''Coma of Souls'' is the fifth studio album by German

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band Kreator, released in 1990. It was reissued in 2002, with the lyrics for the last four songs missing from the booklet. ''Coma of Souls'' was Kreator's first release with lead guitarist Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik (then-formerly of Sodom), and would be the last album before the band began experimenting with influences from other musical genres. It also would be the last record issued in the United States by

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Release

''Coma of Souls'' was also released in the United States as a limited edition in purple

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. Although the album's lyrics contain no profanity, original copies of ''Coma of Souls'' had a Parental Advisory label on the cover. Subsequent pressings of the album do not carry the Parental Advisory label. In March 2018, German record label

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released a remastered edition of the album and made it available on CD and vinyl. The release contains a live performance of Kreator at Stadthalle

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, Germany on 6 December 1990, and

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Critical reception

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'' in its favourable review compared the songwriting of Kreator with that of

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and Nuclear Assault and noted lyrical topics: "Songs targeting environmental crisis, war-mongering, and renascent

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in band's native land ..Ecodisaster number 'When The Sun Burns Red' is excellent first course." '' Rock Hard'' reviewer considered ''Coma of Souls'' an improvement from its predecessor and wrote that "the new songs look mature, elaborately designed, without losing their aggressiveness." Eduardo Rivadavia of

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praised the "overwhelmingly solid songwriting", but found that "''Coma of Souls'' still sounded somewhat repetitive to all but the most unquestioning of fans" and was "guaranteed to thrill lovers of technically proficient thrash."

Track listings

Personnel

Kreator * Mille Petrozza – lead vocals, guitars * Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik – guitars * Rob Fioretti – bass * Ventor – drums Production * Randy Burns – production, engineering, mixing at Music Grinder, Hollywood * Steve Heinke – engineering, mixing * Jason Roberts – engineering * Andreas Marschall – artwork * Martin Becker – photos *Karl Ulrich Walterbach – executive production 2018 reissue technical personnel * Steve Hammonds – compilation * Andy Pearce, Matt Wortham – mastering * Olman Viper – live mastering * Thomas Ewerhard, Jan Meininghaus – art and design * Holger Stratmann, Thomas Simon – additional photos * Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes

Charts

References

{{Authority control Kreator albums 1990 albums Noise Records albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by Randy Burns (music producer)