Pleasure to Kill

Infobox Album
Name = Pleasure to Kill
Type = studio
Artist = Kreator


Released = November, 1986
Recorded = Musiclab in Berlin, Germany, 1986
Genre = Thrash metal
Length = 38:42 (original) 56:38 (re-release)
Label = Noise
Producer = Harris Johns, Ralf Hubert
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:pl5g8qbtbtx4 link]
*The Metal Observer rating-10|9.5 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=3731 link] |
Last album = "Flag of Hate" (1986)
This album = "Pleasure to Kill" (1986)
Next album = "Terrible Certainty" (1987)

"Pleasure to Kill", released in 1986, is the second album from the band Kreator. This was the album where Kreator cemented themselves as a solid band in the thrash metal underground. Kreator's lyrical themes follow those found on their first album "Endless Pain". Many death metal bands cite this album as an influence. [ [http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/kreator.htm No Life 'til Metal] ] [http://www.metalandhorrormovies.com/Bands/Trashhiseng.htm The History of Thrash Metal] ] [ [http://invisibleoranges.com/interviews/cannibalcorpse.html Interview with Cannibal Corpse] ] .

Track listing

# "Choir of the Damned (Intro)" – 1:40
# "Ripping Corpse" – 3:36
# "Death of Your Saviour" – 3:58
# "Pleasure to Kill" – 4:11
# "Riot of Violence" – 4:56
# "The Pestilence" – 6:58
# "Carrion" – 4:48
# "Command of the Blade" – 3:57
# "Under the Guillotine" – 4:38
# "Flag of Hate"* - 3:56
# "Take Their Lives"* - 6:26
# "Awakening of the Gods"* - 7:33

The tracks marked with an asterisk are bonus tracks from the re-released and remastered versions. They are taken from the Flag of Hate EP.

"Choir of the Damned" is extended on the CD version (the running time listed is this version). The version on the LP is about a minute shorter and is missing the harmonised prelude from the CD version.

Credits

*Mille Petrozza – guitar, lead vocals
*Jürgen Reil - drums, vocals
*Rob Fioretti - bass guitar
*Jörg Trzebiatowski - guitar
*Fred Baumgart - photography
*Ralf Hubert - producer
*Harris Johns - producer, engineer
*Kreator - photography
*Phil Lawrence - cover artwork
*Maren Layout - design
*Mille Petrozza - remastering
*Karl-Ulrich Walterbach - executive producer

Miscellanea

*The song "Flag of Hate" can also be found on Kreator's first album "Endless Pain".
*There is also a picture disc version of this album, called "After the Attack" with the new title track as song 10 and on red vinyl.

External links

* [http://www.kreator-terrorzone.de/site/index.php?s_id=2&lang=en&detail=2 Kreator Terrorzone: Pleasure to Kill]

References