Kreator are known within the thrash metal community as something of legends, with their fast electric musical panache and flair for ferocious lyrics. They have become a corner stone of influence across the European scene as well as further afield. Tonight the German masters are accompanied by speedballs SSS, re-formed veterans, Xentrix and the up and rising metal troupe Evile. Read the rest of this entry »
In addition to their two recently announced shows in New York City, German thrash overlords KREATOR will be performing in southern California on Friday, November 15th at The Grove in Anaheim in support of their thirteenth studio album Phantom Antichrist. Also on the bill are Overkill and Warbringer.
Returning to North America in support of their thirteenth studio album Phantom Antichrist, German thrash overlords KREATOR will be performing in New York City at Stage 48 with hometown thrashers Overkill on November 23rd & 24th.
KREATOR frontman/guitarist Mille Petrozza shares the following about the scheduled sonic devastation:
“We are more than excited to play with the strongest thrash metal band that ever came out of New York – the mighty Overkill! They’ve been a major influence on KREATOR and they are killer guys. Our friends from Warbringer will also join us. It does not get more brutal than this! ”
Pre-sale tickets are available at EnterTheVault.com. There will be a special limited number of tickets that will grant admission to BOTH shows. VIP tickets include a pre-show Meet & Greet with both KREATOR and Overkill, plus a special poster created to commemorate the event.
PHANTOM ANTICHRIST being the 13th album of Kreator shows the German Teutonic thrash metal legends are as aggressive and relevant as in the heyday of the 80’s metal. The band’s front man Mille Petrozza is the wanted person for interviews. Metal-Rules.Com got once again a great opportunity of chatting with the German thrash icon about the new album, cover art, producers etc. in the short, but informative interview. But above all Marko found something common to talk about with Mille, namely Kiss, what else?
“Around for almost 30 years now, Germanys biggest thrash metal export, KREATOR, have proven to be a persistent, innovative and unstoppable force. And they have stepped it up another level for their return to the UK and Ireland.
Three years have passed since KREATOR headlined in the UK, so we are extremely stoked to announce the thrash-titans return in April 2013, bringing their ‘PHANTOM ANTICHRIST’ tour to the UK and IRE.
Mille Petrozza (Vocalist/Guitarist) comments;
“Finally we are coming back to play 3 selected shows for our loyal fans in the UK! We will bring our 3D tour production to give you the full KREATOR treatment. Support acts will be announced in the next few days, so stay tuned. Also, we are looking forward to play for all our Irish fans again, it has been quite a while. Our promise to you is a TOTAL MASSACRE!”
After an extensive European trek in support of their latest, critically-acclaimed, record, ‘Phantom Antichrist’, this awesome 3D stage-show is an experience that UK and Irish fans should be prepared for… this isn’t a normal show, this should come with a warning sticker!!
Check out their latest video for ‘Civilisation Collapse’ for a taster:
You may not recognize the name, but his iconic covers are etched in the metalhead minds of millions. He was born May 19th, 1962 and has roots in Berkeley, Halifax, Manhattan, Boston, Greece and Berlin where his hardened vision caught the eyes of a young Karl Walterbach of Noise Records fame. His name is Philip Lawvere and he has a pleasure to kill! I mean, his insignia can be found on such classic album art from KREATOR, CELTIC FROST, RAGE, DEATH ROW, WARRANT, VENDETTA and HELLOWEEN!
BraveWords: You are probably most known from the Kreator material. How did you meet Mille? Were these original pieces or did Kreator commission you to create them? What happened after 1988? Opinion of Kreator art now? Have you pitched any to them lately?
