KREATOR REISSUE FOUR CLASSIC 90s ERA ALBUMS
8th February 2018
Kreator, arguably the most influential and successful European Thrash Metal bands ever, will reissue 'Coma Of Souls' and 'Renewal' on Friday 2nd March and 'Cause For Conflict' and 'Outcast' on Friday 9th March 9th.
All four releases will be released by Noise Records in several different formats and are available for pre-order right here.
North American tour dates have also been confirmed for mid February to mid March 2018 which you can see below. Kreator's last album, 'Gods Of Violence', charted top twenty in ten countries, including a number one slot in their home country of Germany.
COMA OF SOULS – 2CD Mediabook & Triple Gatefold 3LP (Transparent Red Vinyl)
Kreator's fifth album, 'Coma Of Souls' came towards the end of the Thrash Metal explosion of the 1980s and retained their classic thrash sound whilst combining more melodic elements of classic Metal bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Critically acclaimed by both fans and press, 'Coma Of Souls' was a strong, firm step forward for the band, which proved they weren't content to sit and wallow in the Thrash back waters but were determined to move into a new decade with a bold, thrusting sound.
Tracklist: When The Sun Burns Red Coma Of Souls People Of The Lie World Beyond Terror Zone Agents Of Brutality Material World Paranoia Twisted Urges Hidden Dictator Mental Slavery
Bonus Tracks (Live In Fürth, Germany – 06/12/1990) When The Sun Burns Red Betrayer
Terrible Certainty Extreme Aggression Coma Of Souls People Of The Lie Choir Of The Damned The Pestilence Toxic Trace Drum Solo Terror Zone Pleasure To Kill Flag Of Hate Agents Of Brutality Riot of Violence Tormentor
RENEWAL – 1CD Mediabook & Gatefold 2LP (Transparent Green Vinyl)
Kreator's sixth album, 'Renewal', was originally released in October 1992, and took Kreator fans a little by surprise. While the band had established a reputation as a formidable Thrash Metal act, one of the best in Europe, this time they had really pushed away from their comfort zone. Bringing in both industrial and hardcore injections helped to make this one of the most fascinating and intriguing extreme albums of the era. At a time when the entire cutting edge scene was shifting, thanks to the emergence of grunge, Kreator proved they were still ahead of most of their peers.
Tracklist: Winter Martyrium Renewal
Reflection
Brainseed
Karmic Wheel Realitäskontrolle
Zero To None Europe After The Rain Depression Unrest Bonus Tracks Winter Martyrium (Rare Version) Trauma
Europe After The Rain (Remix)
CAUSE FOR CONFLICT – 1CD Mediabook & Gatefold 2LP (Blue vinyl)
Kreator's seventh album, 'Cause For Conflict', was originally released in July 1995 and musically the band took a different path to the one that hard marked out 'Renewal'. While certainly not abandoning the experimental nuances which had been so crucial to the previous album, there was something of a return to familiar territory this time around. Both the songs 'Lost' and 'Isolation' came out as singles and the passage of time has given 'Cause For Conflict' a sense of belonging, because there's little doubt it remains one of the bands most undervalued records.
Tracklist: Prevail
Catholic Despot Progressive Proletarians Crisis Of Disorder Hate Inside Your Head Bomb Threat Men Without God Lost
Dogmatic
Sculpture Of Regret Celestial Deliverance Isolation
Bonus Tracks Suicide In Swamps Limits Of Liberty State Oppression
OUTCAST – 2CD Mediabook & Gatefold 2LP (Transparent Orange Vinyl)
With hindsight, and a sense of history, 'Outcast' is certainly one of Kreator's most inventive and important albums. The German gargantuan-watt gladiators' eighth studio release was different to anything they'd done in the past during a time when Metal was in turmoil due to the grunge and Nu Metal explosions. The title, 'Outcast', was appropriate for how the band felt in the late 1990s and when 'Outcast' was released in July 1997 it wasn't a huge selling album but nonetheless, it proved they were still an exciting, individual and focused band.
Tracklist: Leave This World Behind Phobia
Forever
Black Sunrise Nonconformist
Enemy Unseen Outast
Stronger Than Before Ruin Of Life Whatever It May Take Alive Again Against The Rest A Better Tomorrow
Bonus Tracks (Live At Dynamo Open Air 1998) Intro: Dr Wagner, Part 3 Terror Zone Lost
Leave This World Behind Phobia
Black Sunrise Choir Of The Damned Pleasure To Kill Whatever If May Take Extreme Aggression Renewal
Kreator at Bloodstock 2017
Confirmed North American tour dates:
February 8th: The Van Buren, Phoenix, United States February 9th: The Wiltern,1 Los Angeles, United States February 10th: The UC Theater, San Francisco, United States February 12th: Wonder Ballroom, Portland, United States February 13th: Showbox, Seattle, United States February 14th: The Vogue Theater, Vancouver, Canada February 16th: Union Hall, Edmonton, Canada February 17th: The Palace, Calgary, Canada February 19th: Revolution, Garden City, United States February 21st: The Gothic Theater, Englewood, United States February 22nd: The Truman, Kansas City, United States February 23rd: Music Hall Minneapolis Minneapolis, United States February 24th: Orpheum, Madison, United States February 26th: 20 Monroe, Grand Rapids, United States February 27th: House of Blues, Chicago, United States February 28th: House of Blues, Cleveland, United States March 1st: The Phoenix, Toronto, Canada March 2nd: Metropolis, Montréal, Canada March 3rd: House of Blues, Boston, United States March 4th: The Paramount Theater, Huntington, United States March 6th: The FIllmore, Philadelphia, United States March 7th: The Fillmore, Silver Spring, United States March 8th: The Ritz, Raleigh, United States March 9th: 1904, Jacksonville, United States March 10th: Jannus Landing, Tampa, United States March 11th: Buckhead Theater, Atlanta, United States
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