German thrashers KREATOR will reissue their first four albums from the Noise Records years through BMG this June. 1985's "Endless Pain", 1986's "Pleasure To Kill", 1987's "Terrible Certainty" and 1989's "Extreme Aggression" have all been remastered with the CD versions containing a whole host of extras: EPs, previously unheard tracks from demos and live sets. These reissues have all been curated by the band's leader, Mille Petrozza, and include rare photos, memorabilia and sleevenotes as well as re-imagined artwork. All four albums have been re-mastered from the original tapes and pressed on high-quality heavyweight vinyl, available for the first time in some 30 years! A teaser trailer for the KREATOR reissues, featuring archive material from the era and commentary by from likes of Nergal from BEHEMOTH, Andreas Kisser from SEPULTURA and Dennis Lyxzen from REFUSED, as well as Mille Petrozza himself, can be seen below. Formed in Essen, Germany in 1984, KREATOR is arguably the most influential and successful European thrash metal band ever. Like many of their European speed metal brethren, KREATOR fused METALLICA's thrash innovations with VENOM's proto-black metal imagery. KREATOR is often credited with helping pioneer death metal and black metal by containing several elements of what was to become those genres. The band has achieved worldwide sales of over two million units for combined sales of all their albums, making them one of the best-selling German thrash metal bands of all time. KREATOR's style has changed several times over the years, from a VENOM-inspired speed metal sound, later moving in to thrash metal, and including a period of transitioning from thrash to industrial metal and gothic metal throughout the 1990s. In the early 2000s, KREATOR returned to their classic thrash sound, which has continued to the present. "Endless Pain" track listing : 01. Endless Pain 02. Total Death 03. Storm Of The Beast 04. Tormentor 05. Son Of Evil 06. Flag Of Hate 07. Cry War 08. Bonebreaker 09. Living In Fear 10. Dying Victims 11. Satan's Day ("Blitzkrieg" Demo) 12. Messenger From Burning Hell ("Blitzkrieg" Demo) 13. Armies Of Hell ("End Of The World" Demo) 14. Tormentor ("End of the World" Demo) 15. Cry War ("End Of The World" Demo) 16. Bonebreaker ("End Of The World" Demo) "Pleasure To Kill" track listing : 01. Choir Of The Damned 02. Ripping Corpse 03. Death Is Your Saviour 04. Pleasure To Kill 05. Riot Of Violence 06. The Pestilence 07. Carrion 08. Command Of The Blade 09. Under The Guillotine 10. Flag Of Hate ("Flag Of Hate" EP) 11. Take Their Lives ("Flag Of Hate" EP) 12. Awakening Of The Gods ("Flag Of Hate" EP) "Terrible Certainty" track listing 01. Blind Faith 02. Storming with Menace 03. Terrible Certainty 04. As the World Burns 05. Toxic Trace 06. No Escape 07. One of Us 08. Behind the Mirror 09. Impossible to Cure ("Out Of The Dark…Into The Light" EP) 10. Lambs to the Slaughter ("Out Of The Dark…Into The Light" EP) 11. Terrible Certainty (live) 12. Riot Of Violence (live) 13. Awakening Of The Gods (live) 14. Flag Of Hate (live) 15. Love Us Or Hate Us (live) 16. Behind The Mirror (live) "Extreme Aggression" track listing: 01. Extreme Aggression 02. No Reason To Exist 03. Love Us Or Hate Us 04. Stream Of Consciousness 05. Some Pain Will Last 06. Betrayer 07. Don't Trust 08. Bringer Of Torture 09. Fatal Energy 10. Some Pain Will Last (Live in East Berlin 1990) 11. Extreme Aggression (Live in East Berlin 1990) 12. Under The Guillotine (Live in East Berlin 1990) 13. Toxic Trace (Live in East Berlin 1990) 14. Bringer Of Torture (Live in East Berlin 1990) 15. Pleasure To Kill (Live in East Berlin 1990) 16. Flag Of Hate (Live in East Berlin 1990) 17. Terrible Certainty (Live in East Berlin 1990) 18. Riot Of Violence (Live in East Berlin 1990) 19. Love Us Or Hate Us (Live in East Berlin 1990) 20. Behind The Mirror (Live in East Berlin 1990) 21. Betrayer (Live in East Berlin 1990) 22. Awakening Of The Gods (Live in East Berlin 1990) 23. Tormentor (Live in East Berlin 1990)
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