Lawvere: “Fans will be surprised to learn that I have never met Mille, as with most of the bands at Noise. I dealt directly with Karl Walterbach in his office most of the time. Pleasure To Kill for example was something I had painted for myself, and which the band only chose to use later (Mille confirms that in interviews). As far as their cover art since then, they’ve reused my demon head in multiple images, even distorted it by adding things etc. That’s not really cool to do without permission of the artist… but I was hard to find, and some even thought I was dead. Just like Hieronymus Bosch, who’s art was also ‘lifted’ for their cover… but his copyright has long expired, since the law grants it ‘for the life of the author, plus 70 years’. No new covers are likely to happen either, while they are ignoring my royalties petition. People have told me to drop it, and use my association with them to get new work… but they don’t know me very well.”
When the co-tour package consisting of Kreator, Morbid Angel, Nile and the young thrash guns Fueled By Fire was announced, it wasn’t any shock as the tickets were sold out. Generally, these kinds of packages definitely pull hundreds of people to shows, resulting a number of sold out gigs. The whole Nosturi club was entirely packed and full when about 600 metal freaks crawled to testify these four bands in action. The night was a real dream come true for all the fans to witness these leading names on the metal map on the same night and the whole gig was a worth every cent for sure. Sweating raging pits were rolling all night long and the Metal-Rules.com was at present for obvious reasons.
“Civilization Collapse,” a track from KREATOR’s thirteenth studio album Phantom Antichrist, is now available for viewing on Metal Hammer U.K.’s homepage.
This past June, Germany’s tenacious thrash overlords attained their highest first week sales in North America and debuted at#130 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart plus #1 on the Heatseekers chart.
In Canada, Phantom Antichrist came in at #128 on the Top 200 Albums Chart and at #15 on the Top Hard Music Albums chart. In the band’s native Germany, the album debuted on the German Media Control chart at #5.
KREATOR are currently touring throughout Europe with Morbid Angel & Nile. They’ll be instigating a typhoon mosh pit on the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise to the Turks & Caicos Islands in the Caribbean this January.
The limited edition digi-pak version of Phantom Antichrist includes a bonus DVD; a 2-LP vinyl edition is also available. Both can be ordered from the Nuclear Blast Webshop.
Live at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto Canada
September 12, 2012
Review and Photos by Ag Babin
The Teutonic Terror tour shine brightly at the co-headline tour by Accept and Kreator, two pillars of the Germanic metal in their own field. Support on the tour is the doom/melodic death metal band Swallow the Sun. On September 12, they stop at the Phoenix concert theater in Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »
In an era dominated by reunions and reissues, anniversaries and anthologies, you won’t find KREATOR guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza getting tripped up while looking backwards.
“This is the most important moment in your life,” Petrozza adamantly told Guitar World’s Josh Hart. “It’s not about what you’ve achieved in the past, it’s what you are doing now.”
When asked about the meaning of the phrase ‘phantom antichrist,’ Mille’s response was:
“The title came from a radio program I was listening to in Germany where they were talking about how Osama Bin Laden got killed and then thrown into the ocean — for religious religions. And there is no such thing as a sea burial in the Muslim religion, as far as I know. And that’s where I got the inspiration for the title from.
“But the song itself isn’t really a political thing. It’s more about a force that comes to earth, destroys all life and a new beginning starts with a new consciousness. The thing could be really anything. It’s a metaphor for a very, very brutal force that could be destructive but creative too. Basically, what it’s about — and what this album is about — is mass media manipulation. There’s a lot of lyrical variety on the album.
“You, of course, get the KREATOR treatment where I talk about politics — sometimes — but not in the sense of preaching politics, because I’m not a fan of that. I write songs that are more inspired by political issues rather than talking about my opinion, because politics are boring in my opinion. But there’s a lot of injustice and a lot of oppression, which is being supported by certain politicians and governments. That’s something KREATOR has been writing about forever and it’s always going to be a part of our lyrical themes. You can find anything from fiction to personal stuff to more social issues … like I said, the full KREATOR treatment.
KREATOR’s thirteenth studio album, Phantom Antichrist, is due out in North America next week on Tuesday, June 5th. Get a sampling of every new track on YouTube. Yes, you will experience hearing loss.
