"This is my first concert!" I hear a fan cry out as the clock struck 11:30PM the cold chilly nightfall of March 24th in the holy famous Key Club on the beloved Sunset Strip. Tonight was a night that made this chill even better because three legends were about to rush the stage and unleash upon their fellow fans a unique and special message only we could be able to create. The creation of Destruction! These three German thrash metal legends having started blasting hits in the 80's forward were on their current North American tour with a few special add-on's in between. One was the celebration of being together and rocking out the tunes for 25 long lasting years, while the other was a winner of this VIP All Access Contest they had running on their website but that contest wasn't all it was told to be.
The winner of the VIP Contest is indeed yours truly who is writing to you this tall tale of mass destruction. The VIP package included backstage to meet the band, but last night at the Key Club no one knew what I was talking about and it sadden me like a thousand knifes stabbing you all at once.
The fans waited for their idols appearance, the act known only as Destruction had blasted out an hour and a half long set list. Front man of this massive group is Marcel Schirmer A.K.A. "Schmier" (Bass, Vocals) well as his loyal backup Mike Sifringer (Guitar) and Marc Reign (Drums) brought on this pure chaos since the very beginning and this mighty trio is 
well known all around the world for their creative and catchy thrash throwing lyrics and rip tearing guitar solos that bash your head right against the wall.
During their set list "Schmier" announced the final of the several specials as mentioned beforehand, saying briefly "Los Angeles tonight is a special night because we are recording tonight's performance for our next live CD!" The fans in the crowd thrashed about cheering and screaming until their lungs and throats were clearly sore and bleeding. After that was said and done, the band broke out into many classic hits; "Soul Collection, "Metal Discharge," "Thrash Till Death," "Nailed To The Cross," and "Mad Butcher," among other tunes they are well known to dish out; that included hits off their latest "D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N." This set up included three introductions via the 18-tracks played fully through getting everyone in the small packed venue rocking from every angle possible. But Destruction weren't the only destructors of the night before these metallers jammed the stage other metallers came out and threw together some bashes you could only imagine. Opening up the night was a local Los Angeles act known as Taking Back who played a non-stop death
metal force of 20 minutes which lead straight into the next act called Deception, and Night Terror were among the "local" acts breaking the ice while the up and coming pros took over midway through around 8:45PM Mantic Ritual broke the silence and dread that was the first trip of acts getting everyone shouting and dancing to the beat of their music to their cover tone of Venom’s "Black Metal," among some of their newer material off their latest album "Executioner," which included "One By One," "Murdered to Death," "Panic," and "Next Attack," which got people up in the air in an instant hopping onto the stage and right back off getting thrown or taking their leap of death into the crowd surfing the waves to the music.
Next came second to the headlining act Krisiun putting together a raving 40 minute set of mass torment and torture as fans chanted and shouted until they fell to the floor in sweat or got tossed around like a hot potato in the pit everyone enjoyed the mass ripping the first set of openers and then of the second round-up of acts to follow. Over all German thrash metal veterans Destruction proved to all that they are legends and can domain their name forever and always letting those 25 long years last for at least another billion!
