''Violent Revolution'' is the tenth 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 Frédé ...
. 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 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
Gothenburg metal 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 ''
Rock Hard
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'' magazine's book of ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.
Track listing
Personnel
;Kreator
*
Mille Petrozza – vocals, rhythm guitar
*
Sami Yli-Sirniö – 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 ...
– bass
*
Ventor – drums
;Production
*Andreas Marschall – cover painting
*Tommy Newton – engineering
*Dirk Schelpmeier – design, photography
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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, engineering, mastering, mixing
Charts
References
External links
Kreator Terrorzone: Violent Revolution
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2001 albums
Kreator albums
SPV/Steamhammer albums
Albums produced by Andy Sneap