Endless Pain

Endless Pain is the debut studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in October 1985 by Noise Records[1].

Endless Pain
Original album cover.
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1985[1]
RecordedCAT Studio, Berlin, Germany
March 1985
GenreBlack metal, thrash metal
Length38:40
LabelNoise
ProducerHorst Müller
Kreator chronology
Endless Pain
(1985)
Flag of Hate
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Rock Hard7.5/10[3]

The album combines elements of black metal and thrash metal, ultimately creating a black metal-influenced thrash sound inspired by bands like Venom, Mercyful Fate, and Bathory.[4][5] On this album both Petrozza and Reil share vocal duties.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fioretti, Petrozza and Reil.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Endless Pain"3:32
2."Total Death"3:28
3."Storm of the Beast"5:01
4."Tormentor"2:56
5."Son of Evil"4:16
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Flag of Hate"4:42
2."Cry War"3:45
3."Bone Breaker"2:58
4."Living in Fear"3:12
5."Dying Victims"4:51
1989 reissue edition
No.TitleLength
1."Endless Pain"3:32
2."Total Death"3:28
3."Storm of the Beast"5:01
4."Tormentor"2:56
5."Son of Evil"4:16
6."Take Their Lives" (bonus track; taken from Flag of Hate EP)6:26
7."Flag of Hate" (re-recorded version; taken from Flag of Hate EP)3:56
8."Cry War"3:45
9."Bone Breaker"2:58
10."Living in Fear"3:12
11."Dying Victims"4:51
12."Awakening of the Gods" (bonus track; taken from Flag of Hate EP)7:33
Total length:51:52
2017 remastered edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Satan's Day" (demo; taken from Tormentor's Blitzkrieg demo)3:34
12."Messenger from Burning Hell" (demo; taken from Tormentor's Blitzkrieg demo)4:14
13."Armies of Hell" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)5:19
14."Tormentor" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)2:55
15."Cry War" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)4:21
16."Bonebreaker" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)4:02
Total length:24:25

Personnel

Kreator
Production
  • Horst Müller - producer
  • Karl-Ulrich Walterbach - executive producer
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References

  1. "Pleasure to Kill by KREATOR - info and shop at Nuclear Blast - Nuclear Blast". www.nuclearblast.de. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  2. Anderson, Jason. "Endless Pain - Kreator". Allmusic. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  3. Stratmann, Holger (1985). "Sanctuary: Refuge Denied". Rock Hard (in German). Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH (12). ISSN 1437-8140. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  4. "KREATOR Frontman: 'I Try Not To Sound Like Anyone Else'". Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  5. "Interview with Mille Petrozza from Kreator". Retrieved July 31, 2018.
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