KREATOR will co-headline a North American tour this fall with fellow countrymen ACCEPT and openers Swallow The Sun.
Dates for the Teutonic Terror Attack 2012 tour are:
09/05/12 Howard Theater – Washington, D.C.
09/06/12 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
09/07/12 Best Buy Theater – New York, NY
09/08/12 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
09/10/12 Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA
09/11/12 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
09/12/12 Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto, ON – CANADA
Exclusive internet pre-sale tickets are available online at EnterTheVault.com through May 26th; afterwards, tickets will be on sale through all normal ticketing outlets.
Pre-order bundles for Phantom Antichrist can be ordered from the Nuclear Blast Webshop and include an exclusive t-shirt. The limited edition digi-pak version includes a bonus DVD; a 2-LP vinyl edition will be available July 3rd.
Watch the video for KREATOR’s “Phantom Antichrist” here; lyric video is available here.
In Noisecreep.com’s recent interview with KREATOR vocalist/guitarist Mille Petrozza, interviewer Carlos Ramirez commented that the band’s 13th album, Phantom Antichrist, had the same anthemic feel as the band’s classic 1990 album, Coma Of Souls. Mille’s response: “You’re definitely right.” He goes on to list the heritage bands who’ve inspired the new album, and name-dropped one that would be least expected from a German thrash metal band: Manowar.
States Mille: “[The song ‘From Flood To Into Fire’] definitely stands out on the album. It’s got a strange rhythm going on in it. I think it even has some kind of Manowar thing happening through it. But let me just be clear — the good era Manowar, not the recent stuff [laughs]. I’m talking about Into Glory Ride and those early albums.”
KREATOR’s new studio album, Phantom Antichrist, is due out in North America on June 5th. Warning: the contents of the album is known to cause spontaneous combustion. For serious injuries, seek medical attention.
KREATOR have proudly announced their co-headlining North American tour with fellow countrymen ACCEPT and openers Swallow The Sun.
Dates for the Teutonic Terror Attack 2012 tour are:
09/05/12 Howard Theater – Washington, D.C.
09/06/12 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
09/07/12 Best Buy Theater – New York, NY
09/08/12 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
09/10/12 Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA
09/11/12 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
09/12/12 Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto, ON – CANADA
Exclusive internet pre-sale tickets are available online at EnterTheVault.com through May 26th; afterwards, tickets will be on sale through all normal ticketing outlets.
Pre-order bundles for Phantom Antichrist can be ordered from the Nuclear Blast Webshop and include an exclusive t-shirt. The limited edition digi-pak version includes a bonus DVD; a 2-LP vinyl edition will be available July 3rd.
Watch the video for KREATOR’s “Phantom Antichrist” here; lyric video is available here.
“A phantom scouring across the land / leaving trails of blood and sand…”
The first of three Phantom Antichrist video trailers is now up on YouTube and includes commentary from producer Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Soilwork), KREATOR guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö, and vocalist/guitarist Mille Petrozza plus in-studio footage from the recording sessions.
Phantom Antichrist, KREATOR’s 13th studio album, is due out in North America on June 5th and promises to be the band’s most ferocious assault on the senses.
Yesterday, the band announced their co-headlining North American tour with fellow countrymen ACCEPT and openers Swallow The Sun.
Dates for the Teutonic Terror Attack 2012 tour are:
09/05/12 Howard Theater – Washington, D.C.
09/06/12 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
09/07/12 Best Buy Theater – New York, NY
09/08/12 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
09/10/12 Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA
09/11/12 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
09/12/12 Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto, ON – CANADA
Exclusive internet pre-sale tickets are available online at EnterTheVault.com through May 26th; afterwards, tickets will be on sale through all normal ticketing outlets.
Pre-order bundles for Phantom Antichrist can be ordered from the Nuclear Blast Webshop and include an exclusive t-shirt. The limited edition digi-pak version includes a bonus DVD; a 2-LP vinyl edition will be available July 3rd.
