Destruction - Infernal Overkill (1985)

Destruction - Infernal Overkill (1985)

Tracklist front / back album covers download

1. "Invincible Force"   4:20

2. "Death Trap"   5:49

3. "The Ritual"   5:11

4. "Tormentor"   5:06

5. "Bestial Invasion"   4:36

6. "Thrash Attack" (instrumental)   2:56

7. "Antichrist"   3:44

8. "Black Death"   7:39

Total length:   39:26

 

Destruction Band Members / Musicians

Schmier – bass, vocals

Mike Sifringer – guitars

Tommy Sandmann – drums

Udo Linke – cover painting

Arranged and produced by Destruction

Recorded and engineered by Horst "The Crazy Frog" Müller

Mastered by Teldec Press in Berlin, Germany

Infernal Overkill is the first full-length album by German thrash metal band Destruction, released on May 24, 1985.

The album was re-released on February 23, 2018.

Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in 1982. They are often credited as one of the "Big Four" of the German thrash metal scene, the others being Kreator, Sodom and Tankard. In addition to helping pioneer black metal by containing several elements of what was to become the genre, Destruction was part of the second wave of thrash metal in the mid-to-late 1980s, along with American bands like Testament, Sacred Reich, Death Angel and Dark Angel. For most of the 1990s, the band was not signed to a record label and was forced to self-produce their albums until they signed a contract with Nuclear Blast in the early 2000s.

Destruction Band Members / Musicians

Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer – bass (1982–1989, 1999–present), lead vocals (1984–1989, 1999–present)

Randy Black – drums (2018–present)

Damir Eskic – lead guitar, backing vocals (2019–present)

Martin Furia – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2021–present)

Mike Sifringer – rhythm guitar (1982–1989, 1990–2021), lead guitar (1982–1987, 1990–1993, 1999–2019), bass (1989–1993)

Tommy Sandmann – drums (1982–1987)

Ulf – vocals (1982–1984)

Oliver "Olly" Kaiser – drums (1987–1999)

Harry Wilkens – lead guitar (1987–1990), rhythm guitar (1989–1990)

André Grieder – lead vocals (1989–1990)

Thomas Rosenmerkel – vocals (1993–1999)

Michael "Ano" Piranio – lead guitar (1993–1999)

Christian Engler – bass (1993–1999)

Sven Vormann – drums (1999–2001)

Marc Reign – drums, backing vocals (2001–2010)

Wawrzyniec "Vaaver" Dramowicz – drums, backing vocals (2010–2018)

Destruction Discography Full

1985 Infernal Overkill

1986 Eternal Devastation

1987 Release from Agony

1990 Cracked Brain

1998 The Least Successful Human Cannonball

2000 All Hell Breaks Loose

2001 The Antichrist

2003 Metal Discharge

2005 Inventor of Evil

2008 D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.

2011 Day of Reckoning

2012 Spiritual Genocide

2016 Under Attack

2019 Born to Perish

2022 Diabolical