The day has finally come for metal titans KREATOR to unleash the beast that is their monster new album, “Hate Über Alles” – a strong album-of-the-year contender as well as a clear statement against hate & the division of society.
To landmark its release day, KREATOR present “Become Immortal“! A lyrical and visual look back through the ages of their legendary career, whilst passing the torch to young German thrashers DESTROY THEM from Mille’s hometown, Essen, who feature as the Kreator performing in the video.
Mille Petrozza comments: “We’re very proud of this record and we hope our Hordes love it as much we do! A big thank you to everyone involved and to our fans around the world for their support and for giving us a warm welcome back!
The video was our third in a row with Tom Schlagkamp and his team, it’s been a pleasure working with them. The video is based on the lyrics, which is a full circle look back through the years and celebrating our early beginnings, through to the release of our latest record, ‘HATE ÜBER ALLES’.“
KREATOR – Hate Über Alles Release Date: June 10, 2022
01. Sergio Corbucci Is Dead 02. Hate Über Alles 03. Killer Of Jesus 04. Crush The Tyrants 05. Strongest Of The Strong 06. Become Immortal 07. Conquer And Destroy 08. Midnight Sun 09. Demonic Future 10. Pride Comes Before The Fall 11. Dying Planet
Cover artwork by Eliran Kantor
For 37 years, KREATOR has spear-headed a thrash metal crusade, inspiring generations of metal heads and musicians alike. The collision of traditional and contemporary values is a sentiment that Mille Petrozza has breathed in to the soul of this monumental new album; recruiting visionary producer Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Cavalera Conspiracy, Ghostmane and Turnstile) from Philadelphia to work with the band at the legendary Hansa Studio in Berlin. “Hate Über Alles” features gorgeously grim cover artwork painted by renowned artist Eliran Kantor (Testament, Thy Art Is Murder, Helloween), serving a bold statement against hate and division in today’s society.
Mille Petrozza comments: “Hate Über Alles reflects the time we’re living in. Everything is really loud and aggressive. The way we communicate has changed, thanks to social media. It causes a lot of imbalance. The world is in a state of disrepair. Life is not harmonic right now, it’s disharmonic… that’s where I was going with the title.”
KREATOR Live 2022
FESTIVALS
18th Jun – Finland – METAL CAPITAL FEST 24th Jun – France – HELLFEST 26th Jun – Italy – ROCK THE CASTLE 30th Jun – Portugal – VOA HEAVY ROCK FESTIVAL 1st Jul – Germany – RUHRPOTT RODEO 03rd Jul – Finland – TUSKA 04th Aug – Spain – LEYENDAS DEL ROCK 19th Aug – France – MOTOCULTOR FESTIVAL 20th Aug – Netherlands – DYNAMO METAL FEST 23rd Sep – Mexico – MEXICO METAL FEST
CLUB SHOWS
9th Aug – Slovenia – Cvetličarna w/ Lamb Of God, Cattle Decapitation, Blood Incantation 10th Aug – Hungary – Budapest, Baba Negra Track w/ Lamb Of God, Cattle Decapitation, Blood Incantation
State Of Unrest Tour 2022 KREATOR | LAMB OF GOD with guests: Thy Art is Murder & Gatecreeper
18th Nov – Denmark – COPENHAGEN, Forum Black Box 19th Nov – Sweden – STOCKHOLM, Fryshuset Arenan 21st Nov – Finland – OULU, Teatria 22nd Nov – Finland – HELSINKI, Ice Hall Black Box 24th Nov – Poland – WARSAW, Stodola 26th Nov – Germany – MUNICH, Zenith 27th Nov – Germany – BERLIN, Columbiahalle 29th Nov – Netherlands – TILBURG, 013 30th Nov – Belgium – BRUSSELS, AB 02nd Dec – Germany – LUDWIGSBURG, MHP Arena 03rd Dec – Germany – ESSEN, Grugahalle 04th Dec – Germany – SAARBRÜCKEN, Saarlandhalle 06th Dec – Spain – MADRID, Riviera 07th Dec – Spain – BARCELONA, Razzmatazz 09th Dec – Germany – WIESBADEN, Schlachthof 10th Dec – Germany – HAMBURG, Edel Optics Arena 11th Dec – Germany – LEIPZIG, Haus Auensee 13th Dec – UK – LONDON, O2 Academy Brixton 14th Dec – UK – GLASGOW, O2 Academy 15th Dec – UK – BIRMINGHAM, O2 Academy 16th Dec – UK – BRISTOL, O2 Academy 18th Dec – UK – MANCHESTER, Academy 20th Dec – France – PARIS, L’Olympia 21st Dec – Switzerland – ZURICH, Samsung Hall
Today, extreme metal titans KREATOR are proud to unveil “Midnight Sun,” the third single from their forthcoming fifteenth studio album, “Hate Über Alles,” which will be released on June 10th, 2022. The eagerly anticipated full-length is a strong album-of-the-year contender as well as a global statement against hate & the division of society. Before its release next month, KREATOR give you another treat in the form of the most unusual song “Hate Über Alles” has to offer. “Midnight Sun” manages to couple heavy guitar shredding and captivating groove metal with a melodramatic, larger-than-life chorus including female backing vocals, impressively showcasing KREATOR’s continued evolution of the genre they helped create.