Watch the video for KREATOR’s “Phantom Antichrist” here; the lyric video is available here.
ACCEPT & KREATOR ANNOUNCE TEUTONIC TERROR ATTACK 2012 TOUR
Two dynamic German forces have merged to co-headline a North American Teutonic Terror Attack in the most high-powered touring bill of 2012: KREATOR and ACCEPT.
Opening the 23-show trek through the U.S. and Canada will be Finland’s Swallow The Sun.
The follow-up to 2009’s Hordes Of Chaos, KREATOR’s new album, Phantom Antichrist, is slated for North American release on June 5th. In April, Stalingrad – ACCEPT’s follow-up to their 2010 comeback album, Blood Of The Nations – rode the tsunami of their resurgence to a Billboard Top 200 debut at #81.
Dates for the ACCEPT / KREATOR Teutonic Terror Attack 2012 tour are:
09/05/12 Howard Theater – Washington, D.C.
09/06/12 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
09/07/12 Best Buy Theater – New York, NY
09/08/12 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
09/10/12 Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA
09/11/12 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
09/12/12 Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto, ON – CANADA
09/14/12 Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
09/15/12 Mojoe’s – Joliet, IL
09/16/12 The Beaumont Club – Kansas City, MO
09/18/12 Gothic Theater – Englewood, CO
09/19/12 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
09/21/12 Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, B.C. – CANADA
09/22/12 Showbox at the Market – Seattle, WA
09/23/12 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
09/25/12 The Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
09/26/12 The Avalon – Hollywood, CA
09/27/12 The Grove – Anaheim, CA
09/28/12 Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
09/30/12 Emo’s East – Austin, TX
10/01/12 Trees – Dallas, TX
10/02/12 House Of Blues – New Orleans, LA
10/04/12 Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
Exclusive internet pre-sale tickets are available online at EnterTheVault.com through May 26th; afterwards, tickets will be on sale through all normal ticketing outlets.
Watch the video for KREATOR’s “Phantom Antichrist” here.
KREATOR: LIMITED EDITION DIGI-PAK for "Phantom Antichrist"
Germany’s KREATOR, one of the world’s most enduring and masterful thrash metal bands, has revealed the track listing & bonus DVD content of the limited edition digi-pak version of their thirteenth studio album, Phantom Antichrist. This will be their first album released by Nuclear Blast.
Track listing:
01. Mars Mantra
02. Phantom Antichrist
03. Death To The World
04. From Flood Into Fire
05. Civilization Collapse
06. United In Hate
07. The Few, The Proud, The Broken
08. Your Heaven, My Hell
09. Victory Will Come
10. Until Our Paths Cross Again
Bonus DVD contents:
Documentary: Conquerers Of The Ice – The Making Of Phantom Antichrist
Live @ Wacken Open Air 2011
01. Choir Of The Damned
02. Hordes Of Chaos
03. War Curse
04. Coma Of Souls / Endless Pain
05. Pleasure To Kill
06. Destroy What Destroys You
07. Phobia
08. Terrible Certainty / Reconquering The Throne
09. Flag Of Hate / Tormentor
Live @ Wacken Open Air 2008
01. The Patriarch
02. Violent Revolution
03. People Of The Lie
04. Europe After The Pain
Phantom Antichrist will be released on June 1st in Europe and on June 5th in North America. The album was recorded in Örebro, Sweden at the famed Fascination Street Studio with renowned producer Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Soilwork). A vinyl edition will also be available.
The iconic airbrush artist Wes Benscoter (Slayer, AC/DC, Black Sabbath) is the talent behind the artwork for Phantom Antichrist by longtime champions of German thrash KREATOR.
Phantom Antichrist is KREATOR’s thirteenth studio album and marks the band’s debut for Nuclear Blast, which is scheduled for release on June 1st in Europe and June 5th in North America.
The album is currently being produced in Örebro, Sweden at the famed Fascination Street Studio with renowned producer Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Soilwork).
