Description

Still sealed with slipcase

The most influential and successful of all European thrash metal bands (despite some competition from outfits such as Sodom, Destruction, and Tankard). Germany’s Kreator were still known as Tormentor when their first two demo tapes, one fittingly named Blitzkrieg (1983), and the other End Of The World (1984), fell into the hands of thousands of heavy metal fans engaging in the era’s bustling underground tape-trading network. Positive word of mouth soon attracted the attention of Germany’s own metal start-up, Noise Records, which signed the newly re-christened Kreator to a deal and immediately put them to work on their first album. Recorded in just ten days at Berlin’s Musiclab Studios, 1985’s Endless Pain was a savage debut, but its crude thrashing quickly had the underground metal world abuzz with excitement. If you want to find out more of the roots of Kreator then you should check out the bands two first demos, released under the band name of Tormentor as well as the early Kreator rehearsals that laidi the grounds to Endless Pain. All material has been mastered by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony.

Track list:
1. Armys Of Hell-End Of The World demo 1984
2. Tormentor-End Of The World demo 1984
3. Cry War-End Of The World demo 1984
4. Bonebreaker-End Of The World demo 1984
5. Armys Of Hell-Blitzkrieg demo 1984
6. Cry War Side–Blitzkrieg demo 1984
7. Satans Day-Blitzkrieg demo 1984
8. Massengers From Burning Death-Blitzkrieg demo 1984
9. Endless Pain-Rehearsal September 1985
10. Command Of The Blade-Rehearsal September 1985
11. Storm Of The Beast-Rehearsal September 1985
12. Death Is Your Saviour-Rehearsal September 1985
13. Living In Fear-Rehearsal September 1985
14. Son Of Evil-Rehearsal September 1985
15. Tormentor-Rehearsal April 1985
16. Total Death-Rehearsal April 1985
17. Storm Of The Beast-Rehearsal April 1985
18. Endless Pain-Rehearsal April 1985