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Mille Petrozza
Live at Hole In The Sky, Bergen Metal Fest 2007Background information Birth name Miland Petrozza Born December 18, 1966 Origin Essen, Germany Genres Thrash metal
Heavy metalOccupations Musician, Songwriter, Guitarist Instruments Vocals, Guitar Years active 1982–present Associated acts Kreator
Voodoocult
Nail WithinMiland "Mille" Petrozza (born December 18, 1966) is a German (of Italian- from Calabria descent) guitarist and singer. He is best known for being the lead vocalist of the band Kreator[1] (which he started playing in as Tormentor in 1984). He also had a school-band named Tyrant.
Petrozza also shared lead vocals in union with Tomas Lindberg for the track "Dirty Coloured Knife" on the self-titled 2002 album from Israeli metal act Nail Within.[2]
In 1994, he played guitar in the metal all-star band Voodoocult, amongst such artists as Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Chuck Schuldiner of Death.
He appeared on Edguy's 2004 album, Hellfire Club, providing lead vocals on an alternate version of the album's opening song, "Mysteria", featured as a bonus track to the album. He also appeared on Caliban's 2006 album The Undying Darkness[3] on "Moment of Clarity". Also, he acts as himself in the "IchGott"-videoclip of "Honigdieb".
He also most recently appeared on the 2010 Volbeat album Beyond Hell/Above Heaven on the track titled "7 Shots".
Petrozza has an extensive collection of guitars, but his primary guitar is a Jackson KV2 guitar, which he plays almost exclusively live.
References
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Kreator". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4709/biography. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review: Nail Within". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r634058. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ "Credits: Undying Darkness". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r834534/credits. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
External links
Mille Petrozza · Jürgen Reil · Christian Giesler · Sami Yli-Sirniö
Michael Wulf · Roberto Fioretti ·Studio albums EPs & singles Flag of Hate · "Behind the Mirror" · Out of the Dark ... Into the Light · "Isolation" · "Lost" · "Leave This World Behind" · "Chosen Few"
Compilation & live Scenarios of Violence · Voices of Transgression – A 90s Retrospective · Past Life Trauma (1985–1992) · Live Kreation
Videos Live in East Berlin · Hallucinative Comas · Live Kreation: Revisioned Glory · Enemy of God Revisited · At the Pulse of Kapitulation: Live in East Berlin, 1990
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