Destruction (baund)

**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 (album)|All Hell Breaks Loose]]* (2000)
**[[The Antichrist (album)|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 (EP)|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
**[[All Hell Breaks Loose (album)#All Hell Breaks Loose (limited Edition; Incl. Bestial Invasion From Hell Demo)|Bestial Invasion Of Hell]]* (1984)
**The Butcher Strikes Back* (1999)

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial wabsteid
*Interview With Mike Sifringer