Artist: Kreator
Album: Hordes Of Chaos
Year: 2007
Line Up:
Mille Petrozza: Guitars, Vocals
Ventor: Drums
Christian Giesler: Bass
Sami Yli-Sirnio: Guitars
Sub-Genre: Thrash Metal
Kreator's twelfth full length Hordes
Of Chaos is a raw, angry and visceral record, a typical one for Kreator
full of heavy riffs, face melting solos, powerful and technical
drumming. The album is recorded live in the studio, the first time
for Kreator since the iconic Pleasure To Kill. This publicity has
caused many longtime fans to expect an album of the Pleasure To Kill
caliber and resulting in many of them to being disappointed.
Where this album is nowhere compared to Pleasure To Kill both in terms of sound and composition quality, it is quite a force in the Kreator catalog. It has been 21 years since Kreator recorded Pleasure To Kill and since then there has been many changes in the band's music and ideas. Many of the ideas and changes like their experimentation with Gothic music in the 90s are reflected in the album's music. This album merges many of their melodic experiments with their traditional face shattering thrash. I might not hesitate to add that this, so far is their most melodic record till date. But where the record might be melodic, Kreator uses this melodic approach to create an angry, extreme and tense atmosphere which has been absent in the band's music since 1990. Technically this album is just fantastic. The guitar work, both riff and lead work, is just spot on. No where in the realm of thrash does there exist any guitarist better than Mille Petrozza, and on this album he proves just why. Ventor outclasses some of the best in the business behind the kit and gives a tight and technical performance. The production is a kind of let down. The rhythm guitar could be more crunchier, though it might be giving the album a required raw feel.
The consistency of the album is fairly good. kreator maintains a good variety in the songs like straight forward thrashers, mid paced numbers, and more complex multi-sectioned songs. the main highlight is the quality of songwriting which is very high and successfully merges the raw, brutal, in your face thrash with the more melodic elements. The album is strong in it's share of highlights like the highly catchy, multi-sectioned title track or the high-speed straight forward basher Warcurse, or the more experimental Amok Run. Similarly there are a few mishits as well. Demon Prince doesn't quite stand out and we would have expected a much better end to the album, To The Afterborn isn't quite inspiring as well.
This album is heads on better than the last two albums, both of which were highly competent thrash metal records. The songwriting which manages to be diverse yet bringing forth a raw and visceral energy and sounding quite traditional and primitive makes the album very effective. Believe me if you like Kreator and are a fan of their 80s material you will not be disappointed.
Where this album is nowhere compared to Pleasure To Kill both in terms of sound and composition quality, it is quite a force in the Kreator catalog. It has been 21 years since Kreator recorded Pleasure To Kill and since then there has been many changes in the band's music and ideas. Many of the ideas and changes like their experimentation with Gothic music in the 90s are reflected in the album's music. This album merges many of their melodic experiments with their traditional face shattering thrash. I might not hesitate to add that this, so far is their most melodic record till date. But where the record might be melodic, Kreator uses this melodic approach to create an angry, extreme and tense atmosphere which has been absent in the band's music since 1990. Technically this album is just fantastic. The guitar work, both riff and lead work, is just spot on. No where in the realm of thrash does there exist any guitarist better than Mille Petrozza, and on this album he proves just why. Ventor outclasses some of the best in the business behind the kit and gives a tight and technical performance. The production is a kind of let down. The rhythm guitar could be more crunchier, though it might be giving the album a required raw feel.
The consistency of the album is fairly good. kreator maintains a good variety in the songs like straight forward thrashers, mid paced numbers, and more complex multi-sectioned songs. the main highlight is the quality of songwriting which is very high and successfully merges the raw, brutal, in your face thrash with the more melodic elements. The album is strong in it's share of highlights like the highly catchy, multi-sectioned title track or the high-speed straight forward basher Warcurse, or the more experimental Amok Run. Similarly there are a few mishits as well. Demon Prince doesn't quite stand out and we would have expected a much better end to the album, To The Afterborn isn't quite inspiring as well.
This album is heads on better than the last two albums, both of which were highly competent thrash metal records. The songwriting which manages to be diverse yet bringing forth a raw and visceral energy and sounding quite traditional and primitive makes the album very effective. Believe me if you like Kreator and are a fan of their 80s material you will not be disappointed.
Final rating: 85/100
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