Kreator
Endless Pain

The debut studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in October 1985. The album combines elements of black metal and thrash metal, ultimately creating a black-metal influenced thrash sound inspired by bands like Venom, Mercyful Fate, and Bathory.

Remaster is not so better than original, yet, is slightly "louder". This one is for true fans because of the bonus material which contains two early demo recordings. Digi and booklet are excellent and worth every €.

Endless pain is the Kreator debut , releasing in October 1985 with Mille and Ventor sharing the vocals. It was recorded in just ten days which explains the rawness of it. The vocals are an immediate highlight of the title track, a sadistic glaze over its rippling, busy guitars and the steady crashing of Ventor's drums. Rob Fioretti's bass might not have been a major factor here, but the thick pulse would at least offer some concrete support to the chords.

Very good new edition of old album! Powerful sound and great artworks!

The whole album flies by like one big composition. It flies by, because the guitars and drums thrash almost without stopping at great speed. The music, of course, is primitive, no complicated transitions and losses, but, nevertheless, it sounds cheerful and interesting. The sound is raw, somewhat muffled and not clear, the vocals of both Millet (guitar) and Ventor (drums) are practically the same. Tolley wheezing, roofing felts screaming, words are not even pronounced, but rather spit out with tremendous speed, it is possible to understand what is being sung there only remotely, although the theme of the songs is clear from their names. Almost all the songs follow the same pattern: guitar and drum swotting is accompanied by shouting verses and choruses, then there is a slight slowdown and a squeaky high-speed guitar solo begins. Among the compositions, “Storm of the Beast” can be distinguished as having an introduction, “Tormentor” is just a strong and even memorable piece, “Cry War” is the slowest, albeit not very successful composition, and “Dying Victims” is the most interesting and a varied composition on the album, in which there is even such a melodic intro. The rest of the compositions do not stand out in anything special, just solid such light thrash action films. The album is very fast, raw, but I can't call it heavy, it sounds so easy and even fun. While the songs' themes are supposed to be terrifying, there is not much anger in the album. One gets the impression that there is no particular aggression, but to scream and torture hunting tools, which was done not unsuccessfully. The album is a good start for a very famous thrash band.

This album seems underrated. Songs are dynamic and quick. The remastered version is louder and clearer. A Classic.

This is a great debut from the German thrash masters Kreator. For the most part, this is very fast thrash with death-metal overtones , but at times it becomes an all-out raging thrasher, with the addition of monster counterpoint riffs. All the songs are really well done. Mille's vocals aren't quite as evil as on the next few albums, but they definitely go well with the material. Overall, this is the first in a series of incredibly good Kreator albums. Sure, it's no Pleasure to Kill or Coma of Souls, but it's sure as hell worth your time.