''Enemy of God'' is the eleventh studio album by German
thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...
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 Frédér ...
, released on 10 January, 2005. The
Gothenburg
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influences of the band's previous album, ''
Violent Revolution
''Violent Revolution'' is the tenth studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator. It was released on 25 September, 2001 and is the band's first album to feature lead guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö. After almost a decade of musical experimentation ...
'', became more prominent on this album. It was released by
SPV/Steamhammer
SPV GmbH (short for ''Schallplatten Produktion und Vertrieb GmbH'', "Vinyl Production and Distribution Company") is a German independent record label. Founded on 1 January 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributor ...
on 10 January in Europe and South America and on 11 January 2005 in North America.
On 27 October 2006, the album was re-released in a
digipak
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Jewel case
A ...
under the name ''Enemy of God: Revisited'', with a 5.1 DTS 96/24 mix, featuring two bonus tracks from the Japanese edition and a bonus
DVD
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.
Track listing
A limited edition
digipak
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Jewel case
A ...
was also released with a bonus DVD (
PAL
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format and a very limited edition with DVD
NTSC
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format in North America).
Credits
Kreator
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Mille Petrozza
Miland "Mille" Petrozza (born 18 December 1967) is a German guitarist and singer of Italian descent. He is best known for being the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of thrash metal band Kreator, which he started playing in as Tyrant in 1982 and ...
– vocals, rhythm guitar
*
Sami Yli-Sirniö
Sami Yli-Sirniö (born 10 April 1972) is a Finnish musician. He is currently the lead guitarist of Finnish metal bands Waltari, Barren Earth and German thrash metal band Kreator. He spent part of his life in Germany and thus has strong ties with ...
– lead guitar
*
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 C ...
– bass
*
Ventor – drums
Guest musicians
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Michael Amott
Michael Amott (born 28 July 1969) is a Swedish guitarist, founding member of the metal bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars and Carnage, as well as a former member of Carcass. He is the older brother of Christopher Amott.
Amott was ranked No ...
– additional guitar on "Murder Fantasies"
Production
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Andy Sneap
Andy Sneap (born 18 July 1969) is an English guitarist, record producer and composer with over 100 albums to his name, most of which have been produced at his Backstage Recording studios in rural Derbyshire. Some of the most critically acclaime ...
– production, mixing
*
Joachim Luetke
Joachim Luetke (born 1957) is a German cross-media artist. He is mostly known for his artwork for bands such as Arch Enemy, Dimmu Borgir, Kreator, Marilyn Manson, Meshuggah, Sopor Aeternus and The Ensemble of Shadows and Rage. His art has also be ...
– design, cover art concept
* Harald Hoffmann – photography
Charts
References
External links
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2005 albums
2005 video albums
2006 compilation albums
2006 live albums
2006 video albums
Albums produced by Andy Sneap
Kreator albums
Kreator video albums
Live video albums
Music video compilation albums
SPV/Steamhammer albums