Mille Petrozza comments: “Midnight Sun is something a little new for us, our first time collaborating with a female artist. When I was writing the song, I could hear this Oracle type voice over the pre-chorus and chorus and I immediately reached out to my talented friend, Sofia Portanet who is an emerging artist, here in Germany. Sofia added exactly what I was looking for and gives the song a really dark, ethereal vibe.
The video is the second production we shot with Tom Schlagkamp and his team. The concept was drawn up from the song’s lyrics which I envisaged to take place during a ritual sacrifice. Director, Tom came back with an idea loosely based on Ari Aster’s ‘Midsommar’ which has powerful visuals, perfect for a killer metal music video!“
KREATOR – Hate Über Alles Release Date: June 10, 2022
01. Sergio Corbucci Is Dead 02. Hate Über Alles 03. Killer Of Jesus 04. Crush The Tyrants 05. Strongest Of The Strong 06. Become Immortal 07. Conquer And Destroy 08. Midnight Sun 09. Demonic Future 10. Pride Comes Before The Fall 11. Dying Planet
Cover artwork by Eliran Kantor
For 37 years, KREATOR has spear-headed a thrash metal crusade, inspiring generations of metal heads and musicians alike. The collision of traditional and contemporary values is a sentiment that Mille Petrozza has breathed in to the soul of this monumental new album; recruiting visionary producer Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Cavalera Conspiracy, Ghostmane and Turnstile) from Philadelphia to work with the band at the legendary Hansa Studio in Berlin. “Hate Über Alles” features gorgeously grim cover artwork painted by renowned artist Eliran Kantor (Testament, Thy Art Is Murder, Helloween), serving a bold statement against hate and division in today’s society.
Mille Petrozza comments: “Hate Über Alles reflects the time we’re living in. Everything is really loud and aggressive. The way we communicate has changed, thanks to social media. It causes a lot of imbalance. The world is in a state of disrepair. Life is not harmonic right now, it’s disharmonic… that’s where I was going with the title.”
Decades into their game-changing career, German metal legends Kreator find themselves more successful and influential than ever. They’ve stuck to their guns, weathered the trends and outlasted their peers – never once wavering from the ferocious noise that excited them as teens. If anything, that thirst for sonic warfare is just as strong, if not stronger, today. Where others have suffered from creative malnourishment and artistic uncertainty, something which even metal’s biggest and best are prone to, Kreator have always charged full steam ahead – thanks to the red-eyed conviction and fearless determination of founding singer and guitarist Miland ‘Mille’ Petrozza. On 1985 debut Endless Pain, the Essen innovators created the template for extreme noise to come, fusing elements of thrash and black metal in ways that had never been heard before. Their sophomore album of the following year, Pleasure To Kill, became one of the landmark albums of 1986 – making metal history alongside key releases from Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth. And onwards they marched, bringing hellish anthems to the masses in every album that followed, with a track record few could ever rival.
The last decade has been a particularly exciting time for the group, with 2012’s Phantom Antichrist proving how they could embrace modern production techniques and move with the times without forsaking the underground spirit and defiance which made them a household name in the first place. Its successor, 2017’s Gods Of Violence, saw them topping the German charts for the very first time in their career, a feat virtually unheard for a band of such thunderous intensity. Returning this year with fifteenth opus Hate Über Alles – which marks their first studio album with Frédéric Leclercq (ex-Dragonforce, Sinsaenum) on bass, joining Mille, guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö and drummer Jürgen ‘Ventor’ Reil – the metal titans are once again channelling an unholy heaviness strong enough to tilt the earth off-axis.
Conquering and destroying in the way only Kreator can, Hate Über Alles will undoubtedly sit proudly as the finest metal of its year. And so onwards they march once more…
KREATOR Live 2022
2nd Jun – Czechia – METALFEST OPEN AIR 18th Jun – Finland – METAL CAPITAL FEST 24th Jun – France – HELLFEST 26th Jun – Italy – ROCK THE CASTLE 30th Jun – Portugal – VOA HEAVY ROCK FESTIVAL 1st Jul – Germany – RUHRPOTT RODEO 03rd Jul – Finland – TUSKA 04th Aug – Spain – LEYENDAS DEL ROCK 19th Aug – France – MOTOCULTOR FESTIVAL 20th Aug – Netherlands – DYNAMO METAL FEST 23rd Sep – Mexico – MEXICO METAL FEST
KREATOR will embark on a European co-headline tour alongside LAMB OF GOD in November & December 2022.
