Formed in Essen, Germany in 1982, Kreator are arguably the most influential and successful European thrash metal band ever, like many of their European speed metal brethren, Kreator fused Metallica's thrash innovations with Venom's proto-black metal imagery. Often referred to as one of the "Big 4" of Teutonic thrash metal, and they are often credited with helping pioneer death metal and black metal by containing several elements of what was to become those genres. The band has achieved worldwide sales of over two million units for combined sales of all their albums, making them one of the best-selling German thrash metal bands of all time. The band’s style has changed several times over the years, from a Venom-inspired speed metal sound, later moving in to thrash metal, and including a period of transitioning from thrash to industrial metal and gothic metal throughout the 1990s. In the early 2000s, Kreator returned to their classic thrash sound, which has continued to the present.

Kreator’s fifth album, Coma Of Souls came towards the end of the thrash metal explosion of the 1980’s and retained their classic thrash sound whilst combining more melodic elements of classic metal bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Critically acclaimed by both fans and press, Coma of Souls was a strong, firm step forward for the band, it proved they weren’t content to sit and wallow in the thrash back waters but were determined to move into a new decade with a bold, thrusting sound.

Tracklist:

1.When The Sun Burns Red

2.Coma Of Souls

3.People Of The Lie

4.World Beyond

5.Terror Zone

6.Agents Of Brutality

7.Material World Paranoia

8.Twisted Urges

9.Hidden Dictator

10.Mental Slavery

Bonus Tracks (Live In Fürth, Germany – 06/12/1990)

11.When The Sun Burns Red

12.Betrayer

13.Terrible Certainty

14.Extreme Aggression

15.Coma Of Souls

16.People Of The Lie

17.Choir Of The Damned

18.The Pestilence

19.Toxic Trace

20.Drum Solo

21.Terror Zone

22.Pleasure To Kill

23.Flag Of Hate

24.Agents Of Brutality

25.Riot of Violence

26.Tormentor

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