Kreator - Gods Of Violence
Tracklist
Disc I [CD]01. Apocalypticon
02. World War Now
03. Satan Is Real
04. Totalitarian Terror
05. Gods Of Violence
06. Army Of Storms
07. Hail To The Hordes
08. Lion With Eagle Wings
09. Fallen Brother
10. Side By Side
11. Death Becomes My Light
Disc II [Digibook bonus DVD/Blu-Ray - Live @ Wacken 2014]
01. Mars Mantra
02. Phantom Antichrist
03. From Flood Into Fire
04. Warcurse
05. Endless Pain
06. Pleasure To Kill
07. Hordes Of Chaos
08. Phobia
09. Enemy Of God
10. Civilization Collapse
11. The Patriarch
12. Violent Revolution
13. United In Hate
14. Flag Of Hate / Tormentor
Line-up
Miland "Mille" Petrozza - vocals, guitars
Sami Yli-Sirniö - guitars
Jürgen "Ventor" Reil - drums, vocals
Christian Giesler - bass
Additional musicians
Lukas "Dagobert" Jäger - spoken words
Ronny Milianowicz - choirs
Björn Kromm - choirs
Fredrik Eriksson - choirs
Henrik Andersson - choirs
Mattias Lövdahl - choirs
Lars Höjer - choirs
Jens Bogren - choirs
Bris Pfeiffer - bagpipes
Tekla-Li Wadensten - harp
Miland "Mille" Petrozza - vocals, guitars
Sami Yli-Sirniö - guitars
Jürgen "Ventor" Reil - drums, vocals
Christian Giesler - bass
Additional musicians
Lukas "Dagobert" Jäger - spoken words
Ronny Milianowicz - choirs
Björn Kromm - choirs
Fredrik Eriksson - choirs
Henrik Andersson - choirs
Mattias Lövdahl - choirs
Lars Höjer - choirs
Jens Bogren - choirs
Bris Pfeiffer - bagpipes
Tekla-Li Wadensten - harp
Additional info
Produced, recorded and mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios, Sweden.Mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios.
Additional engineering by David Castillo and Erik Mjörnell.
Mixing assistance and editing by Linus Corneliusson.
Drum techs: Ludwig Näsvall and Urban Näsvall.
Choirs recorded by Ronny Milianowicz at Studio Seven, Örebro.
Orchestral arrangements by Francesco Paoli and Francesco Ferrini for Midas Productions.
Harp engineered by Christoffer Wadensten.
Art and layout by Jan Meininghaus.
Pre-production recorded at Nemesis Studios and Level 3 by Marc Görtz and Dominic Paraskevopoulos.
Rating:
8.6
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Over the last decade or so, Kreator has embraced a much fuller, more melodic style that, paired with remarkably consistent material, has kept the band at the forefront of the thrash scene with such veteran grace and wisdom that it's almost impossible not to appreciate Kreator from a professional standpoint as well as a musical one. Read more ›› |
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If, during the last five years, you have been anticipating a return-to-brutal-thrash-roots Kreator album, stop reading now and don't even bother listening to Gods Of Violence. If, on the other hand, you have welcomed and enjoyed the new direction and approach that the band has taken since 2001, proceed with reading this review, my fellow metalhead. Don't be fooled by the high rating though, because this is not an encomium. Read more ›› |
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Daniell
Thrash
Jan 31, 2017
The year 2016 showed us that some old American thrash bands still have it in them. Kreator shows us that 2017 in Europe will not be worse. "Gods of Violence" is simply excellent.
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Hoping for good things. It's been half a fucking decade since the last.
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Super excited for this. Kreator consistently produce good albums, so I hope they can continue with this. Long live Teutonic Thrash!!!
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The two video tracks are very good. So will be the whole album, I hope.
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Posts: 552 Written by Necromutant on 27.12.2016 at 22:12 I thought Satan is Real was a bit meh. Gods Of Violence is good though
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World War now is pure savagery. Really hoping the other tracks are as good (the singles arent, but let's see)
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Posts: 2437 Written by Rulatore on 26.01.2017 at 08:01 thank god most of them are! army of storms and side by side are for example savagery too! the first one can be found on youtube...
---- Υou've sold your human essence to the cold world of dead and empty things... You're SOLD!
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It came in the mail a day early! German efficiency. I just had my first listen and it's really good imo. The songs are good and the production is fantastic. Typical Kreator really. Let's see how it is after a few spins
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Sami has transformed Kreator from a great thrash band to one of the best metal bands in the world. Neck breaking riffs, razorblade solos, epic choruses, very enjoyable album overall. Melodic with quite a few heavy and power influences and top notch production without any fillers in my opinion. If you like the path they have taken since 2001, you will love this album.
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Very melodic, very bombastic, but also very good. Thrash or not, I like this album.
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As for now it's my first listening to full album I can only sat it good. But I have a feeling that it's more Iron Maiden than before... Less Trash more heavy. But still sounds great!
---- Don't look for solution - look for EXIT!
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Since Violent Revolution Kreator is on fire, great albums following each other, so I had high hopes for this one either. It sure didn't disappoint at all. Aggressive, melodic, sometimes even bombastic, all the elements we could get used to since the VR period. Kreator delivered again! Maybe their best release of the "new" era.
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Posts: 206 Written by joshsteph on 28.01.2017 at 12:16 Yes, but since 2001 albums are written in quite same form. Very catchy and melodeathic style. It's not bad at all, but you know, it's not level of Extreme Aggression or Coma of souls.  Oh, and new outcome is spinning in my player everyday Nice work!
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This is the same pure, unadulterated thrash Kreator have been putting out since 2001. Fuck yeah!
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Good album. But a step down compared to Phantom Antichrist. Nevertheless, it is a miracle that an 80s thrash band remains so consistent nowadays.
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Melodic singalong poser thrash. It was a chore to get through this one
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How could anyone hate this album... it gets better with every listen ... I just wish they change one title to "Hail to the Whores"
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The Era of Big 4 is over... ...TESTAMENT, EXODUS, SODOM, OVERKILL have released since 2000 far more bether Albums. But only one band has released albums in 21.century in such level of quality... ...MIGHTY KREATOOOR!!! Production, Aggresion, Melody [in border of Thrash of course, if one can say that...] put together in one fantastic record from the beginning till the end. Keep thrashing for ever and for always...:banger:
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Posts: 2 Written by LuboSchSch on 31.01.2017 at 23:04
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Satan is Real, Totalitarian Terror, Gods of Violence, Army of Storms and Lion with Eagle Wings are my favourites. This album is excellent. Right up there with Enemy of God, Phantom Antichrist and Extreme Aggression!
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Posts: 6212 Written by lemme on 28.01.2017 at 14:22 It's not that level and it will never be. Comparing albums that are 30 years apart is totally pointless.
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Yes, but some of fans still waiting for that version of Kreator 
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This has a few cool riffs and melodies, but it's very generic. My rating is pretty generous.
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