State Of Unrest Tour 2022 KREATOR | LAMB OF GOD with guests: Thy Art is Murder & Gatecreeper
18th Nov – Denmark – COPENHAGEN, Forum Black Box 19th Nov – Sweden – STOCKHOLM, Fryshuset Arenan 21st Nov – Finland – OULU, Teatria 22nd Nov – Finland – HELSINKI, Ice Hall Black Box 24th Nov – Poland – WARSAW, Stodola 26th Nov – Germany – MUNICH, Zenith 27th Nov – Germany – BERLIN, Columbiahalle 29th Nov – Netherlands – TILBURG, 013 30th Nov – Belgium – BRUSSELS, AB 02nd Dec – Germany – LUDWIGSBURG, MHP Arena 03rd Dec – Germany – ESSEN, Grugahalle 04th Dec – Germany – SAARBRÜCKEN, Saarlandhalle 06th Dec – Spain – MADRID, Riviera 07th Dec – Spain – BARCELONA, Razzmatazz 09th Dec – Germany – WIESBADEN, Schlachthof 10th Dec – Germany – HAMBURG, Edel Optics Arena 11th Dec – Germany – LEIPZIG, Haus Auensee 13th Dec – UK – LONDON, O2 Academy Brixton 14th Dec – UK – GLASGOW, O2 Academy 15th Dec – UK – BIRMINGHAM, O2 Academy 16th Dec – UK – BRISTOL, O2 Academy 18th Dec – UK – MANCHESTER, Academy 20th Dec – France – PARIS, L’Olympia 21st Dec – Switzerland – ZURICH, Samsung Hall
The mighty KREATOR are proud to unveil “Strongest Of The Strong,” the second single from their forthcoming fifteenth studio album, “Hate Über Alles,” which will be released on June 10th, 2022. Five years after their highly acclaimed album “Gods Of Violence” (2017), peaking at #1 in the German album charts, the genre-defining band are happy to present this 11-track behemoth.
The unrelenting mid-tempo sledgehammer “Strongest Of The Strong” definitely lives up to its name and quite fittingly features renowned strongman and vegan advocate Patrik Baboumian who adds thundering backing vocals to the song’s anthemic chorus.
Patrik also appears in the music video for the song as the comic book character Earthraiser who’s fighting for animals and nature. The video was directed by Tom Schlagkamp and shot in South Africa. Check it out below!
Mille Petrozza comments: “Strongest of the Strong represents every person on this planet who is striving to become a force of good in a world filled with a lot of bad. It’s a straightforward banger with a message that only one man could carry; his name is Patrik ‘Earthraiser’ Baboumian! Great working with him in the studio and on the music video, a man with a lot of shared values with my own. We hope you enjoy!”
KREATOR – Hate Über Alles Release Date: June 10, 2022
01. Sergio Corbucci Is Dead 02. Hate Über Alles 03. Killer Of Jesus 04. Crush The Tyrants 05. Strongest Of The Strong 06. Become Immortal 07. Conquer And Destroy 08. Midnight Sun 09. Demonic Future 10. Pride Comes Before The Fall 11. Dying Planet
Cover artwork by Eliran Kantor
For 37 years, KREATOR has spear-headed a thrash metal crusade, inspiring generations of metal heads and musicians alike. The collision of traditional and contemporary values is a sentiment that Mille Petrozza has breathed in to the soul of this monumental new album; recruiting visionary producer Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Cavalera Conspiracy, Ghostmane and Turnstile) from Philadelphia to work with the band at the legendary Hansa Studio in Berlin. “Hate Über Alles” features gorgeously grim cover artwork painted by renowned artist Eliran Kantor (Testament, Thy Art Is Murder, Helloween), serving a bold statement against hate and division in today’s society.
Mille Petrozza comments: “Hate Über Alles reflects the time we’re living in. Everything is really loud and aggressive. The way we communicate has changed, thanks to social media. It causes a lot of imbalance. The world is in a state of disrepair. Life is not harmonic right now, it’s disharmonic… that’s where I was going with the title.”
