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…