Year : 2013
Style : Thrash Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 296 mb
Bio:
Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen.Their style of music is similar to their compatriots Destruction, Sodom and Tankard, the other three big German thrash metal bands. All three bands, except Tankard, are often credited with helping pioneer death metal and black metal by containing several elements of what was to become the genre.They originally performed a speed metal style with Venom influences.Kreator's work began in the vein of thrash metal but ventured into Industrial metal and Gothic metal from 1992 to 1999, before eventually returning to their classic thrash sound to date.Kreator has released thirteen studio albums, two EPs, one live album and three compilation albums. The band released its debut album Endless Pain in 1985. Although many of their previous albums, including Pleasure to Kill (1986), were quite popular in the United States, Kreator did not experience major American commercial success until the 2009 release of their twelfth studio album, Hordes of Chaos, which peaked at number 165 on the Billboard 200 and debuted at No. 16 on the Media Control Charts.Hordes of Chaos was followed three years later by Phantom Antichrist, which was also successful and peaked at higher chart positions in many countries. Kreator has been working on a new album, which is due for release in 2016.
Album:
Dying Alive is a two-disc live album by German thrash metal band Kreator. Released in 2013 by Nuclear Blast, it contains 24 tracks recorded at Turbinehalle in Oberhausen. It was also released as a deluxe edition containing the two-CD set and a DVD.Throughout the years I have been fortunate to attend two KREATOR gigs, one in Wacken Open Air 2005 and in Israel in 2006. Watching this German giant play live was practically one of my life’s greatest moments, experiencing a legend in act, a legacy coming alive right before my eyes. Sheer Thrash aggression, pulsating melodic edge, head bashing and intense rhythmic arsenal, the KREATOR machine seemed to be battle ready at every occasion given. This time it was different, due to this particular gig, which occurred in 22.12.2012 (post-apocalyptic prophecy of destruction), Oberhausen, Germany, I wasn’t able to attended, and I am sure that most of you Metalheads out there wished that you could. But there is punch to all of this. KREATOR summed up 45 gigs as support for their fiery and successful maniacal new album, “Phantom Antichrist”, with the filming of the Oberhausen showcase into a brand new live DVD that was entitled “Dying Alive”, via the band’s constant local label, Nuclear Blast Records. Through the course of ninety minutes of Teutonic Thrash mayhem, filmed by widespread 24 cameras right up to the people’s guts, I felt as if I was there, with the fanatic Oberhausen fans, breaking bones and hailing to the throne of the Teutonic Thrash kings. It felt like the third time around.Since it is my first official DVD review, I will try not to bore you with that much of technical terms, as I am not that of an expert myself. The first I noticed was the start menu of the DVD. With back tracks of the band’s songs with accordance to every section, along with amazing themed graphics out of the DVD’s main artwork, yet it seemed quite normal for the initial presentation. Enclosed within the menu is the full Oberhausen gig, consisting of 20 live tracks of KREATOR’s finest heritage with a hefty support for “Phantom Antichrist”, a section where you can select titled out of the full main gig, bonus video clips including the behind the scenes of the DVD and the “Phantom Antichrist” video and the two official videos of “Phantom Antichrist” and “Civilization Collapse” and of course there is the technical section of the “Settings” where you can set your sound system and sorts. Rather simple and to the point menu, easy to navigate and of course with the availably to listen to fragments of tunes.On throughout the Oberhausen gig, I noticed how amazing the footage superiority is. It footage style, which appeared moderately similar to the one displayed on the “Phantom Antichrist” video clip, seemed like a sort of vintage film yet with a heck of an HD quality. The 24 cameras involved covered everything, from the overall venue, through the inner pits of the stage (including the guitar cams that were simply overwhelming) up close to faces of the maniacal fans clashing in the battered moshpits and onslaught circlepits along with the first rows of those standing. The twists and turns of the cams were able to provide me the feel of the gig and how fortunate for the attendees to be there at the time. Sound wise, I anticipated nothing more than flawless engineering of the best quality, and I warmly received it. The engineering exertion on the recording seemed nearly perfect, everything was listenable and distinguishable and of course focusing on KREATOR’s latest sound template that has been so forceful and cutthroat. Furthermore, while tuning to the gig’s song list, you can activate the subtitles in order to memorize the lyrics of the tracks, quite handy I might add.Lastly, and for some reason it seemed quite in the far back of this review, this gig itself, without the technical clattering. KREATOR set a hefty piece of a setlist, letting their local fans immerse themselves with blood, sweat and tears over their new album’s tracks, mid era trackers alongside the older classics like “Endless Pain”, “Pleasure To Kill”, “People Of The Lie”, “Betrayer”, “Extreme Aggressions” and “Flag Of Hate / Tormentor”. “Dying Alive” is a destructive fest, nothing more, nothing less. KREATOR, with their social / political oriented lyricism and immense Thrash perception, revealed themselves as the kings of the hill, the true message of Metal’s glory and “Dying Alive”, KREATOR’s third DVD in number, is one hell of chunky proof that the oiled machine is strong as it can ever be, tall and on the edge of madness. Buy it now or you will miss a relic.
Line Up:
Mille Petrozza Vocals, Guitars (1984-present) - See also: ex-Tormentor, ex-Voodoocult
Christian "Speesy" Giesler Bass (1995-present) - See also: Darkness
Sami Yli-Sirniö Guitars (2001-present) - See also: Barren Earth, Waltari, ex-Kyyria, ex-Brainwash, ex-In Rags
Jürgen Reil - Drums
Technical personnel:
Dominic Paraskevopoulos – sound production, recording
Tim Neumann – sound production, recording
Jens Bogren – mixing, mastering
Tony Lindgren – mixing, mastering
Jan Meininghaus – graphics, cover art
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Intro: Mars Mantra 01:25 instrumental
02. Phantom Antichrist 04:35
03. From Flood into Fire 05:50
04. Enemy of God 06:06
05. Phobia 03:31
06. Hordes of Chaos 05:18
07. Civilization Collapse 04:04
08. Voices of the Dead 05:10
09. Extreme Aggression 04:31
10. People of the Lie 03:20
11. Death to the World 05:13
12. Endless Pain 03:28
13. Pleasure to Kill 04:14
CD2:
01. Intro 2:The Patriarch (0:56)
02. Violent Revolution (7:36)
03. United In Hate (3:49)
04. Betrayer (4:15)
05. Flag of Hate/Tormentor (7:16)
06. Intro / The Pestilence (Bonus) (13:28)
07. Amok Run (Bonus) (4:28)
08. Demon Prince (Bonus) (5:29)
09. When the Sun Burns Red (Bonus) (5:53)
10. War Curse (Bonus) (4:23)
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