666 Metal Extremo: Kreator - Extreme Aggression Tour 1989-'90 (1990)

martes, 25 de junio de 2024

Kreator - Extreme Aggression Tour 1989-'90 (1990)

The band was formed as Metal Militia in 1982 in Essen, Germany and then Tyrant. Later they used the title Tormentor until 1984, when they changed to its current name Kreator. The original lineup featured lead vocalist and guitarist Mille Petrozza, drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, and bassist Rob Fioretti. Kreator recorded their debut album, Endless Pain (1985), in just ten days. The band hired then-future Sodom guitarist Michael Wulf for the album's tour to play lead, while Petrozza switched to rhythm guitar.

Wulf was in the band for a few days but, contrary to the liner notes, he never played on the band's second album, Pleasure to Kill (1986), which is widely considered a thrash classic and a big influence on the death metal genre. It would not be until 31 years after its release that Pleasure to Kill entered the German album charts. Produced by Harris Johns (Sodom, Helloween, Voivod), the album showed the band growing in talent and technical ability. The song "Flag of Hate" became a concert standard, and the band became one of the most promising up-and-coming European metal acts. The band started their first tour ever (before the release of Pleasure to Kill, they had only played five gigs total); they played their first shows outside of Germany during the fall of 1986, supporting Destruction and Celtic Frost, and during the spring of 1987, they toured North America for the first time, opening for Voivod on their Killing Technology tour.

-Tracklist:

01. Some Pain Will Last
02. Extreme Aggression
03. Under The Guillotine
04. Toxic Trace
05. Bringer Of Torture
06. Pleasure To Kill
07. Flag Of Hate
08. Drum Solo
09. Terrible Certainty
10. Riot Of Violence
11. Love Us Or Hate Us
12. Behind The Mirror
13. Betrayer
14. Awakening Of The Gods
15. Tormentor

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-Line up: