Genre(s):
Blackened Thrash/Death Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
Satanism, War, Nihilism, Blasphemy
Origin:
Australia (Melbourne, Victoria (early), Eindhoven, Holland (now))
Formed In:
1994
Status:
Active
Current line-up:
K.K. Warslut - Bass (1994-1995, 2003), Vocals, Guitars (rhythm) (1994-) (ex-Corpse Molestation, ex-Bestial Warlust)
Mersus - Drums (2001-) (Zarathustra, Homicide, ex-Old)
Matt Razor - Bass (2003-) (Razor of Occam, ex-Agatus)
Former/Past Member(s):
Bullet Eater - Bass, Vocals (1996-2000) (Long Voyage Back, ex-Mass Confusion, ex-Hobbs' Angel of Death, ex-Bestial Warlust)
Simon Berserker - Bass, Vocals (2000-2003) (Assaulter)
Beast of Bladel - Bass
Shrapnel - Guitars (lead), Vocals (1996-2012) (Razor of Occam, ex-Adorior)
Drums:
Ballistic 'Coz' Howitzer - (1996-1998) (Gospel of the Horns)
Luke O'Mara - (Order of Torment, ex-Abaddon)
Chris "Volcano" Broadway - Drums (1994-1995) (Abominator, Ignivomous, ex-Denouncement Pyre, ex-Destruktor, ex-Urgrund)
Matt "Skitz" Sanders - (1995) (Funerary Pit, Grave Temple, Humonic, Insidious Torture, Urgrund, ex-Terrorust, ex-Noir Macabre, ex-Damaged, Australian Burial Chamber Orchestra, Kill Squad, Meatpond, Suicide Bombers (Aus), ex-Blood Duster, ex-Cemetery Urn, ex-Sadistik Exekution (live), ex-Abramelin, ex-Atomizer, ex-Fracture, ex-Invocation, ex-Hellspawn, ex-Walk the Earth)
Deceiver - (1998-2000) (Impious Baptism, Nocturnal Graves, ex-Aphasia, ex-Crucifire, ex-Sithlord, ex-Cerekloth, ex-Destruktor, ex-Hobbs' Angel of Death, ex-Toxic Holocaust (live), ex-Zemial (live), ex-Trench Hell, ex-Azazel's Harem (live))
Shane Rout - (2000) (Abyssic Hate, ex-Hecatomb, ex-Blood Duster)
Eric de Windt - (2000-2001) (Supreme Pain, Temple, ex-Inhume, ex-Prostitute Disfigurement, ex-Severe Torture, ex-Sinister, ex-Flatulation)
Per Karlsson - (2010 US Tour) (Die Hard, In Aeternum, Nex, Nominon, Serpent, Benediction (live), ex-Dion Fortune, ex-Suffer, ex-T.A.R., ex-Wortox, ex-Interment (live), ex-Altar)
Additional Notes:
Started out in May 1994 as a solo-project of K.K. Warslut. In 2001 the band relocated to the south of Holland. In 2003 Simon Berserker decided to return to Australia and left the band, while Shrapnel's Dutch visa expired and he had to relocate again to London. Matt Schneemilch also lives in London, while Chris Menning lives in Germany.
Discography:
Deströyer 666 - Six Songs With The Devil [demo] - 1994
Deströyer 666 - Violence Is The Prince Of This World [ep] - 1995
Deströyer 666 - Unchain The Wolves [full-length] - 1997
Deströyer 666 - Satanic Speed Metal [ep] - 1998
Deströyer 666 - King Of Kings/Lord Of The Wild [ep] - 2000
Deströyer 666 - Phoenix Rising [full-length] - 2000
Deströyer 666 - Cold Steel... For An Iron Age [full-length] - 2002
Deströyer 666 - ...Of Wolves, Women & War [ep] - 2002
Deströyer 666 - Terror Abraxas [ep] - 2003
Deströyer 666 - Defiance [full-length] - 2009
Deströyer 666 - See You In Hell [ep] - 2010
Deströyer 666 - To The Devil His Due [best of/compilation] - 2010
Deströyer 666 - Wildfire [full-length] - 2016
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Official site:
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