kreator got some new tunes set to be released at the end of january and going by the name of "gods of violence". i already got my pre-order in over at nuclear blast and am waiting for the day. in the meanwhile steamhammer records, which is a division of spv, came up with the idea to accompany the release of the new piece with re-issues of the three records by kreator the label released in the first decade of the 21st century.
i got into kreator last year by buying their 2012 opus "phantom antichrist", so naturally i wasn't going to miss a chance to expand my kreator vinyl collection which borders on embarrasing. steamhammer made three exclusive versions of every record, each version for one of three retailers which were nuclear blast shop (green vinyl), napalm records (gold vinyl) and emp mailorder (grey vinyl). a wider pressing on red vinyl was made for other retailers.
as i did want to have every re-press on a different colour-way i ordered one special version per mailorder, except from nuclear blast because i didn't think that green was an appropriate choice of vinyl colour for the respective cover artworks. i actually wanted "hordes of chaos" on the emp exclusive grey colour but i was to late to the party and so i altered my plan ordering "violent revolution" on marbled grey instead.
musically this is thrashingly right after my fancy. it's the first album with guitarist sami yli-sirniö who replaced tom vetterli. with him and this album the band returned to their roots leaving the more experimental phase of the nineties behind. "violent revolution" is fast, crunchy, melodic and so vicious - i mean, i am no expert in thrash metal and probably will never become one but the way kreator delivers the goods is just up my alley. 100 copies made as emp exclusive. steamhammer. 2001/2017.
