
Artist
Kreator
Kreator is a thrash metal artist from Essen, Germany formed in 1982. 42 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Thrash Metal · Essen, Germany · Best thrash metal albums
- 42
- Releases
- 1985–2026
- Active years
- 1982
- Formed

Artist
Kreator is a thrash metal artist from Essen, Germany formed in 1982. 42 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Thrash Metal · Essen, Germany · Best thrash metal albums

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Hate Über Alles
2022

Phantom Antichrist
2012

Endorama
1999

Gods of Violence
2017

Violent Revolution
2001

Krushers of the World
2026

Enemy of God
2005

Hordes of Chaos
2009

Pleasure to Kill
1986

Coma of Souls
1990

Extreme Aggression
1989

Endless Pain
1985

Outcast
1997

Renewal
1992

Cause for Conflict
1995

Terrible Certainty
1987

Live in Chile
2024

Bootleg Revolution (Live)
2022

Endorama (Ultimate Edition)
2021

Under the Guillotine
2021

London Apocalypticon (Live)
2020

Love Us or Hate Us: The Very Best of the Noise Years 1985-1992
2016

Dying Alive (Live)
2013

Scenarios of Violence
2012

Past Life Trauma (1985–1992)
2012
Terror Prevails: Live at Rock Hard Festival
2010
At the Pulse of Kapitulation: Live in East Berlin 1990
2008

Outcast / Cause For Conflict
2006
Live Kreation
2003
Pleasure to Kill / Flag of Hate
1988

Out of the Dark... Into the Light
EP · 1988

Renewal (Live at Dynamo Open Air / 1998 / Remastered 2018)
Single · 2026

Leave This World Behind (Live at Dynamo Open Air 1998 / Remastered 2018)
Single · 2026

Behind the Mirror
Single · 2026

Winter Martyrium (Remastered 2018)
Single · 2026

Europe After the Rain (Remastered 2018)
Single · 2026

Midnight Sun
Single · 2022

Violent Revolution (Live in Chile)
Single · 2020

666 - World Divided
Single · 2020

Hail to the Hordes
Single · 2019

Civilization Collapse
Single · 2019
Flag of Hate
EP · 1986
Kreator is a thrash metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 1982 with no name, but decided on Tormentor in 1984. They originally performed a speed metal style with Venom influences. Their style of music is similar to their compatriots Destruction and Sodom, the other two big German thrash metal bands. All three of these bands are often credited with helping pioneer death metal, by containing several elements of what was to become the genre. Kreator's work began in the vein of pure thrash metal but ventured into industrial and gothic from 1992 to 1999, before eventually returning to their classic thrash sound to date. To date, Kreator has released thirteen studio albums, two EPs, one live album and three compilation albums. The band released its debut album Endless Pain in 1985. Although many of their previous albums, including Pleasure to Kill (1986), were quite popular in the United States, Kreator did not experience major American commercial success until the 2009 release of their twelfth studio album, Hordes of Chaos, which peaked at number 165 on the Billboard 200 and debuted at No. 16 on the Media Control Charts, the band's highest ever chart position in Germany. In June 201…