26 jun 2011

White Zombie

White Zombie was a Grammy Award-nominated American hard rock/industrial metal band. Based in New York City, White Zombie was originally a noise rock band. White Zombie are better-known for their later heavy metal-oriented sound, with lyrics heavily influenced by horror films. Unlike other metal bands of the 1990s, White Zombie was almost exclusively a "fantasy" band, writing songs not based on their aspirations or experiences, but about surreal horror fantasies.
The group officially disbanded in 1998 shortly after the release of singer Rob Zombie's solo album Hellbilly Deluxe. In 2000, White Zombie was included on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, ranking at No. 56

History

Early years

White Zombie was founded by writer, vocalist, and graphic artist, Rob Zombie, after coming up with the band idea in 1985 while attending Parsons School of Design in his junior year. Zombie's girlfriend at the time, Sean Yseult, was playing the farfisa keyboard in the band LIFE with Ivan de Prume but the band soon broke up. Ena Kostabi owned a recording studio, which he would rent out to different bands. When he met Yseult, she asked if he could teach her to play bass. They then recruited Peter Landau to play drums and began to write and record songs. White Zombie's first release Gods on Voodoo Moon was an EP and was recorded on October 18, 1985. It was released under the band's own label Silent Explosion, under which they would release most of their early work. Only 300 copies were pressed, of which only 100 were sold; the band members still retain possession of the remaining 200.
In 1986, Zombie hired Tim Jeffs, his Parsons School of Design roommate to play guitar to replace Ena Kostabi, and Yseult brought in Ivan de Prume from their days in the band LIFE as the replacement for Landau. It was at this time the band started touring, making their live performance debut at CBGB's on April 28, 1986.[2][3] White Zombie released their second EP Pig Heaven that year. The release contained two songs, "Pig Heaven" and "Slaughter the Grey". The EP was recorded at 6/8 Studios on Houston St & Bleecker St in NoHo in New York City. Other songs that were recorded during the session but never released were titled "Follow Wild," "Rain Insane," "Paradise Fireball," and "Red River Flow." After touring for a year in the band Tim Jeffs left and was replaced by Tom Guay, often known as Tom Five. The band released a second pressing of Pig Heaven with different cover art, but retained the same recording with Tim Jeffs on guitar. Only 500 copies of each pressing were released on vinyl.
In 1987, the band released their third EP, Psycho-Head Blowout. Later that year, the band released their first full length album Soul-Crusher, which was their first release to feature sound clips from movies in the songs, a trademark that would continue for the remainder of the band's lifespan. John Ricci replaced Tom Guay shortly after the release of Soul-Crusher.[4] This is also the first album crediting 'Rob Zombie,' instead of his previous stage name 'Rob 'Dirt' Straker.'
In 1988, the band signed to Caroline Records, permanently discontinuing their old indie label. Their second album Make Them Die Slowly was released in February 1989.[4] The album was a musical shift for White Zombie. While their previous releases had been strictly punk influenced noise rock, Make Them Die Slowly had more of a heavy metal sound.[citation needed]
Ricci's carpal tunnel syndrome severely affected his ability to play guitar, forcing him to leave the band when Make Them Die Slowly was finished. Jay Yuenger, or "J", replaced him before the album's release, affecting their future sound.[5] One of the most obvious examples of this direction is the difference between the songs "Disaster Blaster" on Make Them Die Slowly and the re-worked version, "Disaster Blaster 2", on the God of Thunder EP.

