KREATOR

Release Year: 2019
Artist Origin: GER
Style: intense raging savage thrash metal

savage, bludgeoning, very furious and uncompromising, or simply essential debut full-length [1985], recorded by teenager school boys back then, has turned into a pure cult of Teutonic thrash metal, with its primordial charm and exceptional enthusiasm earning the eternal glory to nowadays' legendary band, where drummer Ventor laid down a decent half of vocal lines, making impression with primitively fast yet devilishly effective riffs, chaotic tempo shifts and blunt, organic, punk-borrowed energy, where tracks like Tormentor, Flag of Hate and title song firmly stand out with bursts of unrestrained rage, infectious simplicity and sick, ferocious dynamics that would later fade from Kreator's paradigm, yet it was about such an unpolished character, youthful audacity and reckless fury that served as defining qualities turning historic record into a cornerstone of European thrash; recent digipak edition comes with a newly remastered sound, includes Mille's liner notes and vintage pictures in 28 page booklet, as well as six unique bonuses from Blitzkrieg demo [1983] and End of The World demo [1984] tapes, when the band was still known as Tormentor!