Artist

Kreator

Thrash Metal

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 1982. Along with Destruction, Sodom and Tankard, they are credited as one of the "Big Four" of Teutonic thrash metal, responsible for developing and popularizing the German thrash metal scene as well as pioneering the then-burgeoning death metal and black metal genres during the mid-1980s. They have a large underground fanbase in the international thrash metal community, with their second studio album 'Pleasure To Kill' (1986) regarded as an influential album of the genre. Despite being an influential band, as well as one of the first European thrash metal acts to sign to a major label (signing to Epic Records in 1988), Kreator would not achieve mainstream popularity until later albums post 2010. Kreator 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
Endless Pain [Album]

1 October 1985

'Endless Pain' is the debut studio album by Kreator. The album combines elements of black metal and thrash metal, ultimately creating a black-metal influenced thrash sound inspired by bands like Venom, Mercyful Fate, and Bathory. Both guitarist Mille Petrozza and drummer Jurgen 'Ventor' Reil share vocal duties.

Kreator
Flag Of Hate [E.P.]

?? August 1986

Kreator
Pleasure To Kill [Album]

1 November 1986

'Pleasure To Kill' is the second studio album by Kreator. It is widely considered a landmark thrash metal classic, along with many other thrash albums released in 1986. The production is raw, adding to the brutal nature of the music. Due to this it played a considerable role in the development of many extreme metal subgenres and death metal bands, such as Cannibal Corpse citing the album as an influence.

Kreator
Terrible Certainty [Album]

22 September 1987
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'Terrible Certainty' is the third album by Kreator. Although not as revered as the band's previous album 'Pleasure To Kill', it is still highly regarded as a classic album of the thrash genre.

Kreator
Out Of The Dark... Into The Light [E.P.]

?? August 1988

Kreator
Extreme Aggression [Album]

19 June 1989

'Extreme Aggression' is the fourth studio album by Kreator. While the band had already gained a sizeable following in the US due to their 1988 tour with the crossover thrash band D.R.I., this album introduced many American fans to Kreator, primarily through heavy rotation of the 'Betrayer' music video on MTV's Headbangers Ball, which was partly shot at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

Kreator
Coma Of Souls [Album]

6 November 1990

'Coma Of Souls' is the fifth studio album by Kreator. It was the band's first release with guitarist Frank 'Blackfire' Gosdzik (formerly of Sodom), and would be the last album before the band began experimenting with influences from other musical genres.

Kreator
Renewal [Album]

26 October 1992

Kreator
Cause For Conflict [Album]

1 July 1995

Kreator
Scenarios Of Violence [Compilation Album]

19 March 1996

Kreator
Outcast [Album]

22 July 1997

Kreator
Voices Of Transgression, A 90s Retrospective [Compilation Album]

4 April 1999

Kreator
Endorama [Album]

20 April 1999

Kreator
Past Life Trauma (1985-1992) [Compilation Album]

26 December 2000

Kreator
Violent Revolution [Album]

25 September 2001

Kreator
Live Kreation [Album]

23 June 2003

'Live Kreation' is a live album by Kreator.It contains 24 tracks recorded at various points during the band's extensive 2001/2002 tour.

Kreator
Enemy Of God [Album]

10 January 2005

Kreator
At The Pulse Of Kapitulation, Live In East Berlin 1990 [Album + Video]

29 March 2008

Kreator
Hordes Of Chaos [Album]

13 January 2009

Kreator
Phantom Antichrist [Album]

1 June 2012

Kreator
Dying Alive [Album]

30 August 2013

Kreator
Love Us Or Hate Us, The Very Best Of The Noise Years (1985-1992) [Compilation Album]

6 May 2016

'Love Us Or Hate Us, The Very Best Of The Noise Years (1985-1992)' is the fourth compilation album by Kreator. It features tracks from the band's first six albums on Noise Records.

Kreator
Gods Of Violence [Album]

27 January 2017

Kreator
Endless Pain (Remastered) [Album]

9 June 2017

'Endless Pain (Remastered)' is a remastered version of the debut studio album by Kreator. It also includes a selection of tracks from the band's early demos when they were still known as Tormentor.

Kreator
Extreme Aggression (Remastered) [Album]

9 June 2017

'Extreme Aggression (Remastered)' is a remastered version of the fourth studio album by Kreator. It also includes a concert recorded in Germany in March 1990 that had previously been released on video as 'Live In East Berlin 1990' (2008).

Kreator
Pleasure To Kill (Remastered) [Album]

9 June 2017

'Pleasure To Kill (Remastered)' is a remastered version of the second studio album by Kreator. It also includes the 'Flag Of Hate' E.P.

Kreator
Terrible Certainty (Remastered) [Album]

9 June 2017

'Terrible Certainty (Remastered)' is a remastered version of the third studio album by Kreator. It also includes the 'Out Of The Dark... Into The Light' E.P.

Kreator
Coma Of Souls (Remastered) [Album]

23 February 2018

'Coma Of Souls (Remastered)' is a remastered version of the fifth studio album by Kreator. It also includes a concert recorded in Germany in December 1990.

Kreator
Hate Uber Alles [Album]

10 June 2022