DESTROYER 666 live

Well, I was supposed to go see them play live in my hometown (Cracow) but it turned out that SAXON was to be in Warsaw on the same day. No worries, as D666 was to be in Warsaw too, so I got two birds with one stone, so to say. And that was how I started a nice “four-live-show marathon” – that is, four shows, back to back. Getting to the “Hydrozagadka” club took me less than planned. I like the venue; last time I was there I saw the show of PROTECTOR and IMPERATOR. That was a good show and I think this venue is perfect for such performances.

As mentioned I was there well before the gig started.

More and more people started to show up and the venue became full of people, hungry for metal music. First to play was HELLERUM from the Netherlands. I never heard of them; I did not check what the supporting bands were to be at this gig on purpose; I wanted to surprise myself.

And I will tell you that all the supporting bands were good. HELLERUM is a black metal band and they did ok. Other people liked them too. Classic black metal lock stock and barrel. The real inferno started for good and the atmosphere got really hellish. They played for like 40 minutes.

Shortly after we had another Dutch band, death metal BODYFARM. Old school, classic death metal with plenty of thrash energy.

It got the audience going and the crowd before the stage was getting denser. Good, sincere music; powerful death metal bulldozing with plenty of well-intertwined thrash metal riffs. It worked great and I got really absorbed in their performance. Well, when DESTROYER 666 got onto the stage, the audience was already red-hot and ready to get kidnapped by this damn, infernal destructive machine. “Never Surrender” was the first song that night and I tell you that was a good choice to start the gig with. Pure energy of speed metal – those guys didn’t mind the club`s small stage.

KK`s crew attacked with another hit – “Wildfire”. The crowd got literally mad. Pure headbanging was just poisonous.

The D666`s show was getting started or good. “A Breed Apart” was next. Many people were anxiously waiting for their earlier songs so “A Breed Apart”, “I Am Not Deceived” and “I Am the Wargod” was a good sign of what was coming. “Guillotine” was another merciless blow, the energy of this song heated up the atmosphere even more, the crowd went berserk! Another black metal hymn was “Songs of Perdition” from immortal “Cold Steel for an Iron Age”. The uneven setlist was a good move since all the maniacs were happy about what they got – old and new songs mixed up.

Hard to compile such a list, indeed. “Pitch Black Night” was another song promoting their “Never Surrender” album - awesome speed metal music, plain and simple.

Love this kind of music. Of course, this amazing gig had such hit songs as, “Trialed by Fire” or “Lone Wolf Winter”. and then we had something special: KK announced they would play KAT`s “Metal and Hell” as their tribute to Roman Kostrzewski. As expected, the crowd went crazy again.

Wish Roman had seen it.

This cover stands for the fact how important KAT has always been for the metal scene.

When “Metal and Hell” was over, another speed metal hymn was performed. D666 gave us a MOTORHEAD`s classic “Iron First”. After this lethal dose of metal,

I could barely stand on my feet. I felt really bulldozed after I came to my senses. That was an amazing gig, it really was, lock stock and barrel. One of the better this year, for sure. Didn’t surprise me that some of my friends did attend all D666 live shows here in Poland. No surprise here, this mini-tour proved this band is killer live!!!

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