REVIEW: KREATOR - Extreme Aggression

 

KREATOR - Extreme Aggression

Noise Records

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The album that's previous to my favorite which undeniably is 'Coma Of Souls', this one packs a punch as well.  The lyrical concepts are just starting to advance with the band and the aggression in the music has illuminated.  The real talent comes out in this one.  The guitars were quite technical and voracious.  Mille's vocals is just getting their own sound that he hasn't really abdicated his whole musical career in thrash metal.  Just if the lyrics were as good as the music this would get a higher rating.  But that's not the case here.  Subsequently they get a low "A."  Fans this is no disappointment.

It's hard to believe this is about 33 years old.  And the band is still going strong.  It's say Mille's songwriting is what keeps me keyed into the band and their down-to-earth mentality in interviews.  I've been a long-time Kreator fan.  Some albums rotted though but not on here.  My first listen to this album I was under the impression that it's tops with me.  It was a good segue into 'Come Of Souls'.  So yeah, the music leaves a scar in the memory never gets a healing since their aggression holds them true.  I'm glad that they've stayed a band this whole almost 40 year career.  They will always be a tops with me ABSOLUTELY.

The production quality was much better than their previous releases.  The guitar riffs are what hit home with me and the vocals.  And the fact that the sound quality is top notch.  Mille could've done a better job on the lyrics, but they're still forming as a band or as Mick Harris would say "we're all chuffed in repulsion."  Being from Germany and a lot of the philosophical influences they've not explored so much yet but I think with later releases they're more spiritual than anything else.  As on 'Gods of Violence' the song "Satan is Real" is a good idea of Mille in that mindset that he's identified this and it's true the hell on Earth that there is!

This album is about 40 minutes too short, I wished it would've clocked in longer, but I'm glad to have enjoyed it nevertheless.  The music, sound quality, guitars, vocals, drums and aura is all-encompassing.  I think that this is one of their best releases in their entire discography.  Of course over the years they've evolved but even early on they still showed groundbreaking talent.  These guys know how to play quality thrash metal!  I do wish Frank Blackfire would've stayed with the band throughout their career to date it's just Mille and Ventor being longtime members.  Get a hold of this album!

Ryan “Death8699” Fanucchi