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Unreferenced|date=December 2010Infobox musical artist| name = Destruction| image = Wacken 2007 Destruction by Caroline Lauder LOUDER IMAGES 258.jpg| caption = Destruction at the Wacken Festival in 2007| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Weil am Rhein , Germany | genre = Thrash metal | years_active = 1982& ndash;present| label = Steamhammer Records|Steamhammer , Nuclear Blast , AFM | associated_acts =| website = http://www.destruction.de/ www.destruction.de/| current_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 band. They are considered one of the "three kings" of the Teutonic thrash metal scene, the others being Kreator and Sodom (band)|Sodom . All three of these bands are often credited with helping pioneer death metal, by containing several elements of what was to become the genre. Destruction were originally named Knight of Demon but changed their name in 1984.
For most of the 1990s, Destruction were not signed to a major record label and was forced to self-produce their albums, until they signed a contract with Nuclear Blast in the 2000s.
Biography
Inspired by Iron Maiden , Mercyful Fate , Motörhead and Venom (band)|Venom . Destruction was formed as "Knight of Demon" in 1982. The original line-up featured vocalist and bassist Marcel Schirmer|Marcel 'Schmier' Schirmer , drummer Tommy Sandmann , and guitarist Mike Sifringer . They soon changed their name to "Destruction" and released a demo titled Bestial Invasion of Hell in 1984. After this the group signed with Steamhammer Records and released an EP titled Sentence Of Death later that year.
Destruction released their first full-length album titled Infernal Overkill in 1985, followed by Eternal Devastation in 1986. The trio then added a second guitarist, Harry Wilkens, and released the EP Mad Butcher in 1987, followed by the full length album Release from Agony in 1988, then a live recording Live Without Sense in 1989, and Cracked Brain in 1990. In 1989, Schmier left the band and Mike Sifringer continued to release albums under the moniker of "Neo-Destruction".
In 1999, Schmier rejoined, and things began to look up for the band as they signed a record deal with Nuclear Blast . They then released three more albums: All Hell Breaks Loose (album)|All Hell Breaks Loose in 2000, The Antichrist (album)|The Antichrist in 2001, and Metal Discharge in 2003. The band would then sign with AFM Records and release Inventor of Evil in 2005. The band's latest album, Day Of Reckoning , was released in February 2011.
A European tour with Overkill is scheduled for March 2011. Headlining dates in South America and North America are being planned for April and May.
All of these artists, with Schmier, were featured on the same song, 2005's "The Alliance of Hellhoundz", from the Inventor of Evil album.
Vocals: Peavy Wagner|Peter 'Peavy' Wagner (2007)
Vocals: Oddleif Stensland (2007)
Vocals: Bobby Ellsworth|Bobby 'Blitz' Ellsworth (2007)
Vocals: Tom Angelripper|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 September 13, as a replacement for Mike Sifringer who broke two fingers in Belgium at the Vlamrock Festival on August 29. Then went on to play as Destruction's second guitarist as a guest onstage at Damnation Festival.
Following this, Drake was invited to play some solos and melodies on the 2011 album Day of Reckoning
