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Pleasure to Kill

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Released
  
November 1, 1986

Release date
  
1 November 1986

Label
  
Noise Records

Artist
  
Kreator

Producer
  
Harris Johns

Genres
  
Thrash metal, Death metal

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Recorded
  
Musiclab in Berlin, Germany, 1986

Length
  
38:42 (original) 56:38 (re-release)

Pleasure to Kill (1986)
  
Terrible Certainty (1987)

Similar
  
Kreator albums, Thrash metal albums

Kreator pleasure to kill 1986 full album


Pleasure to Kill is the second studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in November 1986 by Noise Records. The lyrical themes follow those found on their first album Endless Pain. Many death metal bands cite this album as an influence. Pleasure to Kill is widely considered a thrash classic. It is also considered a landmark album in the history of thrash metal along with Master of Puppets by Metallica, Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? by Megadeth, Reign in Blood by Slayer, Eternal Devastation by Destruction and Darkness Descends by Dark Angel, all released in 1986.

Contents

Kreator pleasure to kill


Public reception

Pleasure to Kill was well received by the public. On Rate Your Music the album has an average rating of 3.85 of 5, based on more than 2,600 ratings, and on Sputnikmusic the album has an "excellent" average rating of 4.2 of 5, based on more than 700 ratings.

Track listing

All tracks written by Mille Petrozza, except as noted.

  • There is also a picture disc version of this album, called After the Attack, with the new title track as track 10 and on red vinyl.
  • Reissue of September 2000 has an error on the 3rd track which is "Death Of Your Saviour" while the original track is 'Death Is Your Saviour".

    • Personnel

    Kreator
  • Mille Petrozza – lead and rhythm guitar, lead vocals
  • Jürgen Reil – drums, lead vocals on tracks 3, 5 and 8
  • Rob Fioretti – bass guitar
    • Production
  • Fred Baumgart – photography
  • Ralf Hubert – producer
  • Harris Johns – producer, engineer
  • Kreator – photography
  • Phil Lawvere – cover artwork
  • Maren Layout – design
  • Mille Petrozza – remastering
  • Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer

    • Songs

    1Choir of the Damned1:40
    2Ripping Corpse3:36
    3Death Is Your Saviour3:58

    References

    Pleasure to Kill Wikipedia
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