KREATOR Live 2022
17th Apr – Norway – OSLO – Rockefeller 2nd Jun – Czechia – METALFEST OPEN AIR 18th Jun – Finland – METAL CAPITAL FEST 24th Jun – France – HELLFEST 26th Jun – Italy – ROCK THE CASTLE 30th Jun – Portugal – VOA HEAVY ROCK FESTIVAL 03rd Jul – Finland – TUSKA 04th Aug – Spain – LEYENDAS DEL ROCK 19th Aug – France – MOTOCULTOR FESTIVAL 20th Aug – Netherlands – DYNAMO METAL FEST 23rd Sep – Mexico – MEXICO METAL FEST
KREATOR will embark on a European co-headline tour alongside LAMB OF GOD in November & December 2022.
State Of Unrest Tour 2022 KREATOR | LAMB OF GOD with guests: Thy Art is Murder & Gatecreeper
18th Nov – Denmark – COPENHAGEN, Forum Black Box 19th Nov – Sweden – STOCKHOLM, Fryshuset Arenan 21st Nov – Finland – OULU, Teatria 22nd Nov – Finland – HELSINKI, Ice Hall Black Box 24th Nov – Poland – WARSAW, Stodola 26th Nov – Germany – MUNICH, Zenith 27th Nov – Germany – BERLIN, Columbiahalle 29th Nov – Netherlands – TILBURG, 013 30th Nov – Belgium – BRUSSELS, AB 02nd Dec – Germany – LUDWIGSBURG, MHP Arena 03rd Dec – Germany – ESSEN, Grugahalle 04th Dec – Germany – SAARBRÜCKEN, Saarlandhalle 06th Dec – Spain – MADRID, Riviera 07th Dec – Spain – BARCELONA, Razzmatazz 09th Dec – Germany – WIESBADEN, Schlachthof 10th Dec – Germany – HAMBURG, Edel Optics Arena 11th Dec – Germany – LEIPZIG, Haus Auensee 13th Dec – UK – LONDON, O2 Academy Brixton 14th Dec – UK – GLASGOW, O2 Academy 15th Dec – UK – BIRMINGHAM, O2 Academy 16th Dec – UK – BRISTOL, O2 Academy 18th Dec – UK – MANCHESTER, Academy 20th Dec – France – PARIS, L’Olympia 21st Dec – Switzerland – ZURICH, Samsung Hall
The mighty KREATOR are proud to announce their fifteenth studio album, “Hate Über Alles,” which will be released on June 3rd, 2022. Five years after their highly acclaimed album “Gods Of Violence” (2017), peaking at #1 in the German album charts, the genre-defining band are proud to present this 11-track behemoth.
For 37 years, KREATOR has spear-headed a thrash metal crusade, inspiring generations of metal heads and musicians alike. The collision of traditional and contemporary values is a sentiment that Mille Petrozza has breathed in to the soul of this monumental new album; recruiting visionary producer Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Cavalera Conspiracy, Ghostmane and Turnstile) from Philadelphia to work with the band at the legendary Hansa Studio in Berlin. “Hate Über Alles” features gorgeously grim cover artwork by renowned artist Eliran Kantor (Testament, Thy Art Is Murder, Helloween), serving a bold statement against hate and division in today’s society.
Mille Petrozza comments: “Hate Über Alles reflects the time we’re living in. Everything is really loud and aggressive. The way we communicate has changed, thanks to social media. It causes a lot of imbalance. The world is in a state of disrepair. Life is not harmonic right now, it’s disharmonic… that’s where I was going with the title.”
Starting today, “Hate Über Alles” can be pre-ordered in various formats, including a noble 2LP+CD Box Set (scroll down for more details).
Today also marks the release of the first new KREATOR single, the vicious title track “Hate Über Alles,” for which the band has produced a thrilling music video that should be mandatory viewing for every metal fan!
KREATOR – Hate Über Alles Release Date: June 03, 2022
01. Sergio Corbucci Is Dead 02. Hate Über Alles 03. Killer Of Jesus 04. Crush The Tyrants 05. Strongest Of The Strong 06. Become Immortal 07. Conquer And Destroy 08. Midnight Sun 09. Demonic Future 10. Pride Comes Before The Fall 11. Dying Planet
Today, German thrash metal gods KREATOR have released a very special re-issue of their 2001 masterpiece “Violent Revolution” for its 20th anniversary! This new edition of “Violent Revolution” includes a huge selection of assorted live bootleg recordings, grouped together under the name “Bootleg Revolution.” The 20th anniversary edition of “Violent Revolution” is available on various formats, including Digital Album, CD Jewelcase, CD Digipak, Double LP, Cassette and a Ltd. Edition 4LP+2CD Boxset, which also features an exclusive KREATOR comic book called“Graphic Violence – Chapter 1.”
