Destruction (baund)
Destruction | |
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Destruction at the Wacken Festival in 2007 | |
Background information | |
Oreigin | Weil am Rhein, Germany |
Genres | Thrash metal, speed Metal |
Years active | 1982–present |
Labels | Steamhammer, Nuclear Blast, AFM |
Wabsteid | www.destruction.de/ |
Members | Schmier Mike Sifringer Vaaver (Wawrzyniec Dramowicz) |
Past members | Thomas 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
[eedit | eedit soorce]Current members
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Vocals, Bass: Schmier (1982–1989, 1999–Present)
- Guitars: Mike Sifringer (1982–Present)
- Drums: Vaaver (Wawrzyniec Dramowicz) (2010–Present)
Umwhile members
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 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
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 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
[eedit | eedit soorce]Studio albums
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 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
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Sentence of Death (1984)
- Mad Butcher (1987)
- Destruction (1993)
- Them Not Me (1995)
Live albums
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Live Without Sense (1988/1989)
- Alive Devastation (2002)
- The Curse of The Antichrist: Live In Agony (2009)
Compilation
[eedit | eedit soorce]- The Best of Destruction (1998)
- Thrash Anthems (2007)
DVDs
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Alive Devastation (2002)
- Live Discharge (2004)
- A Savage Symphony - The History of Annihilation (2010)
Demos
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Bestial Invasion Of Hell (1984)
- The Butcher Strikes Back (1999)
Freemit airtins
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