Mike recurrently plays the more melodic riffs, shredding and high note scrambling solos. Damir regularly grinds and thrashes, sometimes it sounds brutal or ugly depending on the composition. Mike is also a founding member of the band and is one of the best lead guitarists in the genre. The new rhythm guitarist is thirty nine year old Damir Eskic from Switzerland and who is active with Gonoreas. The backup vocals are subtle with lower pitched growling that enhances the emotion of the compositions. He often displays angry and somewhat grim shouting with a moderate quality of throatiness. “Phantoms and ghosts are declared lords, gods and hosts!” “Creatures of fable can’t manipulate the mortality table!” Schmier is one of the founding members of the band, was fired in nineteen eighty nine and then rehired ten years later. The drummer throws down unrestrainedly, while the vocalist yells with his distinctive tenor voice.
The tempo picks up with more grinding, as the lead guitarist shreds at the high notes and the bassist plays hyperactive rhythms. Then the vocalist grimly growls to set the temperament of intensity. The album commences with the title track and about thirty seconds worth of introductory grinding and uproarious drum beats. They have added a rhythm guitarist, to sport a dual guitar attack for the first time in twenty one years, since The Least Successful Human Cannonball. There have been a couple of lineup changes, there is a new drummer, because Vaaver quit the band last year to spend time with his family. The centerfold shows a dimly lit photo of the band members having some drinks backstage before a gig. The album art depicts a two headed eagle, which is symbolic of an empire and it’s surrounded by skulls placed on top of sticks. This new CD comes in a plastic case, with a thick booklet. However the twenty sixteen album, Under Attack, was less flashy and more dramatic. Their twenty twelve release, Spiritual Genocide, offered a headbanging mix of melodic shredding and explosive thrashing. 09.11.This year the big four of German thrash is proudly being represented by Destruction.A Breitenstein - Metal Escalation Festival This is a new chapter in the long, impressive history of the band. The brand-new line-up featuring the Canadian drum animal Randy Black and Swiss shred-master Damir Eskić, together with veterans Schmier and Mike, is here to bring you musical destruction. The stunning cover artwork was created by acclaimed artist Gyula from Hungary, who has also created artwork for ANNIHILATOR, GRAVE DIGGER, STRATOVARIUS, TANKARD and many more. The recordings for ✻orn To Perish« took place from January to March 2019 in the Little Creek Studio in Switzerland under the aegis of long time intimate VO Pulver. The only thing I can say is, that the song maybe has the most oldschool feel on the new album! Inspired by Death - enjoy every breath!” The visualizer video for INSPIRED BY DEATH stands for itself and does not really need too much of an introduction. The new squad hits hard & we have an amazing chemistry in the band that you can hear on this record! Vocalist & bassist Schmier adds: „I have the feeling that this is album will be another benchmark in the 35 year turbulent career of the band. Original guitar slinger Mike states: „Enjoy the exciting fresh wind that the new line up brings into the well oiled wrecking machine! We had a blast doing this album, I hope you have the same enjoyment listening to it now! THRASH hardest!!!“ Check out the infectious song and accompanying video In celebration of the momentous event, the band has premiered a visualizer video for "Inspired by Death". Legendary German thrashers DESTRUCTION are proud to unleash their 17th studio record, ✻orn to Perish«, today via Nuclear Blast.
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