Kreator Album: “Cause For Conflict”

I don't know why some people seem unable to find the greatness on this record... as with the Sep's "Chaos AD" or Slayer's "Divine intervention", the band shows a true understanding of the violence and aggression of the times in which it was delivered. In a pre-industrial-hype scene, when there were no fear factories or slipknots, i.e. melodic vocals or death metal disguises, they simply did what they did best (thrash metal) and pushed it one gigantic step beyond, demostrating the full validity of a genre definetely not in its peak at the time. Add a perfect sound, perfect technique, Mille's most aggressive and rabid vocals in ages, politics-wise and urban warfare lyrics... and you have a perfect record. People who speak about this record being slow or medium paced must have listened to another one. Or may not have listened to it at all. Just listen to "Bomb Threat": right in this page, scroll to the sound samples and judge by yourselves.

if you are downloading this mp3, make sure it is not corrupted!! I downloaded this album and some of the songs came out static. listen to the samples carefully!!

I love this album. kreator may have changed their musical direction throughout the 90's, but they are great on all their albums.

I gave this album 4 stars because I think this album ranks up their with Coma of Souls but not with Terrible Certainty, or Extreme Aggression. Its fast and heavy but something is missing. Maybe lyrically its diffrent but it's good to see they didn't go soft like Metallica or Megadeth. The only problem I have with this album is the track "Isolation" a good name because it isolates itself from the rest of the album. It's got a Revolution No.9 feel to it. All in all a good metal album.

This is a very primitive album, in a very good way, because it's very simple, straight-forward, to the point, not complex (in a good way) and without any nonsense. The distortion is so strong and crunchy and the speed is fast that this cd is very brutal. It's an assault on all your 5 senses. It grabs you from the get-go with its pummelling aggression and mayhem and doesn't let you go until the end. Do yourself a favor: Buy it and punish yourself with this masterpiece!

Long live "real metal" and "death" to all the nu-metal/nu-rock crap and posers that are polluting the airwaves today.

foregoing their usual thrash attack for a more groove-laden mid paced downtuned chug, Kreator sounds a bit lost on this album. there are a few good riffs and the talent of this unit cannot be denied, but there is no spark of greatness that they showed on their earlier albums...and the vocals are in a New York hardcore style kind of yell; in other words, lame. songs like "Catholic Despot" show that they still have some firepower left in their teutonic speed metal veins, but overall Cause For Conflict is an uninspired album.