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Executioner

I think iTunes recommended this to me.  Damn good thrash metal.

Think that's gross, you should see the "Revisited" version

I’ll be the first to tell you I have an unnatural obsession with thrash metal, but this album stands out for me.  Kreator is a band that somehow never caught my attention until very recently.  Having recently listened to a couple of their older albums, I suppose I can see why.  Back in the 80′s, they were just one of many many thrash metal bands, and their stuff sounds pretty similar to early Exodus, really early Anthrax, etc… (not to mention the fact that ‘Kreator’ is one of the dumbest band names ever–I assume they were a Christian metal band for a long time) …but much like Exodus (another terrible band name), it seems the dark days of the 90′s did these guys good.  

It’s not ground-breaking or anything, but it’s damn fine thrash metal.  And to have a band that started out in 1982 making kick-ass thrash metal in 2005 is, in and of itself, impressive.

The one downside to the album is probably the vocals.  This is a German band after all.  Especially on earlier Kreator albums, the vocals can be a bit difficult to swallow.  In the case of Enemy Of God, though, they seemed to have found a way to blend the vocals with the music in a way as to not sound like a dying animal.

Kreator recently released a new album, Hordes Of Chaos, which is also pretty awesome.  And apparently their current style revival began in 2001 with Violent Revolution, which I’ve yet to hear.

Call it what you will, it's Black Fucking Sabbath

Yeah, I just need to post this to remember that it came out. I haven’t listened to it yet. I can almost guarantee it’s going to be pretty awesome, though.