''Cause for Conflict'' is the seventh studio album by German

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band

Kreator Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 1982. Their current lineup consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Miland "Mille" Petrozza, drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, lead guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö, and bassist Frédé ...

released on 1 August, 1995. The record continued the experimentation with

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that they started on previous album, '' Renewal'', but brought back more of their

sound. This was also the only Kreator album to feature Joe Cangelosi as the replacement of original drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, who would return to the band in 1996, as well as the first to feature bassist

Christian Giesler Christian "Speesy" Giesler (born 4 July 1970) is a German musician. He is best known for being the former bassist of Kreator, where he was a member of the band from 1994 to 2019. He appeared on eight studio albums with Kreator, from '' Cause for ...

and the last to feature guitarist Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik.

Release

In March 2018, German heavy metal record label

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released a remastered edition of the album and made it available on CD and vinyl and as digital download. The release contains three bonus tracks and liner notes.

Track listing

Personnel

Kreator * Mille Petrozza – vocals, rhythm guitar * Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik – lead guitar *

– bass * Joe Cangelosi – drums Production * Vincent Wojno – producer with Kreator, engineer, mixing * Doug Trantow – assistant engineer * Mark Uehlein, Steve Warner – studio assistants * Dirk Rudolph – sleeve design, photography, band photography * Junior – illustrations 2018 reissue technical personnel * Steve Hammond – compilation * Andy Pearce, Matt Worthams – mastering * Thomas Ewerhard, Jan Meininghaus – art and design * Alex Solca, Barbara Stiller – additional photos *

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– sleeve notes

Charts

References

Kreator albums 1995 albums GUN Records albums Industrial metal albums Noise Records albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub