Destruction (baund)

Destruction
Destruction at the Wacken Festival in 2007
Background information
OreiginWeil am Rhein, Germany
GenresThrash metal, speed Metal
Years active1982–present
LabelsSteamhammer, Nuclear Blast, AFM
Wabsteidwww.destruction.de/
MembersSchmier
Mike Sifringer
Vaaver (Wawrzyniec Dramowicz)
Past membersThomas Rosenmerkel
Harry Wilkens
Michael "Ano" Piranio
Christian Engler
Tommy Sandmann
Oliver "Olly" Kaiser
Sven Vormann
Marc Reign

Destruction is a German thrash metal baund. They are considered ane o the "three keengs" o the Teutonic thrash metal scene, the ithers being Kreator an Sodom. Aw three o these baunds are aften creditit wi helpin pioneer daith metal, bi containing several elements o wha wis tae become the genre.

For maist o the 1990s, Destruction wur no signed tae a major record label an wis forcit tae sel-produce their albums, till they signed a contract wi Nuclear Blast in the 2000s.

Members

Current members

  • Vocals, Bass: Schmier (1982–1989, 1999–Present)
  • Guitars: Mike Sifringer (1982–Present)
  • Drums: Vaaver (Wawrzyniec Dramowicz) (2010–Present)

Umwhile members

  • Vocals: André Grieder (1990)
  • Vocals: Thomas Rosenmerkel (1993–1999)
  • Guitars: Harry Wilkens (1987–1990)
  • Guitars: Michael 'Ano' Piranio (1993–1999)
  • Drums: Tommy Sandmann (1982–1987)
  • Drums: Oliver 'Olly' Kaiser (1987–1999)
  • Drums: Sven Vormann (1999–2002)
  • Drums, Backing Vocals: Marc Reign (2002–2010)

Guest muisickers

  • Vocals: Peter Tägtgren (2000)

Tägtgren appeared wi Schmier on the track Total Desaster 2000 frae the All Hell Breaks Loose album.

  • Vocals: Peter 'Biff' Byford (2005)
  • Vocals: Doro Pesch (2005)
  • Vocals: Stian 'Shagrath' Thorensen (2005)
  • Vocals: Björn 'Speed' Strid (2005)
  • Vocals: Paul Dianno (2005)
  • Vocals: Messiah Marcolin (2005)
  • Vocals: Mark Osegueda (2005)
  • Vocals: Peter 'Peavy' Wagner (2005)
  • Vocals: Peter Tägtgren (2005)

Aw o these airtists, wi Schmier, wur featured on the same sang, 2005's "The Alliance of Hellhoundz", frae the Inventor of Evil album.

  • Vocals: Peter 'Peavy' Wagner (2007)
  • Vocals: Oddleif Stensland (2007)
  • Vocals: Bobby 'Blitz' Ellsworth (2007)
  • Vocals: Tom 'Angelripper' Such (2007)

All of these artists, with Schmier, appeared at the Wacken Open-Air Festival in 2007 on the track The Alliance of Hellhoundz, recorded for the 2009 live album The Curse of The Antichrist: Live In Agony.

  • Guitar: Ol Drake (live 2009, studio 2011)

Evile guitarist, he played the Caos Emergent Festival in Portugal on 13 September, as a replacement for Mike Sifringer who brak twa fingers in Belgium at the Vlamrock Festival on 29 August. Then went on tae play as Destruction's seicont guitarist as a guest onstage at Damnation Festival.

Follaein this, Drake wis invitit tae play some solos an melodies on the 2011 album Day of Reckoning

Discography

Studio albums

  • Infernal Overkill (1985)
  • Eternal Devastation (1986)
  • Release from Agony (1988)
  • Cracked Brain (1990)
  • The Least Successful Human Cannonball (1998)
  • All Hell Breaks Loose (2000)
  • The Antichrist (2001)
  • Metal Discharge (2003)
  • Inventor of Evil (2005)
  • D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. (2008)
  • Day of Reckoning (2011)

EPs

  • Sentence of Death (1984)
  • Mad Butcher (1987)
  • Destruction (1993)
  • Them Not Me (1995)

Live albums

  • Live Without Sense (1988/1989)
  • Alive Devastation (2002)
  • The Curse of The Antichrist: Live In Agony (2009)

Compilation

  • The Best of Destruction (1998)
  • Thrash Anthems (2007)

DVDs

  • Alive Devastation (2002)
  • Live Discharge (2004)
  • A Savage Symphony - The History of Annihilation (2010)

Demos

  • Bestial Invasion Of Hell (1984)
  • The Butcher Strikes Back (1999)

Freemit airtins

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