To whet your appetite for the intense “Bootleg Revolution” live material, which has been recorded in countries like Brazil, Korea and Istanbul & on German Festivals like Wacken and Waldrock – please check out an impressive new live video for the title track of “Violent Revolution“:
01 Reconquering The Throne 02 The Patriarch 03 Violent Revolution 04 All Of The Same Blood 05 Servant In Heaven – King In Hell 06 Second Awakening 07 Ghetto War 08 Replicas Of Life 09 Slave Machinery 10 Bitter Sweet Revenge 11 Mind Of Fire 12 System Decay
Live Bonus Tracklist:
01 Violent Revolution (Live in Brazil) 02 Reconquering The Throne (Live in Brazil) 03 Extreme Aggression (Live in Korea) 04 People Of The Lie (Live in Korea) 05 All Of The Same Blood (Live in Korea) 06 Phobia (Live In Korea) 07 Pleasure To Kill (Live in Korea) 08 Renewal (Live in Korea) 09 Servant In Heaven – King In Hell (Live Brazil) 10 Terrible Certainty (Live in Korea) 11 Riot Of Violence (Live in Korea) 12 Terrorzone (Live in Brazil) 13 Betrayer (Live in Brazil) 14 Lost (Live in Brazil) 15 Coma Of Souls (Live in Brazil) 16 Flag Of Hate (Live at Wacken) 17 Tormentor (Live at Wacken)
“Bootleg Revolution” Tracklist:
01 Violent Revolution (Live in Brazil) 02 Reconquering The Throne (Live in Brazil) 03 Extreme Aggression (Live in Korea) 04 People Of The Lie (Live in Korea) 05 All Of The Same Blood (Live in Korea) 06 Phobia (Live In Korea) 07 Pleasure To Kill (Live in Korea) 08 Renewal (Live in Korea) 09 Servant In Heaven – King In Hell (Live Brazil) 10 Terrible Certainty (Live in Korea) 11 Riot Of Violence (Live in Korea) 12 Terrorzone (Live in Brazil) 13 Betrayer (Live in Brazil) 14 Lost (Live in Brazil) 15 Coma Of Souls (Live in Brazil) 16 Flag Of Hate (Live at Wacken) 17 Tormentor (Live at Wacken) 18 Violent Revolution (Live in Istanbul) 19 Reconquering The Throne (Live in Istanbul) 20 Extreme Aggression (Live in Istanbul) 21 People Of The Lie (Live in Istanbul) 22 All Of The Same Blood (Live in Istanbul) 23 Phobia (Live in Istanbul) 24 Servant In Heaven – King In Hell (Live in Istanbul) 25 Terrible Certainty (Live in Istanbul) 26 Riot Of Violence (Live in Istanbul) 27 Betrayer (Live in Istanbul) 28 Flag Of Hate (Live in Istanbul) 29 Tormentor (Live in Istanbul) 30 The Patriarch (Live at Waldrock) 31 Violent Revolution (Live at Waldrock) 32 Reconquering The Throne (Live at Waldrock) 33 Extreme Aggression (Live at Waldrock) 34 People Of The Lie (Live at Waldrock) 35 All Of The Same Blood (Live at Waldrock) 36 Phobia (Live at Waldrock) 37 Pleasure To Kill (Live at Waldrock) 38 Renewal (Live at Waldrock) 39 Servant In Heaven – King In Hell (Live at Waldrock) 40 Flag Of Hate (Live at Waldrock) 41 Tormentor (Live at Waldrock)
As the 21st century was born, so Kreator underwent what was nothing less than a seismic creative rebirth. By this time, the iconic German band had released nine studio albums in the 1980s and ’90s, which had established them as one of the most important metal names of these decades.In the first period, they had helped to shape and pioneer the thrash scene through such releases as ‘Pleasure To Kill’ (1986), ‘TerribleCertainty’ (’87) and ‘Extreme Aggression’ (’89). During the following decade, the band had opened up exciting horizons of experimentation on albums like ‘Coma Of Souls’ (1990), ‘Renewal’ (’92) and ‘Endorama'(’99). Now, though, it was time to move into a fresh era, as vocalist/guitarist Mille Petrozza explains. “During the 1990s, we were definitely experimenting with what the band were doing. But (drummer) Ventor and I decided that for this album – our first of the new millennium – we wanted to go back to the sort of sound that we had at the start of Kreator. In other words, to get back to the reason why we began the band in the first place.”
There were some significant changes for this album, one being the fact that the band signed to SPV/Steamhammer. There was also new guitarist introduced, as Sami Yli-Sirniö (who had made his reputation with Finnish band Waltari) took over from Tommy Vetterli. The latter (also known as Tommy T. Baron) had joined in 1996 and played on the ‘Oucast’ (1997) and ‘Endorama’ albums.
As usual, it was Petrozza who did all the writing for the album.
