I'd never heard Kreator before I bought this album. I'd heard OF Kreator, of course, knowing them to be heralded as the Germanic fathers of thrash metal and an inspiration for no end of subsequent bands. Maybe this is not their best album. The first track 'Choir Of The Damned' is a nicely composed introduction. It is melodic, atmospheric and really gets you expecting a sudden launch into a much heavier, thrashy song. Heavy it gets, thrashy? Well I don't know. The drummer sound like he just booted his cymbals down progressive flights of stairs for each track. The guitars are sometimes technically quite good, but most of the time they're purely and simple rhythmic one-string palm mute (probably to make up for the lack of rhythmn from the drums). There are no nice harmonies and no catchy riffs or licks. The solos are almost random notes, totally devoid of structure or emotion and there's no real chord progression to lend interest to any of the songs. The vocals aren't exactly death metal growls, nor are they melodic, nor are they semi-rap the way that Anthrax and Mordred pioneered. They are an uncomfortable mix between all, and none of them done terribly well. The saving grace is the last track "Awakening Of The Gods", a bonus not included on the original album, which bringd the CD to a close very nicely with a (shock, horror!) well-structured, almost composed piece of genuinely listenable-to thrash. Now, I have a wide taste in music, metal especially. I like cheesy hair metal as much as I enjoy a stonking good bit of death metal and can appreciate the technical skill of Dragonforce as easily as the raw dirges of Celtic Frost and Isengard but I don't rate this, maybe it has been hyped too much, maybe it's not their best album, maybe the same things done better by other people since Kreator have eclipsed them, but maybe, just maybe, they weren't actually that good.Read full review
A Great Highly Recommended Album. Seriously Go Out And Buy It Now Because Its Outstanding and Definitely One Of Kreators Best. 5 Stars
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