Great Double live album from the fathers of speed/trash metal, definitely the best selection of kreator you'll hear in a long time. Songs carefully and geniously played will make you bang your head all the way through.The progression of Kreator's music could be recognized notably in this record, from the neck breaker Phobia to the killer inducer Extreme Agression to the space flying Black Sunrise make this double album a must have for any trash metal fan & collector.You'll wish you would have been in that concert when you hear this record, it's magnetic and exciting.Great presentation, great sound, great quality of songs.If you want to recap the whole history of the great Kreator this is your chance.
You'll get your money's worth.
Kreator, the long running, well known thrash band from
Germany, finally released a live CD, and well, they did an excellent job.
Not this bullcrap, mixed in the studio, Pro Tools. 300 overdubs crap, raw, unalduturated live metal.
I won't go into extensive detail track by track, but will give a brief synopsis track by track.
Disc 1 :
The Patriarch - Nice instrumental piece, perfect for an opener. 3.5/5
Violent Revolution - Great opening track, nothing fast, just a mid paced tempo thrasher with melody, and a 'violent' nice chorus. 4.5/5
Reconquering the Throne - Holy smokes, much better live than in the studio. 4/5
Extreme Aggressions - One of my all time favorites, fast and pissed off, the way Kreator should be. 5/5
People of the Lie - Their 'hit'..lol! Not bad, but never was my favorites. 3/5
All of the Same Blood - Awesome opening riffage, great tune. 4/5
Phobia - "Is there someone following you, someone following you??" Heavy song and one of the best on here! 5/5
Pleasure to Kill - Ancient stuff here, a classic, alot better than the original. 4/5
Black Sunrise - Okay tune, a bit slow, and melodic, but it's not too bad. 3.75/5
Renewal - I hated the original so bad, but the live version is alot better, especially the vocals. Gone is the "barking", and back is Millie's venemous growl. 4/5
Servant in Hell - King in Hell - Didnt like this too much, bored me to death. 2/5
Terrible Certanity - I love this tune, awesome lyrics. 5/5
Riot of Violence - Booooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be better if Millie sang it, be alot better! Ventor...just drum will ya!!! 2/5
Disc 2:
Lost - Not familiar with this song at all, nice opening drums and riff though. 3/5
Coma of Souls - If this wouldn't have been on here, I would have never bought the CD. 5/5
Second Awakening - Again, another Violent Revolution tune I didn't like, not bad though. 3/5
Terror Zone - Who doesn't like this song. Awesome!!!!!!!!! 4/5
Betrayer - Too many words to describe. 5/5
Leave This World Behind - Should have been "leave this track behind". 2/5
Under the Guillotine - Oh baby, old school....yeah!!!!!!! 5/5
Awakening of the God - Butchered version got this a lower rating. 4/5
Golden Age - 1 Endorama song...just one?????????????????? I loved that CD, but oh well. I liked the studio version better, but this is okay live. 4/5
Flag of Hate - "It's time to raise the flag of ....HATE" 5/5
Tormentor - 5/5
Could have been better if Servant in Heaven-KIng in Hell was replaced by
Replicas of Life and Leave this World Behind with Toxic Trace, but we can't have it all.
Over the years, I had heard a few songs from Kreator and liked what I had heard. I was listening to Pandora and heard a few more, so I figured it's time for a CD. I bought this dual-disc and am very impressed with the quality of recordings (due to songs being live in concert). Great buy!!
Kreator reward the dedicated metalhead. Immensely influential, admired and respected by almost everyone throughout the history of the genre. Technically brilliant, consistent, resilient, yet always just beneath the mainstream metal radar. Fans of Slayer, Metallica, Pantera and Sepultura were ten a penny, but whenever you met someone who knew Kreator, you felt like you were in on a special secret. This is a Kreator double live album, and deserves 8/10 automatically.
So what's good? This is one of the few elite metal bands with enough great tunes to fill a double live album. Personally I can think of enough Kreator tunes to fill two double live albums. All the obvious fast-as-hell old school Thrash classics are present and correct; 'Tormentor', 'Flag of Hate', 'Betrayer', 'Pleasure to Kill', 'Extreme Aggression' and 'Terrible Certainty'. You then get the very best of their more elaborate crunch-tunes; 'Riot of Violence', 'People of the Lie' and 'Terrorzone', a couple of overlooked favourites such as 'Under the Guillotine', 'Awakening of the Gods' and 'Coma of Souls'. Then you get dramatically revitalised versions of tunes like 'Renewal', 'Lost', and 'Phobia' from their patchy mid 90's albums.
What's bad about it? The balance is a bit off - one song from 'Terrible Certainty' and three from 'Outcast'? How can 'Leave this World Behind' or 'Black Sunrise' provide better additions than 'Behind the Mirror'? Why are there so many pinch harmonics all over the place? Why do the 'Violent Revolution' songs seem to have pointless melodic breaks? 'All of the Same Blood' sounds like the best Kreator song ever until it hits the two minute mark, when it suddenly becomes almost unlistenable.
Still, you can't please everybody with a record like this. Buy it immediately and make your own mind up.
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