]] and [[Eyehategod]]'s [[Jimmy Bower]]. Drumming was performed by Joe Fazzio. For touring bass duties, the band recruited [[Hank Williams III]]. Anselmo did not want to play bass live because he wanted to focus mainly on singing.

''Use Once and Destroy'' is a slightly different approach to music than the work of [[Pantera]], one of Anselmo's other bands. It has been described as a mix of [[hardcore punk]] and [[sludge metal]].<ref name="revolver" >{{Cite web|date=April 17, 2019|title=Fan Poll: 5 Best Songs Under 2 Minutes|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/fan-poll-5-best-songs-under-2-minutes|access-date=January 9, 2021|website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] called it "some of the most intense heavy [[thrash metal]] to be released in 2002".<ref name="allmusic" />

The album was re-released in 2006 through [[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]] / Mayan Records, featuring bonus tracks.

On May 20, 2022, [[Revolver Magazine]] respectively reissued the album on a 2LP vinyl cover to celebrate its 20th-anniversary milestone, as well as their second follow-up album, ''[[A Lethal Dose of American Hatred]]''. The 20th-anniversary edition art covers were designed by [[Child Bite]] lead vocalist Shawn Knight.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/superjoint-ritual-first-2-albums-reissued-vinyl-use-once-and-destroy-20th-anniversary|title = Superjoint Ritual: First 2 albums reissued on vinyl for 'Use Once and Destroy' 20th anniversary|date = May 20, 2022}}</ref>

==Music videos==
"Fuck Your Enemy" had a music video, directed by [[Jim Van Bebber]]. With its short song length, it found considerable airplay on ''[[Uranium (TV series)|Uranium]]'' throughout 2003. The black and white video begins by passing a door with a sign that reads "Hippies use side door". It then features the band performing in Phil's studio, Nosferatu's Lair, with its walls covered in music posters and logos. Brief shots have the band humorously playing [[air guitar]] and drums before reverting to actual instrument performance footage. The song title would be censored as "F*** Your Enemy".

"The Alcoholik" also had a music video, directed by Jim Van Bebber. The video starts with a couple of various shots of the band playing along with the song vigorously. Superjoint and [[Eyehategod]] guitarist and [[Down (band)|Down]] drummer [[Jimmy Bower]] appears as an actor by drinking numerous couple of beer bottles while watching [[NASCAR]] on television. It then proceeds as Bower runs to the toilet by breaking the door down, signifying the "PINEAL GLAND" meter as full. The process continues while Bower goes back to drinking alcoholic beverages and smoking cigarettes while on the couch as various shots of Bower were made outside the home. Two unidentified actors came in to force Bower to drink more while the music plays. Various posters and logos were used, including the [[Flags of the Confederate States of America|Confederate flag]] at the end of the music video.

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| title1 = Oblivious Maximus
| length1 = 2:33
| title2 = It Takes No Guts
| length2 = 2:06
| title3 = Everyone Hates Everyone
| length3 = 3:49
| title4 = The Introvert
| length4 = 3:46
| title5 = The Alcoholik
| length5 = 2:30
| title6 = Fuck Your Enemy
| length6 = 1:40
| title7 = 4 Songs
| length7 = 6:18
| title8 = Messages
| length8 = 2:01
| title9 = All of Our Lives Will Get Tried
| length9 = 3:21
| title10 = Antifaith
| length10 = 2:14
| title11 = Ozena
| length11 = 3:56
| title12 = Drug Your Love
| length12 = 2:51
| title13 = Haunted Hated
| length13 = 2:40
| title14 = Stupid, Stupid Man
| length14 = 2:33
| title15 = Creepy Crawl
| length15 = 1:54
| title16 = Superjoint Ritual
| length16 = 6:34
| total_length = 50:46
}}

{{track listing
| headline = 2006 reissue bonus tracks
| title17 = Starvation Trip
| length17 = 1:23
| note17 = demo
| title18 = Little H
| length18 = 2:05
| note18 = demo
| total_length = 54:14
}}

==Personnel==
;Superjoint Ritual
*[[Phil Anselmo]] – vocals, guitars, bass
*[[Jimmy Bower]] – guitars, bass
*Joe Fazzio – drums

;Production
*[[Dave Fortman]] – engineering, mixing, producer
*Mark Casselman – mastering
*Joe Fazzio – artwork, design
*Keith Neltner – design
*Neil Zlozower – photography

==Chart positions==
'''Album''' - [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] (United States)
{| class="wikitable" 
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="left" valign="top"|Chart
!align="left" valign="top"|Position
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2002
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Billboard 200]]
|align="left" valign="top"|87
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2002
|align="left" valign="top"|[[Top Independent Albums]]
|align="left" valign="top"|5
|}

==References==
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[[Category:2002 debut albums]]
[[Category:Superjoint albums]]
[[Category:Sanctuary Records albums]]