Kreator
| a.k.a. | ex-Tyrant, ex-Metal Militia, ex-Tormentor |
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| Country | Germany |
| Formed | 1984, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Genres | Thrash Metal |
| Labels | Noise Records, GUN Records, Drakkar Records, Steamhammer, Nuclear Blast Records |
| Years active | 1982 (Tyrant), 1982 (Metal Militia), 1982-1984 (Tormentor), 1984-present |
| Website | https://www.kreator-terrorzone.de/ |
Line-up (members)
- Mille Petrozza : Vocals, Guitars (1984-present)
- Sami Yli-Sirniö : Guitars (2001-present)
- Frédéric Leclercq : Bass (2019-present)
- Ventor : Drums (1984-1994, 1996-present), Vocals (1984-1987)
Former members
- Rob : Bass (1984-1992)
- Wulf : Guitars (1986)
- Tritze : Guitars (1986-1989)
- Frank Blackfire : Guitars (1989-1996)
- Andreas Herz : Bass (1992-1995)
- Joe Cangelosi : Drums (1994-1996)
- Christian Giesler : Bass (1995-2019)
- Tommy Vetterli : Guitars (1996-2001)
Kreator Lyrics (178)
Kreator Discography
| Album title | Lyrics | Type | Released | Rating | Votes | Reviews | |||
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Endless Pain (1985) | Lyrics |  |
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Studio | 1985-10 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Pleasure to Kill (1986) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 1986-04-01 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Flag of Hate (1986) | Lyrics | |
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EP | 1986-08-04 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Behind the Mirror (1987) | Single | 1987-03 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Terrible Certainty (1987) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 1987-09-22 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Out of the Dark... into the Light (1988) | Lyrics | |
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EP | 1988-08 | - | 0 | 0 | |
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Extreme Aggression (1989) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 1989-06-19 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Thrashing East (1990) | |
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Video | 1990 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extreme Aggression Tour 1989 / ' 90 (Live in East Berlin) (1990) | |
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Video | 1990 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| People of the Lie (1990) | Single | 1990 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Doomsday News III - Thrashing East Live (1990) | |
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Split | 1990-10-09 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
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Coma of Souls (1990) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 1990-11-06 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Hallucinative Comas (1991) | |
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Video | 1991 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Renewal (1991) | Demo | 1991 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Renewal (1992) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 1992-10-26 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Isolation (1995) | Single | 1995 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lost (1995) | Single | 1995 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Cause for Conflict (1995) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 1995-07 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Scenarios of Violence (1996) | |
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Compilation | 1996-03-19 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leave This World Behind (1997) | Single | 1997 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Outcast (1997) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 1997-07-22 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Endorama / Code Red (1999) | |
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Split | 1999 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Endorama (1999) | Single | 1999 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chosen Few (1999) | Single | 1999 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Endorama (1999) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 1999-03-29 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Voices of Transgression: A 90s Retrospective (1999) | |
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Compilation | 1999-04-04 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1985-1992 Past Life Trauma (2000) | |
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Compilation | 2000-12-26 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
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Violent Revolution (2001) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 2001-09-25 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Live Kreation (2003) | |
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Live | 2003-06-23 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Live Kreation - Revisioned Glory (2003) | |
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Video | 2003-06-24 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
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Enemy of God (2005) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 2005-01-10 | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Originals (2006) | |
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Boxed set | 2006 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| At the Pulse of Kapitulation - Live in East Berlin 1990 (2008) | |
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Video | 2008-03-28 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
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Hordes of Chaos (2009) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 2009-01-13 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Terror Prevails - Live at Rock Hard Festival (2010) | |
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Live | 2010-11-17 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phantom Antichrist (2012) | Single | 2012-04-20 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Terror Prevails - Live at Rock Hard Festival, Pt. 2 (2012) | |
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Live | 2012-05-30 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
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Phantom Antichrist (2012) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 2012-06-01 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Civilization Collapse (2012) | Single | 2012-11-09 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| The Big Teutonic 4 (2012) | |
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Split | 2012-12-22 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kreator / Legion of the Damned (2013) | |
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Split | 2013-06-28 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dying Alive (2013) | |
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Live | 2013-08-30 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron Destiny (2014) | Single | 2014-11 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Iron Destiny / Breaking the Law (2014) | |
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Split | 2014-11-14 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Big Teutonic 4 - Part II (2015) | |
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Split | 2015-03-13 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Love Us or Hate Us - The Very Best of the Noise Years 1985-1992 (2016) | |
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Compilation | 2016-05-06 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earth Under the Sword (2016) | Single | 2016-12-14 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Violence Unleashed (2016) | |
