{"id":65147,"date":"2018-02-08T07:06:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T12:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=65147"},"modified":"2018-02-08T07:06:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T12:06:06","slug":"kreator-to-reissue-four-classic-albums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=65147","title":{"rendered":"KREATOR &#8211; To Reissue Four Classic Albums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?attachment_id=65148\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65148\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kreatorband-4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-65148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kreatorband-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kreatorband-4-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kreatorband-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kreatorband-4.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?attachment_id=64272\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64272\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TMDDOTCOM-12-300x31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"31\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-64272\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe U.S release dates for KREATOR&#8217;s Coma Of Souls and Renewal will be Friday, March 2nd, 2018 and Cause For Conflict and Outcast will be released on Friday, March 9th, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>North American tour dates confirmed for mid February to mid March 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Formed in Essen, Germany in 1984, Kreator are arguably the most influential and successful European thrash metal band ever, like many of their European speed metal brethren, Kreator fused Metallica&#8217;s thrash innovations with Venom&#8217;s proto-black metal imagery. 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. The band\u2019s 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. Their last album \u2018Gods Of Violence\u2019 charted top twenty in ten countries, including a number one slot in their home country of Germany. <\/p>\n<p>All titles available for pre order here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smarturl.it\/KreatorLPCD\">http:\/\/www.smarturl.it\/KreatorLPCD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>COMA OF SOULS \u2013 2CD Mediabook &#038; Triple Gatefold 3LP (Transparent Red Vinyl)<\/p>\n<p>Kreator\u2019s fifth album, Coma Of Souls came towards the end of the thrash metal explosion of the 1980\u2019s 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, it proved they weren\u2019t content to sit and wallow in the thrash back waters but were determined to move into a new decade with a bold, thrusting sound. <\/p>\n<p>Tracklist:<\/p>\n<p>When The Sun Burns Red<br \/>\nComa Of Souls<br \/>\nPeople Of The Lie<br \/>\nWorld Beyond<br \/>\nTerror Zone<br \/>\nAgents Of Brutality<br \/>\nMaterial World Paranoia<br \/>\nTwisted Urges<br \/>\nHidden Dictator<br \/>\nMental Slavery<br \/>\nBonus Tracks (Live In F\u00fcrth, Germany \u2013 06\/12\/1990)<br \/>\nWhen The Sun Burns Red<br \/>\nBetrayer<br \/>\nTerrible Certainty<br \/>\nExtreme Aggression<br \/>\nComa Of Souls<br \/>\nPeople Of The Lie<br \/>\nChoir Of The Damned<br \/>\nThe Pestilence<br \/>\nToxic Trace<br \/>\nDrum Solo<br \/>\nTerror Zone<br \/>\nPleasure To Kill<br \/>\nFlag Of Hate<br \/>\nAgents Of Brutality<br \/>\nRiot of Violence<br \/>\nTormentor<\/p>\n<p>RENEWAL \u2013 1CD Mediabook &#038; Gatefold 2LP (Transparent Green Vinyl)<\/p>\n<p>Kreator\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n<p>Tracklist:<\/p>\n<p>Winter Martyrium<br \/>\nRenewal<br \/>\nReflection<br \/>\nBrainseed<br \/>\nKarmic Wheel<br \/>\nRealit\u00e4skontrolle<br \/>\nZero To None<br \/>\nEurope After The Rain<br \/>\nDepression Unrest<br \/>\nBonus Tracks<br \/>\nWinter Martyrium (Rare Version)<br \/>\nTrauma<br \/>\nEurope After The Rain (Remix)<\/p>\n<p>CAUSE FOR CONFLICT \u2013 1CD Mediabook &#038; Gatefold 2LP (Blue vinyl)<\/p>\n<p>Kreator\u2019s seventh album, Cause For Conflict was originally released in July 1995, musically the band took a different path to the one that hard marked out its predecessor \u2018Renewal\u2019. While certainly not abandoning the experimental nuances which had been so crucial to the previous album. However, there was something of a return to familiar territory this time around. Both the songs \u2018Lost\u2019 and \u2018Isolation\u2019 came out as singles and the passage of time has given Cause for Conflict a sense of belonging, because there\u2019s little doubt it remains one of the bands most undervalued records. <\/p>\n<p>Tracklist:<\/p>\n<p>Prevail<br \/>\nCatholic Despot<br \/>\nProgressive Proletarians<br \/>\nCrisis Of Disorder<br \/>\nHate Inside Your Head<br \/>\nBomb Threat<br \/>\nMen Without God<br \/>\nLost<br \/>\nDogmatic<br \/>\nSculpture Of Regret<br \/>\nCelestial Deliverance<br \/>\nIsolation<br \/>\nBonus Tracks<br \/>\nSuicide In Swamps<br \/>\nLimits Of Liberty<br \/>\nState Oppression<\/p>\n<p>OUTCAST \u2013 2CD Mediabook &#038; Gatefold 2LP (Transparent Orange Vinyl)<\/p>\n<p>With hindsight, and a sense of history, Outcast is certainly one of Kreator\u2019s most inventive and important albums. The German gargantuan-watt gladiators\u2019 eighth studio release was different to anything they\u2019d 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 1990\u2019s and when Outcast was released in July 1997 it wasn\u2019t a huge selling album, nonetheless it proved they were still an exciting, individual and focused band. <\/p>\n<p>Tracklist:<\/p>\n<p>Leave This World Behind<br \/>\nPhobia<br \/>\nForever<br \/>\nBlack Sunrise<br \/>\nNonconformist<br \/>\nEnemy Unseen<br \/>\nOutast<br \/>\nStronger Than Before<br \/>\nRuin Of Life<br \/>\nWhatever It May Take<br \/>\nAlive Again<br \/>\nAgainst The Rest<br \/>\nA Better Tomorrow<br \/>\nBonus Tracks (Live At Dynamo Open Air 1998)<br \/>\nIntro : Dr. Wagner, Part 3<br \/>\nTerror Zone<br \/>\nLost<br \/>\nLeave This World Behind<br \/>\nPhobia<br \/>\nBlack Sunrise<br \/>\nChoir Of The Damned<br \/>\nPleasure To Kill<br \/>\nWhatever If May Take<br \/>\nExtreme Aggression<br \/>\nRenewal<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KreatorOfficial\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KreatorOfficial\/<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S release dates for KREATOR&#8217;s Coma Of Souls and Renewal will be Friday, March&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65149,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65147\/revisions\/65149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}