WHEN KREATOR HEADLINED
Bloodstock for the first time last summer, many people seemed surprised by how effortlessly they conquered such a big occasion. In reality, the Germans have been in imperious form for the entirety of this century, and their stature and popularity have steadily grown as a result. As that Bloodstock set proved, Kreator are serious heavyweights with a ridiculous number of unstoppable metal anthems. From seminal early bursts of primitive chaos like and through to the razor-sharp sophistication of recent crowd-pleasers and frontman Mille Petrozza has always been afeels like an important milestone, despite being Kreator’s 15th studio record. bands, the quartet could easily tread water and get away with it. But from the laugh-out-loud intensity of its title track onwards, absolutely screams commitment to the cause and to the noble yet visceral art of heavy metal songwriting.
