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KREATOR Release 14th Studio Album ‘Gods Of Violence’
January 27th, 2017

Essen, Germany-based thrash metal band Kreator issued 14th full-length studio album Gods Of Violence on January 27th, 2017 through Nuclear Blast Records.

Gods Of Violence was produced by Jens Bogren, who also mixed the outing at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden. Mastering was handled by Tony Lindgren, also at Fascination Street Studios.

Jan Meininghaus was responsible for the album cover artwork (below), except for the North American release which had an exclusive cover created by renowned Brazilian artist Marcelo Vasco.

The track listing is as follows;

01. ‘Apocalypticon’
02. ‘World War Now’
03. ‘Satan Is Real’
04. ‘Totalitarian Terror’
05. ‘Gods Of Violence’
06. ‘Army Of Storms’
07. ‘Hail To The Hordes’
08. ‘Lion With Eagle Wings’
09. ‘Fallen Brother’
10. ‘Side By Side’
11. ‘Death Becomes My Light’

Kreator’s line-up was as follows:

Mille Petrozza (vocals and guitar)
Sami Yli-Sirniö (guitar)
Christian Giesler (bass)
Ventor (drums)

‘Hail To The Hordes’ was released as a limited-edition (1,000 copies) picture-disc vinyl EP in North America on November 24th, 2017. The Record Store Day Black Friday exclusive was only made availabe through participating indie record stores in the USA and Canada. The Hail To The Hordes EP also featured two additional tracks, ‘Earth Under The Sword’ and ‘Warrior Heart’.

Music videos were filmed for the title track and the songs ‘Satan Is Real’, ‘Totalitarian Terror’, ‘Fallen Brother’ and ‘Hail To The Hordes’. All five clips can be viewed below.

Thirteenth studio record Phantom Antichrist was released in June 2012.