Kreator "Violent Revolution"

Violent Revolution is the tenth studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator. It was released on 25 September, 2001 and is the band's first album to feature lead guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö. After almost a decade of musical experimentation with their metal sound (starting with Renewal), with this album the band returned to their 1980s thrash metal style, although it does make use of Gothenburg metal elements.

Violent Revolution is now considered to be the catalyst of the early 2000s thrash metal revival movement.

In 2005, Violent Revolution was ranked number 436 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mille Petrozza.

1. "Reconquering the Throne" 4:13
2. "The Patriarch" 0:52
3. "Violent Revolution" 4:55
4. "All of the Same Blood (Unity)" 6:12
5. "Servant in Heaven - King in Hell" 5:10
6. "Second Awakening" 4:48
7. "Ghetto War" 5:05
8. "Replicas of Life" 7:34
9. "Slave Machinery" 3:58
10. "Bitter Sweet Revenge" 5:25
11. "Mind on Fire" 3:57
12. "System Decay" 4:33

Total length: 56:42

Recording information:

Pre-production recorded at KKS Studio in Essen.

Recorded and mixed between February / April 2001 at Area 51 in Celle, Germany & Backstage Studios in Nottingham, England.

Andreas Marschall – cover painting

Tommy Newton – engineering

Dirk Schelpmeier – design, photography

Andy Sneap – production, engineering, mastering, mixing