Major label years

After searching for a record label and being turned down multiple times, the band turned towards RCA Records. However, Zombie opted more for a recording contract with Geffen Records. Michael Alago, a representative of Geffen, became interested after hearing God of Thunder and watched one of their shows at Pyramid Club and liked them, mostly for their song "Soul-Crusher". The band produced a demo with the help of J. G. Thirlwell of Foetus and were signed to Geffen.[6]
On March 17, 1992, White Zombie released La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1, the album which launched them into mainstream recognition. White Zombie began a two and a half year long tour for the album soon after its release, during which the band gained a large cult following. During the tour, Ivan de Prume left the band to pursue a successful career as a producer/engineer as well as drummer/percussionist and opened his own studio, Burningsound. He was replaced by Phil Buerstatte. The music video for the song "Thunder Kiss '65" went into heavy rotation on MTV in 1993. The popular TV show Beavis and Butt-head began reviewing the band's music videos, boosting the band's popularity.[4] By the end of 1993, the album had been certified gold by the RIAA. By the time the tour ended in December 1994, Zombie and Yseult had broken up, and La Sexorcisto had gone platinum. Due to artistic differences, Buerstatte was let go, and John Tempesta, who had previously worked with Exodus and Testament, was hired to record White Zombie's second major label album.[4] In 1995, Astro Creep: 2000 was released, featuring the hit single "More Human than Human". In 1996, an album of remixes was released under the title Supersexy Swingin' Sounds, but the band broke up in 1998.[4]

After disbanding

After the breakup of White Zombie, Yseult joined the surf rock band, The Famous Monsters, and started playing bass for horror-themed New Orleans-based band, Rock City Morgue. She also briefly played bass for The Cramps.
Tempesta continued his musical relationship with Zombie, drumming for him on his first two solo albums, Hellbilly Deluxe and The Sinister Urge. He is no longer with Zombie, and has gone on to play for Scum of the Earth with his brother, Powerman 5000 guitarist Mike Tempesta, and ex-Zombie guitarist Mike Riggs. Tempesta has toured with Testament (as shown on Testament's DVD, Live In London). On February 14, 2006, he was hired as the new drummer for The Cult, before which, he played with Helmet.
J. produced records for Fu Manchu and New York based Puny Human.
In July 2006, original members Tom Five and de Prume reunited to perform with de Prume's band, Healer, a middle eastern infused metal band, for several concerts in Southern California for The Vans Warped Tour.[7] De Prume continues to write and record music with Healer, as well as recording, producing, and engineering for special projects in his studio, Burningsound. His drums and percussion work can also be heard on Sony's "Ghost Rider" score. In 2009, de Prume began hosting the weekly radio show, "Metalopolis". His studio guests have included Rob Halford, Dave Mustaine, Max Cavalera, Vinnie Paul, and Tom Araya. De Prume is also a member of the band KREEP, and has completed a West Coast tour in spring 2010, and is planning an East Coast tour in fall, 2010.
In November 2008 Geffen/UME released Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, a boxed set which includes sixty four tracks. The package also contained nine music videos (including their breakthrough Grammy-nominated hit "Thunder Kiss '65"), and ten live performances. In an interview[8] to promote the release of Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Zombie made it clear that a reunion with his White Zombie band mates was unlikely, saying, "I don't want fans to think it's the beginning of anything."
In December 2010 Yseult released "I'm in the Band", a book containing tour diaries and photos as well as detailing her eleven years spent as a member of White Zombie.[9][10]

Band members


Final lineup
Former members
  • Ena Kostabi – guitars (1985–1986)
  • Tim Jeffs – guitars (1986)
  • Tom Guay (Tom Five) – guitars (1986–1988)
  • John Ricci – guitars (1988–1989)
  • Peter Landau – drums, percussion (1985–1986)
  • Ivan de Prume – drums, percussion (1986–1992)
  • Phil Buerstatte – drums, percussion (1992–1994)

Discography

Main article: White Zombie discography

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21 jun 2011

Metalium

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Metalium was a power metal band from Hamburg, Germany.[1] Their style of music was that of the traditional power metal sound which was pioneered in Hamburg by bands such as Helloween and Blind Guardian. On 13 September 2010, the band announced on its website that it would dissolve in 2011.

Line-up

Current Members
Former Members

Discography

DVD/Video

In 2001,[3] Metalium has released a DVD/Video titled Metalian Attack that comes with a 7-track Live-CD, which includes the songs Circle of Fate, Fight, Years of Darion, Metalium, Prophecy, Free Forever, and the bonus track Dust in the Wind. And they released a second DVD called "Metalian Attack pt. 2" Which contains four hours of content, including a concert, interviews with the band members of the time, studio footage, off stage, and evolution slides.

 Metalium Official Site:
http://www.metalium.de/

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Yngwie Malmsteen

 

Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (English pronunciation: /ˈɪŋveɪ ˈmɑːlmstiːn/ ing-vay mahlm-steen; born June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Malmsteen became known for his neo-classical playing approach in heavy metal music which became a new musical style in the early 1980s. He is considered by many to be one of the most technically gifted rock guitarists of all time and is considered to be a pioneer of shred guitar

Early life

Malmsteen was born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck in Stockholm, Sweden, as the third child of a musically-inclined family.[6] At age seven, he saw a television news report on the death of Jimi Hendrix, an event which had a profound impact on his musical path. Malmsteen has later stated that Hendrix had no musical impact on him, but on September 18th 1970 he saw a TV special of Hendrix, where he smashed and burned his guitar, and Malmsteen thought: "this is really cool"[7]. To quote his official website, "The day Jimi Hendrix died, the guitar-playing Yngwie was born"[8]. At the age of 10 he took his mother's maiden name Malmsten as his surname, slightly changed it to Malmsteen, and Anglicised his given name Yngve to "Yngwie". Yngwie also created his first band "Track On Earth" at the age of 10, consisting of himself and a friend from school on drums (Armin). Malmsteen was a teenager when he first encountered the music of the 19th century violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini, whom he cites as his biggest classical music influence. Ritchie Blackmore and Uli Jon Roth are also cited as being significant influences, as is Brian May of Queen. He played featuring Denim And Leather song with Saxon during The Eagle Has Landed part II tour.

Recording career

1980s

In late 1982, Mike Varney of Shrapnel Records, who had heard a demo tape of Malmsteen's playing, brought Malmsteen to the U.S. He had brief engagements with Steeler, for their self-titled album of 1983, then Graham Bonnet's Alcatrazz, for their 1983 debut No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll, and the 1984 live album Live Sentence. Malmsteen released his first solo album Rising Force in 1984, which featured Barrie Barlow of Jethro Tull on drums. His album was really meant to be an instrumental side-project of Alcatrazz, but it contained vocals, and Malmsteen left Alcatrazz soon after the release of Rising Force.
Rising Force won the Guitar Player Magazine's award for Best Rock Album and was also nominated for a Grammy for 'Best Rock Instrumental', achieving #60 on the Billboard album chart. Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force (as his band was thereafter known) next released Marching Out (1985). Jeff Scott Soto filled vocal duties on these initial albums. His third album, Trilogy, featuring the vocals of Mark Boals, was released in 1986. In 1987, another singer, former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner joined his band. That year, Malmsteen was in a serious car accident, smashing his Jaguar E-Type into a tree and putting him in a coma for a week. Nerve damage to his right hand was reported. During his time in the hospital, Malmsteen's mother died from cancer. In the summer of 1988 he released his fourth album, Odyssey. Odyssey would be his biggest hit album, mainly because of its first single "Heaven Tonight". Shows in Russia during the Odyssey tour were recorded, and released in 1989 as his fifth album Trial By Fire: Live in Leningrad.
Malmsteen's "Neo-classical" style of metal became popular among some guitarists during the mid 1980s, with contemporaries such as Jason Becker, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, Tony MacAlpine and Vinnie Moore becoming prominent. In late 1988, Malmsteen's signature Fender Stratocaster guitar was released, making him and Eric Clapton the first artists to be honored by Fender.

1990s

In the early 1990s, Malmsteen released the albums Eclipse (1990), The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection (1991), Fire and Ice (1992) and The Seventh Sign (1994). Despite his early success, and continuous success in Europe and Asia, by the early 1990s 1980s heavy metal styles such as neoclassical metal and lengthy, virtuoso shred guitar solos had become unfashionable in the US. On the recording of the song Makin' Love Malmsteen used an Eko ST-YM, the signature guitar that he designed for that song.
In 1993, Malmsteen's future mother-in-law, opposed to his engagement to her daughter, had him falsely arrested for holding the woman hostage with a gun. The charges were quickly dropped.[9] Malmsteen continued to record and release albums under the Japanese record label Pony Canyon, and maintained a devoted following from some fans in Europe and Japan, and to a lesser extent in the USA. In 2000, he once again acquired a contract with a US record label, Spitfire, and released his 1990s catalog into the US market for the first time, including what he regards as his masterpiece, Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra, recorded with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in Prague.
In the mid 1990's Malmsteen went on to release the albums Magnum Opus (1995), Inspiration (1996) Facing the Animal (1997), Double LIVE! (1998) and Alchemy (1999). In 1996, Malmsteen joined forces with former band members Jeff Scott Soto and Marcel Jacob on the Human Clay album where he played lead guitar on the track Jealousy

