[Cover photo credit to Jennifer Gruber]
Following their 40-year-anniversary tour through South America and Europe, German Thrash Metal band Destruction have announced their 16th studio album, Birth Of Malice, arriving March 7, 2024 via Napalm Records.
As with their previous album Diabolical (2022), Destruction keep things raw, but also bring “a touch more variety and groove” this time and stick with “a direct, clean sound.”
The band have released the self-titled single, “Destruction”, and as it’s named after the band, it contains everything that sums up the band. With lyrics “celebrating their outcast origins and unbreakable metal spirit,” “Destruction” is a tribute to over 40 years of Thrash.
Destruction says about the new track:
The crushing song ‘Destruction’ is the perfect opener for this album: it builds a bridge between our old school sound and riffing, including song title phrases from classic DESTRUCTION tracks and more shredding & melodic twin lead guitars, that will pinch your brain with its razorsharp leads!
The message ‘we are DESTRUCTION’ unites us with our fans worldwide and manifests the bond we have together!I see this track in the tradition of a cult song like ‘Curse the Gods’ in the way it is composed – a thrash metal rollercoaster ride galore!
Schmier says about the accompanying video:
We filmed this clip in Sao Paulo Brazil, one of the top-notch capitals of Metal around the globe and a city that means a lot to us as a band. We played here for the first time in 1989 and have returned countless times for amazing concerts, festivals, visits… I feel at home here. Many friends live in this crazy town. I got my first tattoo, the Release from Agony album cover, in São Paulo. We met Sepultura here the first time and the fans are simply mind-blowing!
We wanted to catch the energy of a DESTRUCTION show and appreciate the faithful fans that breathe thrash metal to the core. Without them we are nothing, the lyrics of this song honor and acknowledge our supporters, they are our backbone, they are DESTRUCTION!
DESTRUCTION live on tour 2024/2025:
27.11.24 TR – Ankara / KK Ankara
28.11.24 TR – Istanbul / IF Performance Hall Beşiktaş
05.12.24 CZ – Pardubice / Yellow Dog
06.12.24 CZ – Suchdol Nad Lužnicí / KD Rocktime Suchdol nad Lužnicí
07.12.24 CZ – Ostrava-město / Barrák Music Club
08.12.24 SK – Bratislava I / Randal Club
28.12.24 DE – Andernach / HORNS UP!
31.01.25 GR – Thessaloniki / Principal Club Theater
01.02.25 GR – Athens / Gagarin 205
22.03.25 BE – Aalst / Sint Annazaal vzw
Festivals 2025
11-14.06.25 DE – Gardelegen / Metal Frenzy Open Air 2025
30.07-02.08.25 DE – Wacken / Wacken Open Air 2025
13-16.08.25 DE – Dinkelsbühl / Summer Breeze Open Air 2025
