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

Endless Pain
Original album cover
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1985[1][2]
RecordedMarch 1985
StudioCaet Studio, Berlin
Genre
Length38:40
LabelNoise
ProducerHorst Müller
Kreator chronology
Endless Pain
(1985)
Pleasure to Kill
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[4]
Rock Hard7.5/10[5]

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.[6][7]

On this album both Petrozza and Reil share vocal duties.

Track listings

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All tracks are written by Fioretti, Petrozza and Reil

Side one
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Endless Pain"Reil3:32
2."Total Death"Petrozza3:28
3."Storm of the Beast"Reil5:01
4."Tormentor"Petrozza2:56
5."Son of Evil"Reil4:16
Side two
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Flag of Hate"Petrozza4:42
2."Cry War"Reil3:45
3."Bonebreaker"Petrozza2:58
4."Living in Fear"Reil3:12
5."Dying Victims"Petrozza4:51
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."Bonebreaker"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

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Kreator
Production
  • Horst Müller – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Mille Petrozza, Jürgen Crasser – mastering
  • Phil Lawvere – artwork
  • Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer

2017 re-release

  • Jan Meininghaus, Thomas Ewerhard – art, design
  • Andy Pearce, Matt Wortham – mastering
  • Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes

References

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  1. ^ "Endless Pain".
  2. ^ "Metal Archives". 30 March 2023.
  3. ^ Anderson, Jason. "Endless Pain - Kreator". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-89-495931-5.
  5. ^ Stratmann, Holger (1985). "Sanctuary: Refuge Denied". Rock Hard (in German). No. 12. Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH. ISSN 1437-8140. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  6. ^ Kay, Jimmy (13 April 2017). Kreator (Mille Petrozza) Interview 2017-influences-Teutonic German 4- The Metal Voice.com (Podcast). YouTube. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  7. ^ Antoniou, Dimitris (22 October 2001). "Interview with Mille Petrozza from Kreator". Metal-Temple.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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