2000s


Malmsteen in Barcelona
After the release of War to End All Wars in 2000, singer Mark Boals left the band. He was replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Doogie White. White's vocals were well received by fans. In 2003, Malmsteen joined Joe Satriani and Steve Vai as part of the G3 supergroup. Malmsteen made two guest appearances on keyboardist Derek Sherinian's albums Black Utopia (2003), and Blood of the Snake (2006) where Malmsteen is heard on the same tracks as Al Di Meola and Zakk Wylde. In 2004, Malmsteen made two cameo appearances on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.
Malmsteen released Unleash the Fury in 2005. (This title may be a reference to an audio recording that supposedly captured Malmsteen's immoderate response to a flight attendant who spilled a beverage on him. The recording found popularity in filesharing networks as an example of the absurd behavior of celebrities.) He is married to April (Ebru Solmaz, born in Istanbul, Turkey)[10][11] and has a son named Antonio after Antonio Vivaldi, and they live in Miami, Florida. A noted Ferrari enthusiast, Malmsteen owned a black 1985 308 GTS[12] for 18 years before selling it on eBay, and a red 1962 250 GTO.[13] In 2007, Malmsteen was honored in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II. Players can receive the "Yngwie Malmsteen" award by hitting 1000 or more notes in succession.[14] February 2008 saw the replacement of singer Doogie White with former Iced Earth and Judas Priest and current Beyond Fear singer Tim "Ripper" Owens, with whom Malmsteen had once recorded a cover of Ozzy Osbourne's song "Mr. Crowley", for the 2000 Osbourne tribute album Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy. The first Malmsteen album to feature Owens is titled Perpetual Flame and was released on October 14. On November 25, 2008, Malmsteen had three of his songs ("Caprici Di Diablo", "Damnation Game", and "Red Devil") released as downloadable content for the video games Rock Band and Rock Band 2. In 2008 Malmsteen was a special guest on the VH1 Classic show "That Metal Show". In the 10th of March 2009, Malmsteen's label Rising Force has launched his new release Angels of Love, an instrumental album which features acoustic arrangements of some of his best-known ballads.
In August 2009, Time magazine named Malmsteen #9 on its list of the 10 best electric guitar players of all-time.[15] Malmsteen recently released another album compilation entitled High Impact on December 8, 2009.

[edit] 2010s

On November 23, 2010 Relentless was released. The second album to feature Tim "Ripper" Owens on vocals. The US version features a remake of "Arpeggios From Hell" as a bonus track. Yngwie appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon along with Dana Carvey on February 3rd 2011 to promote his album.

Technique and style

Malmsteen is known for his technical fluency and neo-classical metal compositions, often incorporating high speed picking and sweep picked arpeggios with harmonic minor and phrygian scales, and diminished chords. He is often considered one of the most talented rock guitarists of all time and is considered to be a pioneer of shred guitar.[1][2][3][4][5]