The producer for this album was Andy Sneap, who was now making a name for himself as one of the pre-eminent masters of this art in the modern metal world. Pre-production was done in Essen at KKS Studios, before the band went to Area 51 Studios in Celle, near Hamburg where they recorded the drum and bass (handled by Christian Giesler)
The album title came from something Petrozza had read. “In a book I came across a comment that John F. Kennedy said (in 1962). This was: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable”. I thought ‘Violent Revolution’ would make a good title for an album. So, I kept it in my mind for this record. I think ‘Violent Revolution’ is a title that makes a real impact.
For the cover, Kreator turned to Andreas Marschall, who had done such a striking job on 1990’s ‘Coma Of Souls’ album sleeve.
‘Violent Revolution’ was released in September 2001, and became the band’s highest charting album to that point in Germany, as it reached number 38. “We knew we had a good album, so in that way it wasn’t a surprise to see this do so well in the chart. But however good you might think your album is, you can never be certain how people will react to what you’ve done, and whether you can pick up new fans, as well as satisfy the older ones. So, I suppose there was an element of us being pleasantly surprised when we got into the Top 40 for the first time. But I have to give a lot of credit to our label. They knew exactly how to market and promote the album, and showed we had made the right choice in signing to them.”
‘Violent Revolution’ is without question an excellent album. While in some ways it does hark back to the glories of the band’s earlier days, nonetheless it does not sound at all nostalgic. The performances and production values are very much part of the contemporary era, and the strength of the compositions themselves are of the highest values. Rising to the challenge offered by a new generation of ambitious metal bands, Kreator proved they were far from being a spent force. Unlike so many of their peers, here was a band who still had so much creativity to offer, and were also clearly excited themselves by what they were doing. And when you hear the band themselves enjoying the entire process, then you know this is a bona fide revitalisation.
“I feel this is one of our strongest albums,” says Petrozza with conviction. “We took what we’d done on ‘Coma Of Souls’ and ‘Extreme Aggression’ but this wasn’t a case of repeating it. No, we added in modern metal elements to the sound as well. It was a new era for Kreator. A rebirth if you want to put it that way. And the start of what I would call our second career.”
KREATOR Live 2022
9th Apr – Russia – MOSCOW – Mainstage 11th Apr – Russia – NOVOSIBIRSK – Podzemka 13th Apr – Russia – YEKATERINBURG – Tele Club 15th Apr – Russia – ST. PETERSBURG – A2 Green Concert 17th Apr – Norway – OSLO – Rockefeller 2nd Jun – Czechia – METALFEST OPEN AIR 24th Jun – France – HELLFEST 26th Jun – Italy – ROCK THE CASTLE 30th Jun – Portugal – VOA HEAVY ROCK FESTIVAL 14th-18th Aug – Greece – HAMMERSHIP CRUISE 18th-21st Aug – France – MOTOCULTOR FESTIVAL 20th-21st Aug – Netherlands – DYNAMO METAL FEST 23rd Sep – Mexico – MEXICO METAL FEST
KREATOR will embark on a European co-headline tour alongside LAMB OF GOD in November & December 2022.
State Of Unrest Tour 2022 KREATOR | LAMB OF GOD with guests: Thy Art is Murder & Gatecreeper
18th Nov – Denmark – COPENHAGEN Forum Black Box 19th Nov – Sweden – STOCKHOLM Fryshuset Arenan 21st Nov – Finland – OULU Teatria 22nd Nov – Finland – HELSINKI Ice Hall Black Box 24th Nov – Poland – WARSAW Stodola 26th Nov – Germany – MUNICH Zenith 27th Nov – Germany – BERLIN Columbiahalle 29th Nov – Netherlands – TILBURG O13 30th Nov – Belgium – BRUSSELS AB 2nd Dec – Germany – LUDWIGSBURG MHP Arena 3rd Dec – Germany – ESSEN Grugahalle 4th Dec – Germany – SAARBRÜCKEN Saarlandhalle 6th Dec – Spain – MADRID Riviera 7th Dec – Spain – BARCELONA Razzmatazz 9th Dec – Germany – WIESBADEN Schlachthof 10th Dec – Germany – HAMBURG Edel Optics Arena 11th Dec – Germany – LEIPZIG Haus Auensee 20th Dec – France – PARIS L’Olympia 21st Dec – Switzerland – ZURICH Samsung Hall
German thrash metal gods KREATOR will release a very special re-rissue of their 2001 masterpiece “Violent Revolution” for its 20th anniversary! This new edition of “Violent Revolution” is scheduled for a January 21, 2022 release through Nuclear Blast Records and it will include a huge selection of assorted live bootleg recordings, grouped together under the name “Bootleg Revolution.” The 20th anniversary edition of “Violent Revolution” will be available on various formats, including Digital Album, CD Jewelcase, CD Digipak, Double LP, Cassette and a Ltd. Edition 4LP+2CD Boxset, which will also include an exclusive KREATOR comic book called“Graphic Violence – Chapter 1.”
