Extreme Aggression
Extreme Aggression | ||||
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Studio album by Kreator | ||||
Released | 19 June 1989 | |||
Recorded | January-February 1989 in Hollywood, California | |||
Genre | Thrash metal | |||
Length | 37:28 | |||
Label | Noise Records/Epic Records | |||
Producer | Randy Burns | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Extreme Aggression is the fourth studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator released in 1989. While the band had already gained a sizeable following in the US due to their 1987 tour with the crossover thrash band D.R.I., this album introduced many American fans to Kreator, primarily through heavy rotation of the "Betrayer" music video on MTV's Headbangers Ball, which was partly shot at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. This album was their first issued in the US by Epic Records. The album was also available on picture disc vinyl.
The album's original artwork was a monster-like creature painting a picture of a cannibal eating a person's head. However, it was quickly replaced with a new artwork, depicting an image of the band in front of an orange background.[2]
Reception and Awards
Extreme Aggression was ranked at number three on Loudwire's top ten list of "Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4".[3]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Extreme Aggression" | 4:44 |
2. | "No Reason to Exist" | 4:37 |
3. | "Love Us or Hate Us" | 3:42 |
4. | "Stream of Consciousness" | 3:53 |
5. | "Some Pain Will Last" | 5:39 |
6. | "Betrayer" | 3:59 |
7. | "Don't Trust" | 3:43 |
8. | "Bringer of Torture" | 2:15 |
9. | "Fatal Energy" | 4:57 |
Total length: |
37:28 |
Personnel
- Kreator
- Mille Petrozza - lead guitar, lead vocals
- Jörg "Tritze" Trzebiatowski - lead guitar
- Rob Fioretti - bass guitar
- Jürgen Reil - drums
- Production
- Martin Becker - photography
- Randy Burns - producer, engineer
- Edwin Letcher - lyric adaptations
- Greg Saenz - background vocals
- Karl-Ulrich Walterbach - executive producer
- Recorded from January to February, 1989 at the Music Grinder studio in Hollywood, California. Additional recording at E.Q. Sound and Cherokee Studios.
References
- ↑ Anderson, Jason. "Extreme Aggression - Kreator". Allmusic. Retrieved December 14th, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Kreator/Extreme_Aggression/417562
- ↑ "Top 10 Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4". Loudwire.com. October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.