DESTRUCTION To Embark On First-Ever Japanese Tour

German thrashers DESTRUCTION will play their first-ever Japanese shows on May 27-28 at Shibuya Club Quattro in Tokyo. A live album, "Alive Devastation", will be released via King Records in Japan in April/May "as a foretaste for their loyal and faithful Japanese fans, [who have] waited so long for those concerts," according to the band's official web site. A worldwide release is expected in the fall.