To give you a taste of the “Bootleg Revolution” material, which has been recorded in countries like Brazil, Korea and Istanbul & on German Festivals like Wacken and Waldrock – please check out the visualizer video for “Reconquering The Trone (Live In Istanbul)“:
01 Reconquering The Throne 02 The Patriarch 03 Violent Revolution 04 All Of The Same Blood 05 Servant In Heaven – King In Hell 06 Second Awakening 07 Ghetto War 08 Replicas Of Life 09 Slave Machinery 10 Bitter Sweet Revenge 11 Mind Of Fire 12 System Decay
Live Bonus Tracklist:
01 Violent Revolution (Live in Brazil) 02 Reconquering The Throne (Live in Brazil) 03 Extreme Aggression (Live in Korea) 04 People Of The Lie (Live in Korea) 05 All Of The Same Blood (Live in Korea) 06 Phobia (Live In Korea) 07 Pleasure To Kill (Live in Korea) 08 Renewal (Live in Korea) 09 Servant In Heaven – King In Hell (Live Brazil) 10 Terrible Certainty (Live in Korea) 11 Riot Of Violence (Live in Korea) 12 Terrorzone (Live in Brazil) 13 Betrayer (Live in Brazil) 14 Lost (Live in Brazil) 15 Coma Of Souls (Live in Brazil) 16 Flag Of Hate (Live at Wacken) 17 Tormentor (Live at Wacken)
“Bootleg Revolution” Tracklist:
01 Violent Revolution (Live in Brazil) 02 Reconquering The Throne (Live in Brazil) 03 Extreme Aggression (Live in Korea) 04 People Of The Lie (Live in Korea) 05 All Of The Same Blood (Live in Korea) 06 Phobia (Live In Korea) 07 Pleasure To Kill (Live in Korea) 08 Renewal (Live in Korea) 09 Servant In Heaven – King In Hell (Live Brazil) 10 Terrible Certainty (Live in Korea) 11 Riot Of Violence (Live in Korea) 12 Terrorzone (Live in Brazil) 13 Betrayer (Live in Brazil) 14 Lost (Live in Brazil) 15 Coma Of Souls (Live in Brazil) 16 Flag Of Hate (Live at Wacken) 17 Tormentor (Live at Wacken) 18 Violent Revolution (Live in Istanbul) 19 Reconquering The Throne (Live in Istanbul) 20 Extreme Aggression (Live in Istanbul) 21 People Of The Lie (Live in Istanbul) 22 All Of The Same Blood (Live in Istanbul) 23 Phobia (Live in Istanbul) 24 Servant In Heaven – King In Hell (Live in Istanbul) 25 Terrible Certainty (Live in Istanbul) 26 Riot Of Violence (Live in Istanbul) 27 Betrayer (Live in Istanbul) 28 Flag Of Hate (Live in Istanbul) 29 Tormentor (Live in Istanbul) 30 The Patriarch (Live at Waldrock) 31 Violent Revolution (Live at Waldrock) 32 Reconquering The Throne (Live at Waldrock) 33 Extreme Aggression (Live at Waldrock) 34 People Of The Lie (Live at Waldrock) 35 All Of The Same Blood (Live at Waldrock) 36 Phobia (Live at Waldrock) 37 Pleasure To Kill (Live at Waldrock) 38 Renewal (Live at Waldrock) 39 Servant In Heaven – King In Hell (Live at Waldrock) 40 Flag Of Hate (Live at Waldrock) 41 Tormentor (Live at Waldrock)
As the 21st century was born, so Kreator underwent what was nothing less than a seismic creative rebirth. By this time, the iconic German band had released nine studio albums in the 1980s and ’90s, which had established them as one of the most important metal names of these decades.In the first period, they had helped to shape and pioneer the thrash scene through such releases as ‘Pleasure To Kill’ (1986), ‘TerribleCertainty’ (’87) and ‘Extreme Aggression’ (’89). During the following decade, the band had opened up exciting horizons of experimentation on albums like ‘Coma Of Souls’ (1990), ‘Renewal’ (’92) and ‘Endorama'(’99). Now, though, it was time to move into a fresh era, as vocalist/guitarist Mille Petrozza explains. “During the 1990s, we were definitely experimenting with what the band were doing. But (drummer) Ventor and I decided that for this album – our first of the new millennium – we wanted to go back to the sort of sound that we had at the start of Kreator. In other words, to get back to the reason why we began the band in the first place.”