Musical equipment

Malmsteen has been a longtime user of Fender Stratocasters. His most famous Stratocaster is his 1972 blonde Strat, nicknamed "The Duck" because of its yellow finish and the Donald Duck stickers on the body. An alternative nickname for this guitar is "Play Loud" due to a sticker on the upper horn of the guitar. Fender made 100 replica copies of this guitar and marketed it as the "Play Loud Guitar". He also has a signature Stratocaster. It comes in a Vintage White finish with a maple neck, either a maple or rosewood fretboard with scalloped frets and, from 2010, Seymour Duncan STK-S10 YJM "Fury" Model pickups. There is also a signature YJM100 Marshall amplifier, based on the '1959' amplifier range.
Yngwie has stated that he prefers Stratocasters from the period of 1968-1972; he claims that the bigger headstock on these generates more sustain. Yngwie customizes his guitars by fitting a brass nut, removing the middle string tree and of course scalloping the fretboard. Yngwie previously disconnected the tone controls on his guitars but has said that he no longer does this.
Yngwie has previously used DiMarzio pickups - most notably the HS3 and the HS4 (Formerly known as the YJM). Yngwie would use an HS3 in the bridge and the HS4 in the middle and neck positions.
In his earlier recordings, Yngwie is using an HS3 in the neck and bridge and a disconnected stock fender in the middle.

Band members

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Yngwie Malmsteen band members.
Current members

Discography

Steeler
Date of Release Title Label Chart positions US sales
1983 Steeler Shrapnel

Alcatrazz
Date of Release Title Label Chart positions US sales
1983 No Parole from Rock N' Roll Polydor 128
Live Sentence 133
2010 Live '83 Deadline

No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll Tour Live in Japan 1984.1.28 Audio Tracks

Solo
Year Album details Peak chart positions
SWE US
1984 Rising Force
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format:
 14 60
1985 Marching Out
  • Released: October 1985
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format:
 9 54
1986 Trilogy
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format:
 18 44
1988 Odyssey
  • Released: March 1988
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format:
 7 40
1989 Trial By Fire: Live in Leningrad
  • Released: October, 1989
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format:
 31 128
1990 Eclipse
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format:
 12 112
1991 The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection
  • Released: November, 1991
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format:
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1992 Fire and Ice
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Elektra
  • Format:
 11 121
1994 The Seventh Sign
  • Released: February 18, 1994
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 11 —
Power And Glory (Japanese CD Single)
  • Released: September 21, 1994
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 — —
I Can't Wait (EP)
  • Released: October 21, 1994
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 — —
1995 Magnum Opus
  • Released: June 6, 1995
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 17 —
1996 Inspiration
  • Released: November 5, 1996
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 35 —
1997 Facing the Animal
  • Released: September 3, 1997
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 39 —
1998 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor, Opus 1
  • Released: February 4, 1998
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 — —
Double LIVE!
  • Released: September 18, 1998
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 — —
1999 Alchemy
  • Released: September 17, 1999
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 — —
2000 Anthology 1994-1999
  • Released: March 15, 2000
  • Label:
  • Format:
 — —
The young person's guide to the classics.1 *
  • Released: April 25, 2000
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
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The young person's guide to the classics.2 *
  • Released: April 25, 2000
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 — —
The Best Of: 1990-1999
— —
War to End All Wars
  • Released: November 22, 2000
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 — —
2002 Concerto Suite LIVE With the New Japan Philharmonic
  • Released: January 9, 2002
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 — —
Attack!!
  • Released: September 4, 2002
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 37 —
The Genesis
  • Released: December 30, 2002
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 — —
2004 Oujya Ressou - Instrumental Best Album
  • Released: January 1, 2004
  • Label: Pony Canyon
  • Format:
 — —
G3: Rockin' in the Free World
  • Released: March 10, 2004
  • Label: Epic
  • Format:
 — —
2005 Unleash the Fury
— —
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Yngwie Malmsteen
  • Released: May 24, 2005
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format:
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2008 Perpetual Flame
  • Released: October 14, 2008
  • Label: Rising Force Records/Universal Music Japan
  • Format:
 52 —
2009 Angels of Love
  • Released: March 10, 2009
  • Label: Rising Force Records
  • Format:
 — —
High Impact
  • Released: December 8, 2009
  • Label: Rising Force Records
  • Format:
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Yngwie Malmsteen Official Site:

http://www.yngwiemalmsteen.com/		 Relentless
  • Released: November 23, 2010
  • Label: Rising Force Records/Universal Music Japan
  • Format:


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Fight

Fight was an American heavy metal band assembled by Judas Priest frontman, Rob Halford, after his departure from that band in 1992. He took with him from Judas Priest and Racer X drummer Scott Travis, though Travis also continued to drum for Judas Priest. The line-up was completed by Russ Parrish on guitar, Brian Tilse on guitar and keyboards and Jay Jay on bass guitar.
The Fight musical proposal was quite different from Halford's former band; it was a mix between the classic metal sound created by Judas Priest and the new, edgier sound of bands like Pantera.
Fight's management has submitted copyright claims to YouTube for Fight live content.
In 2007, Rob Halford's Metal God Entertainment released War of Words - The Film on DVD.

