| Endless Pain | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Original album cover | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 1985 [1] [2] | |||
| Recorded | March 1985 | |||
| Studio | Caet Studio, Berlin | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 38:40 | |||
| Label | Noise | |||
| Producer | Horst Müller | |||
| Kreator chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   
[3] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10 [4] |
| Rock Hard | 7.5/10 [5] |
Endless Pain is the debut studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in October 1985 by Noise Records.
The album combines elements of black metal and thrash metal, ultimately creating a black-metal influenced thrash sound inspired by bands like Venom, Mercyful Fate, and Bathory. [6] [7]
On this album both Petrozza and Reil share vocal duties.
Track listings
All tracks are written by Fioretti, Petrozza and Reil
| No. | Title | Vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Endless Pain" | Reil | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Total Death" | Petrozza | 3:28 |
| 3. | "Storm of the Beast" | Reil | 5:01 |
| 4. | "Tormentor" | Petrozza | 2:56 |
| 5. | "Son of Evil" | Reil | 4:16 |
| No. | Title | Vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Flag of Hate" | Petrozza | 4:42 |
| 2. | "Cry War" | Reil | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Bonebreaker" | Petrozza | 2:58 |
| 4. | "Living in Fear" | Reil | 3:12 |
| 5. | "Dying Victims" | Petrozza | 4:51 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Endless Pain" | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Total Death" | 3:28 |
| 3. | "Storm of the Beast" | 5:01 |
| 4. | "Tormentor" | 2:56 |
| 5. | "Son of Evil" | 4:16 |
| 6. | "Take Their Lives" (bonus track; taken from Flag of Hate EP) | 6:26 |
| 7. | "Flag of Hate" (re-recorded version; taken from Flag of Hate EP) | 3:56 |
| 8. | "Cry War" | 3:45 |
| 9. | "Bonebreaker" | 2:58 |
| 10. | "Living in Fear" | 3:12 |
| 11. | "Dying Victims" | 4:51 |
| 12. | "Awakening of the Gods" (bonus track; taken from Flag of Hate EP) | 7:33 |
| Total length: | 51:52 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Satan's Day" (demo; taken from Tormentor's Blitzkrieg demo) | 3:34 |
| 12. | "Messenger from Burning Hell" (demo; taken from Tormentor's Blitzkrieg demo) | 4:14 |
| 13. | "Armies of Hell" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo) | 5:19 |
| 14. | "Tormentor" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo) | 2:55 |
| 15. | "Cry War" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo) | 4:21 |
| 16. | "Bonebreaker" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo) | 4:02 |
| Total length: | 24:25 | |
Personnel
- Kreator
- Mille Petrozza – guitars, vocals (2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
- Rob Fioretti – bass
- Jürgen "Ventor" Reil – drums, vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
- Production
- Horst Müller – producer, engineer, mixing
- Mille Petrozza, Jürgen Crasser – mastering
- Phil Lawvere – artwork
- Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
2017 re-release
- Jan Meininghaus, Thomas Ewerhard – art, design
- Andy Pearce, Matt Wortham – mastering
- Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes
References
- ^ "Endless Pain".
- ^ "Metal Archives". 30 March 2023.
- ^ Anderson, Jason. "Endless Pain - Kreator". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-89-495931-5.
- ^ Stratmann, Holger (1985). "Sanctuary: Refuge Denied". Rock Hard (in German). No. 12. Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH. ISSN 1437-8140. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Kay, Jimmy (13 April 2017). Kreator (Mille Petrozza) Interview 2017-influences-Teutonic German 4- The Metal Voice.com (Podcast). YouTube. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Antoniou, Dimitris (22 October 2001). "Interview with Mille Petrozza from Kreator". Metal-Temple.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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