''Violent Revolution'' is the tenth studio album by German

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band

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. It was released on 25 September, 2001 and is the band's first album to feature lead guitarist

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. After almost a decade of musical experimentation with their metal sound (starting with '' Renewal''), with this album the band returned to their 1980s thrash metal style, although it does make use of

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elements. ''Violent Revolution'' is now considered to be the catalyst of the early 2000s thrash metal revival movement.

Reception

In 2005, ''Violent Revolution'' was ranked number 436 in ''

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'' magazine's book of ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.

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, rhythm guitar *

– 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 ;Production *Andreas Marschall – cover painting *Tommy Newton – engineering *Dirk Schelpmeier – design, photography *

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, engineering, mastering, mixing

Charts

References

External links

Kreator Terrorzone: Violent Revolution
{{Authority control 2001 albums Kreator albums SPV/Steamhammer albums Albums produced by Andy Sneap