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EP | 2016-12-23 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Live Antichrist (2017) | |
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Live | 2017-01-11 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
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Gods of Violence (2017) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 2017-01-27 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Man in Black / Warrior Heart (2017) | |
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Split | 2017-02-22 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hail to the Hordes (2017) | Lyrics | Single | 2017-11-24 | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| Live at Dynamo Open Air 1998 (2019) | |
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Live | 2019-06-07 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Satan Is Real / Gods of Violence (2019) | Single | 2019-11-13 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| For the Hordes (2019) | |
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EP | 2019-12-28 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| London Apocalypticon - Live at the Roundhouse (2020) | |
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Live | 2020-02-14 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| London Apocalypticon - Live at the Roundhouse (2020) | |
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Video | 2020-02-14 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| 666 - World Divided (2020) | Single | 2020-03-27 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Checkmate / 666 - World Divided (2020) | |
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Split | 2020-04-10 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Under the Guillotine (2021) | |
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Compilation | 2021-02-26 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Under the Guillotine (2021) | |
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Boxed set | 2021-02-26 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| All of the Same Blood (2022) | Single | 2022-05-06 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Maximum Hate (2022) | |
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Compilation | 2022-05-11 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
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Hate über alles (2022) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 2022-06-10 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Live at Bloodstock 2021 (2022) | |
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Live | 2022-08-12 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Victory Will Come (2022) | Single | 2022-12-16 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Death to the World (2022) | Single | 2022-12-16 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| State of Unrest (2023) | Lyrics | Single | 2023-02-10 | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| Enemy of God / Hordes of Chaos (Remastered) (2024) | |
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Compilation | 2024-05-24 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Live in Chile (2024) | |
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Live | 2024-11-19 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Satanic Anarchy / Strongest of the Strong (2025) | Single | 2025-12-12 | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Krushers of the World (2026) | Lyrics | |
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Studio | 2026-01-16 | - | 0 | 0 |
Additional notes
The band was called Tormentor in the old days (1982-1984). Both demos were released under that name. The first line-up was Mille, Rob, and Ventor. A few guitarists were tried before Tritze joined after the Flag of Hate EP. Michael Wulf was in the band for a few days and didn't play on Pleasure to Kill, despite him getting credit.
In early 1987, Tom Warrior invited Mille to Zurich to recruit him to Celtic Frost. Mille went because he was a huge fan of the band, but after a few days of rehearsals, even though Celtic Frost impressed him as professionals, he decided to return to Essen and continue working with Kreator.
With Tritze the band started their first tour ever (before the release of Pleasure to Kill they had only played five gigs total). In 1989, German director Thomas Schadt made a documentary about Kreator (focusing on the social aspect of heavy metal in the Ruhr area) titled Thrash Altenessen (named after the band's hometown, a suburb of Essen).
Tritze left Kreator after Extreme Aggression, which was (as was the follow-up Coma of Souls) recorded in Los Angeles with producer Randy Burns (Also Megadeth, among others). Tritze was replaced by a former Sodom guitarist, Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik, who would stay in the band until 1996.
After the release of Renewal in '92, founding member Rob decided to leave the band to spend more time with his family. He was replaced by Andreas Herz, who never played on any official releases as the band released nothing between 1992 and 1995. The reason was a long fight between the band and their label, Noise Records, because Kreator wanted to get out of their contract. This also contributed to Ventor's decision to leave Kreator, together with personal problems he had at the time.
When they finally signed a new deal with GUN Records in 1995, Herz had already been replaced by Christian Giesler. Also, the band had a new drummer in Joe Cangelosi, who was a friend of Frank Blackfire. Cangelosi decided to leave after only one album, and Gosdzik also departed at this time. Ventor returned to the band to replace him and Frank Gosdzik was replaced by Tommy Vetterli (Coroner). When he left in 2001, Sami Yli-Sirniö was brought in.
Their "Pleasure to Kill" album and its title track are prominently featured in the German TV series Dark.
In early 1987, Tom Warrior invited Mille to Zurich to recruit him to Celtic Frost. Mille went because he was a huge fan of the band, but after a few days of rehearsals, even though Celtic Frost impressed him as professionals, he decided to return to Essen and continue working with Kreator.
With Tritze the band started their first tour ever (before the release of Pleasure to Kill they had only played five gigs total). In 1989, German director Thomas Schadt made a documentary about Kreator (focusing on the social aspect of heavy metal in the Ruhr area) titled Thrash Altenessen (named after the band's hometown, a suburb of Essen).
Tritze left Kreator after Extreme Aggression, which was (as was the follow-up Coma of Souls) recorded in Los Angeles with producer Randy Burns (Also Megadeth, among others). Tritze was replaced by a former Sodom guitarist, Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik, who would stay in the band until 1996.
After the release of Renewal in '92, founding member Rob decided to leave the band to spend more time with his family. He was replaced by Andreas Herz, who never played on any official releases as the band released nothing between 1992 and 1995. The reason was a long fight between the band and their label, Noise Records, because Kreator wanted to get out of their contract. This also contributed to Ventor's decision to leave Kreator, together with personal problems he had at the time.
When they finally signed a new deal with GUN Records in 1995, Herz had already been replaced by Christian Giesler. Also, the band had a new drummer in Joe Cangelosi, who was a friend of Frank Blackfire. Cangelosi decided to leave after only one album, and Gosdzik also departed at this time. Ventor returned to the band to replace him and Frank Gosdzik was replaced by Tommy Vetterli (Coroner). When he left in 2001, Sami Yli-Sirniö was brought in.
Their "Pleasure to Kill" album and its title track are prominently featured in the German TV series Dark.