KREATOR - Hordes of Chaos CD
SPV Records
I was already looking forward to seeing KREATOR on tour this year. But after listening to
Hordes of Chaos my anticipation has grown ten fold. This is a damm great fuckin album! The first thing you notice overall is the production which is very raw 80s style. That's because producer Moses Schneider had the band practically create a live in the studio recording. This is the ingredient which was lacking in a few of last years releases by Thrash veterans returning to reclaim their thrones from the new school crowd. Now in 2009 KREATOR doesn't have to prove shit as far as I'm concerned. This is their twelfth studio album. They helped create the whole fuckin genre with essential releases like Pleasure to Kill, Terrible Certainty and Extreme Aggression. All of which have been used by the new school crowd as templates for their own new Thrash noise. Not that there's anything wrong with it. So I was expecting a quality release here. What we get is an incredible one with
guitarist/vocalist, Mille Petrozza, showing us that he's still pissed off as all Hell and wants to scream his head off about it, well to a degree. Better yet you're not going to forget it since these songs are catchy angry anthems. Be prepared to sing along when you see KREATOR play your neck of the woods in 2009. Now don't get me wrong because this isn't a trip down memory lane. Along with the fast bursts there's some melodic pieces, with excellent guitar work throughout. I'm happy that the band didn't go into the studio in order to recreate the past, shine it up with studio tricks that the younger set is so used to nowadays, and toss it out with a big "Eat This" tag. Hordes of Chaos proves that KREATOR are true to themselves as musicians, songwriters and Thrash veterans we owe alot to.
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