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DESTRUCTION
line up: Marcel 'Schmier' Schirmer (vocals/bass)
Michael Siffringer (guitar)
Harald Wilkens (guitar)
Oliver Kaiser (drums)
This band is formed in '84 by Marcel Schirmer, Michael Siffringer and Thomas
Sandmann (drums). Soon they record the demo "Bestial Invasion from Hell" and
get a deal with the German Steamhammer label. In december of '84 the mini album
"Sentence of Death", followed in May '85 by their first real album "Infernal
Overkill". To promote the album they tour in Germany as support act for Slayer.
In the meantime the album is also released in the U.S. by Metal Blade records.
In the autumn of '85 they go to Canada and play at the 'World War III' festival
with Voivod, Posessed, Nasty Savage and Celtic Frost. In '86 the second album,
"Eternal Devastation" is released. After this release Harald Wilkens joins the
band but drummer Sandmann leaves. During a big tour with Kreator and Rage, he's
temporary replaced by Sodom-drummer Witchhunter. End of '86 they get a new
drummer: Oliver Kaiser. A mini-LP "Mad Butcher" is released, and becomes the
biggest success so far. After this, "Release of Agony" is recorded, and the
group tours with Motorhead through Europe. This is followed in july of '88,
when they play as headliner at the 'New Music Seminar' in New York, with
Testament, Agnt Steel and Hallows Eve, followed by concerts with Flotsam &
Jetsam and Overkill. In september of '88 they play in Vienna, and these
concerts are recorded for their live album, released in '89..
albums: Infernal Overkill (Steamhammer '85)
Eternal Devastation (Steamhammer '86)
Release of Agony (Steamhammer '87)
Live without Sense (Noise '89)
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