There were some significant changes for this album, one being the fact that the band signed to SPV/Steamhammer. There was also new guitarist introduced, as Sami Yli-Sirniö (who had made his reputation with Finnish band Waltari) took over from Tommy Vetterli. The latter (also known as Tommy T. Baron) had joined in 1996 and played on the ‘Oucast’ (1997) and ‘Endorama’ albums.
As usual, it was Petrozza who did all the writing for the album.
The producer for this album was Andy Sneap, who was now making a name for himself as one of the pre-eminent masters of this art in the modern metal world. Pre-production was done in Essen at KKS Studios, before the band went to Area 51 Studios in Celle, near Hamburg where they recorded the drum and bass (handled by Christian Giesler)
The album title came from something Petrozza had read. “In a book I came across a comment that John F. Kennedy said (in 1962). This was: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable”. I thought ‘Violent Revolution’ would make a good title for an album. So, I kept it in my mind for this record. I think ‘Violent Revolution’ is a title that makes a real impact.
For the cover, Kreator turned to Andreas Marschall, who had done such a striking job on 1990’s ‘Coma Of Souls’ album sleeve.
‘Violent Revolution’ was released in September 2001, and became the band’s highest charting album to that point in Germany, as it reached number 38. “We knew we had a good album, so in that way it wasn’t a surprise to see this do so well in the chart. But however good you might think your album is, you can never be certain how people will react to what you’ve done, and whether you can pick up new fans, as well as satisfy the older ones. So, I suppose there was an element of us being pleasantly surprised when we got into the Top 40 for the first time. But I have to give a lot of credit to our label. They knew exactly how to market and promote the album, and showed we had made the right choice in signing to them.”
‘Violent Revolution’ is without question an excellent album. While in some ways it does hark back to the glories of the band’s earlier days, nonetheless it does not sound at all nostalgic. The performances and production values are very much part of the contemporary era, and the strength of the compositions themselves are of the highest values. Rising to the challenge offered by a new generation of ambitious metal bands, Kreator proved they were far from being a spent force. Unlike so many of their peers, here was a band who still had so much creativity to offer, and were also clearly excited themselves by what they were doing. And when you hear the band themselves enjoying the entire process, then you know this is a bona fide revitalisation.
“I feel this is one of our strongest albums,” says Petrozza with conviction. “We took what we’d done on ‘Coma Of Souls’ and ‘Extreme Aggression’ but this wasn’t a case of repeating it. No, we added in modern metal elements to the sound as well. It was a new era for Kreator. A rebirth if you want to put it that way. And the start of what I would call our second career.”
KREATOR Live 2022
9th Apr – Russia – MOSCOW – Mainstage 11th Apr – Russia – NOVOSIBIRSK – Podzemka 13th Apr – Russia – YEKATERINBURG – Tele Club 15th Apr – Russia – ST. PETERSBURG – A2 Green Concert 17th Apr – Norway – OSLO – Rockefeller 2nd Jun – Czechia – METALFEST OPEN AIR 24th Jun – France – HELLFEST 26th Jun – Italy – ROCK THE CASTLE 30th Jun – Portugal – VOA HEAVY ROCK FESTIVAL 14th-18th Aug – Greece – HAMMERSHIP CRUISE 18th-21st Aug – France – MOTOCULTOR FESTIVAL 20th-21st Aug – Netherlands – DYNAMO METAL FEST 23rd Sep – Mexico – MEXICO METAL FEST
KREATOR will embark on a European co-headline tour alongside LAMB OF GOD in November & December 2022.
State Of Unrest Tour 2022 KREATOR | LAMB OF GOD with guests: Thy Art is Murder & Gatecreeper
18th Nov – Denmark – COPENHAGEN Forum Black Box 19th Nov – Sweden – STOCKHOLM Fryshuset Arenan 21st Nov – Finland – OULU Teatria 22nd Nov – Finland – HELSINKI Ice Hall Black Box 24th Nov – Poland – WARSAW Stodola 26th Nov – Germany – MUNICH Zenith 27th Nov – Germany – BERLIN Columbiahalle 29th Nov – Netherlands – TILBURG O13 30th Nov – Belgium – BRUSSELS AB 2nd Dec – Germany – LUDWIGSBURG MHP Arena 3rd Dec – Germany – ESSEN Grugahalle 4th Dec – Germany – SAARBRÜCKEN Saarlandhalle 6th Dec – Spain – MADRID Riviera 7th Dec – Spain – BARCELONA Razzmatazz 9th Dec – Germany – WIESBADEN Schlachthof 10th Dec – Germany – HAMBURG Edel Optics Arena 11th Dec – Germany – LEIPZIG Haus Auensee 20th Dec – France – PARIS L’Olympia 21st Dec – Switzerland – ZURICH Samsung Hall
Metal Shock Finland (World Assault ) 