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An off-shoot of Norwegian dark steel legends Emperor, Zyklon was founded by guitarist/bassist Zamoth (aka Samoth, as he’s known in Emperor), who wished to concentrate on the newer and aggressive areas of the last mentioned band’s style. Weighed against Emperor, Zyklon includes a even more hard-edged and much less atmospheric …

Cleveland, Ohio’s Destructor was a second 1980s thrash steel band whose short profession was curtailed by tragedy. Produced in 1983 by spectacularly renamed associates Dave Overkill (vocals/electric guitar), Pat Rabid (electric guitar), Paul Warhead (bass), as well as perhaps on top of that, Matt Flammable (drums), Destructor jumped the thrash …