The Destruction of Everything is the Beginning of Something New is the debut album

Album

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 by Adair

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Adair was an American post-hardcore/screamo band from St. Louis, Missouri. The members of the band had performed together in St. Louis for eight years before formally founding Adair in 2001. The five-member band consisted of local St...

. It was released on February 21, 2006. The first single was "The Diamond Ring

The Diamond Ring (song)

The Diamond Ring is song by the St. Louis, Missouri originating, post-hardcore band, Adair. The song was the first single off the band's debut album, The Destruction of Everything is the Beginning of Something New.-Music video:...

" and it is available to hear at MySpace

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, along with another two songs from the album, entitled "Barricade the Doors" and "The Art of Staying Alive". The album's title, artwork, and lyrics use the story of the ancient city of Pompeii

Pompeii

The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning...

 as an allegory

Allegory

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 for the band's reconstruction and rebirth.

Track listing

1. "The Destruction of Everything (Valley of Fire)"
2. "Barricade the Doors"
3. "The Art of Staying Alive"
4. "I Buried My Heart In Cosmo Park"
5. "Separate Your Jaw"
6. "Folding and Unfolding"
7. "The Prison Island"
8. "The Diamond Ring
   The Diamond Ring (song)
   The Diamond Ring is song by the St. Louis, Missouri originating, post-hardcore band, Adair. The song was the first single off the band's debut album, The Destruction of Everything is the Beginning of Something New.-Music video:...
   
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9. "In the Corner, Quietly Dying"
10. "Mouths Join in the Cold"
11. "Vanity and Death (Their Faces Crumbled Away)"
12. "The Ghosts of Who We Were"
13. "The Beginning of Something New (City of Hope)"