''Enemy of God'' is the eleventh 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 Frédér ...

, released on 10 January, 2005. The

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influences of the band's previous album, ''

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'', became more prominent on this album. It was released by

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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

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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

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Track listing

A limited edition

was also released with a bonus DVD (

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format and a very limited edition with DVD

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format in North America).

Credits

Kreator *

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 *

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 *

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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Enemy Of God (Album) 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