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4 jun 2011

Kreator

Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen, Federal Republic of Germany at that time, formed in 1982, under the name Tormentor. They originally performed a speed metal style with Venom influences.[1] 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.[2]
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.

Biography

Formation and early releases (1982-1987)

The band was formed as Tyrant in 1982 in Essen, Germany. The original lineup featured vocalist/guitarist Mille Petrozza, drummer Jürgen 'Ventor' Reil, and bassist Rob Fioretti. They soon changed their name to Tormentor and released two demos. They changed the name of the band again to the final one, Kreator and signed to Noise Records in 1985. The name change came from the label, as there already was a band by the name Tormentor from Hungary.
Kreator recorded their debut album, Endless Pain, in just 10 days. Many black and death metal bands consider it to be a very influential release.[citation needed] The band hired the late Sodom guitarist Michael Wulf for the album's tour.
Wulf was in the band for a few days and didn't play on the band's next album, 1986's Pleasure to Kill, despite his getting credit. A new guitarist, Jörg "Tritze" Trzebiatowski joined the band and he played on this album, which is widely considered a thrash classic.[3][4][5] Produced by Harris Johns (Helloween, Voivod), it is arguably one of the heaviest, fastest albums in metal, while showing the band growing in talent and technical ability. The song "Flag of Hate" became an early hit, and the band became one of the most promising up-and-coming European metal acts. With Tritze the band started their first tour ever (before the release of Pleasure to Kill they had only played 5 gigs total). The band closed out the year with their first EP, Flag of Hate.

Rising popularity (1987-1991)

In 1987, Kreator released their third studio album, Terrible Certainty, which is often considered a high-quality Kreator album as the arrangements on the album were more complex and the tempos more varied.[6] The album featured another hit "Behind the Mirror", and the band's popularity continued to grow and a video for "Toxic Trace" was created for MTV play. They managed to find enough time and money (coming from the concerts) to finance another EP Out of the Dark ... Into the Light.
Berlin based Independent NOISE Records licensed KREATOR for the territories outside of Europe and Japan to the major label Epic Records in 1988. Their fourth studio album and debut with Epic (for limited territories) Extreme Aggression, recorded in Los Angeles, became a metal hit in Europe upon its release in 1989. Continuing the Terrible Certainty formula while showing the band still progressing musically and with better production by the well-regarded Randy Burns (also Megadeth among others), the album featured the band's first major singles and music videos, the title track and "Betrayer", becoming major hits on MTVs Headbangers Ball. They toured North America with Suicidal Tendencies, which greatly expanded their popularity outside of Europe.
In 1989, German director Thomas Schadt made a documentary about Kreator (focusing on the social aspect of heavy metal in the Ruhr Area) titled Thrash Altenessen (named after the band's hometown, a suburb of Essen). Tritze left Kreator after Extreme Aggression. In 1990, with new guitarist Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik (also formerly of Sodom), the band released Coma of Souls. The album was not quite as praised as the bands previous few albums (many felt the album was "rushed" and repetitive),[6] but still managed sell and maintain popularity quite well, with the singles "When the Sun Burns Red" and "People of the Lie" becoming a hits.

