DESTRUCTION Frontman Says Poor Distribution Is To Blame For Low U.S. Sales

April 20, 2006

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

Metal Asylum: How successful was your tour with KREATOR in the States a few years ago? Was there a lack of audience the reason why DESTRUCTION has not been back?

Schmier: "I think it was pretty successful given [that] since then KREATOR has been back for two more tours with one going on right now. But those guys also have an American manager so that helps and something we don't have. It's hard to get a tour going without that. Also I don't think thrash metal is really that big in the States and for a German band to come over and do a tour that often is not that easy. KREATOR is the only thrash band, I think, that has done it recently. We've been trying, but it's hard. I hope after we do this run with VADER and KATAKLYSM we can come back sooner than later."

Metal Asylum: There was talk of DESTRUCTION, SODOM and KREATOR touring the U.S. together. Was there are truth to those plans?

Schmier: "Yes, there was an idea but everybody has their different schedules going on to coordinate plus it's a bit expensive. It's also hard to convince Tom [Angelripper] from SODOM because he wants a certain amount of money and he doesn't like going on the road for too long. He has to realize that you are not going to get paid as much as you want in the States. I talked to him about this before and I told him he just has to calm down on the money situation. It's still a plan of the future and I hope it happens some day. I heard that SODOM just did some shows in the States and that went well. It's always better to play shows along the coast. It would be great to bring that package to North, South and Central America."

Metal Asylum: How do your albums sell in the States?

Schmier: "Could be better, of course. Being on an independent label is tough. We get a lot of complaints from fans [that] it's hard to find our albums. It's the same thing everywhere, though being on a small label, [there's] just not enough distribution because it's not big record companies putting it out. The legacy of the band is what is important and that's what will bring the fans always."

Read the entire interview at www.metalasylum.net.

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