''Renewal'' is the sixth 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 in 1992. It's their first "experimental" album, as in this release Kreator incorporated

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influences in their songwriting, as well as featuring a

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sound. It is also the last album to feature original bassist Rob Fioretti. The song "Karmic Wheel" contains audio samples from the suicide of R. Budd Dwyer. A music video was made for the title track.

Release

In March 2018, German record label

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released a remastered edition of the album and made it available on CD and

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and as digital download. The release contains three bonus tracks and liner notes.

Track listing

Personnel

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, guitar * Frank Gosdzik – guitar * Rob Fioretti – bass * Ventor – drums, programming Production * Kreator – producers * Tom Morris – producer, engineer, mixing * Mark Prator, Brian Bonscoter – engineers * Karl Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer 2018 reissue production * Steve Hammond – compilation * Andy Pearce, Matt Worthams – mastering * Thomas Ewerhard, Jan Meininghaus – art and design * Holger Stratmann, Markus Müller – additional photos *

Malcolm Dome Malcolm Dome (1955 – 29 October 2021) was an English music journalist. He wrote about rock and heavy metal from 1979. In addition to writing books, he was a journalist for ''Record Mirror'', ''Kerrang!'', ''Metal Hammer'' and ''Classic Roc ...

– sleeve notes

References

Kreator albums 1992 albums Albums with cover art by Dave McKean Noise Records albums Industrial metal albums Albums recorded at Morrisound Recording {{1990s-metal-album-stub