Experimentation (1991-2000)

The early 1990s brought a decline in the popularity of traditional thrash metal. With many other thrash bands such as Metallica and Anthrax changing their sound for a more commercial approach, Kreator began experimenting with death metal and industrial metal around this time.
The result was Renewal, released in 1992, which featured heavy death metal and industrial influences. While reaching a newer, more commercial audience, the band upset many longtime fans, accusing them of "selling out".[7][8] The band, once known for being an excellent live act, had "disappointing" shows and tours for this album due to the industrial influences.
The excruciatingly taxing touring commitments that followed took the band as far as South America, but understandably left them physically and creatively exhausted. The band began to fall apart around this time. Founding member Roberto Fioretti left the band after the recording of the album as he wanted to spend more time with his family and was replaced by Andreas Herz, who never played any official release. In 1994 Reil left as well, leaving Petrozza the sole original bandmember. Reil was replaced by Joe Cangelosi. Herz left in 1995 and was replaced by Christian Giesler. To make matters worse, their contract with Epic was dropped. Now on G.U.N. Records the new lineup put out the album Cause for Conflict that year. The result was their most modern album at that time, the sound on this album had influences from Pantera and Machine Head, a slight return to a harsher sound than on the previous album.[citation needed]
Gosdzik and Cangelosi left in 1996 and were replaced by Tommy Vetterli (formerly of Coroner), and, surprisingly, Jurgen Reil. The band continued to experiment with their sound, releasing Outcast and Endorama, both of which experimented with goth and ambient influences, incorporated samples and loops and even found Petrozza trying a few different singing styles on for size. It also retained the groove metal influences. The record sales went down, by the end of the 1990s the band reached both commercial and critical nadir. Though frontman Mille Petrozza never cared about this: "For us, success doesn't define in record sales. So all our albums have been successful for us, because we've achieved what we were aiming for...".[8]

Return in style and recent events (2000 onward)

In 2001, with new guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö, Kreator released their "comeback" album Violent Revolution, which saw the band returning to their classic thrash metal style. Despite containing a lot of melodic and so called "Gothenburg metal" riffs, it was praised by fans and critics alike.[9][10][11][12] The tour was extremely successful and introduced Kreator to a younger generation of metal fans. Yli-Sirnio, who lived in Germany, was known to be a good guitar player, so the band recruited him.[13] A live album Live Kreation and live DVD Live Kreation: Revisioned Glory were released in 2003, and a new studio album - emphasizing more on the gothenburg influences – Enemy of God was released in 2005. This album also saw a special edition re-release in 2006 called Enemy of God: Revisited. In early 2006, Kreator toured North America with Napalm Death, A Perfect Murder, and The Undying. Kreator were to tour 2008 with King Diamond, Leaves Eyes, and Cellador, however the tour was canceled due to back issues with King Diamond.
In March 2008, the At the Pulse of Kapitulation DVD was released, featuring Live in East Berlin and Hallucinative Comas on one disc. Both had previously been available on VHS only and were long out of print. The band had also began working on their 12th full length album in late 2007/early 2008 and began recording in July 2008. Recording for the album, dubbed Hordes of Chaos, was wrapped up in late August, with the album being released in January 2009.[14] On 23 January 2009, the band began their "Chaos Over Europe" tour in Tilburg (the Netherlands) with Caliban, Eluveitie and Emergency Gate as other acts. In April 2009, the band embarked on a North American headlining tour, co-headlined by Exodus, and featuring Belphegor, Warbringer, and Epicurean. In late 2009, Reil was forced to sit out some tour dates due to personal issues, with Marco Minnemann temporarily taking his place.[15]
The band signed with Nuclear Blast in early 2010, before embarking on a North American tour in March to celebrate their 25th anniversary.[16] A European tour with Exodus, Death Angel and Suicidal Angels, called 'Thrashfest', took place in late 2010. The band is currently working on new material.[17][18]

Members

Current line up

Former members

Guitar
  • Michael Wulf (deceased) – guitar (1986, one show only) (ex-Sodom)
  • Jörg "Tritze" Trzebiatowski – guitar (1986–1989)
  • Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik – guitar (1989–1996) (Mystic (Bra), ex-Sodom)
  • Tommy Vetterli – guitar (1996–2001) (Coroner)
Bass
  • Roberto "Rob" Fioretti – bass (1982–1992, founder)
  • Bogusz Rutkiewicz – bass (1988, one gig in Budapest) (Turbo)
  • Andreas Herz – bass (1992–1994)
Drums

Discography

For a more comprehensive list, see Kreator discography.
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