''Cause for Conflict'' is the seventh studio album by German
thrash metal
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band
Kreator released on 1 August, 1995.
The record continued the experimentation with
industrial music that they started on previous album, ''
Renewal'', but brought back more of their
thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an Extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, ...
sound. This was the only Kreator album to feature Joe Cangelosi as the replacement of original drummer
Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, who would return to the band in 1996. This was also the band's first album to feature bassist Christian Giesler and the last to feature guitarist Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik.
Release
In March 2018, German heavy metal record label
Noise
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released a remastered edition of the album and made it available on
CD and vinyl and as digital download. The release contains three bonus tracks and liner notes.
Track listing
Personnel
Kreator
*
Mille Petrozza – vocals, rhythm guitar
* Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik – lead guitar
* Christian Giesler – bass
* Joe Cangelosi – drums
Production
* Vincent Wojno – production with Kreator, engineering, mixing
* Doug Trantow – assistant engineering
* Mark Uehlein, Steve Warner – studio assistants
* Dirk Rudolph – sleeve design, photography, band photography
* Junior – illustrations
2018 reissue technical personnel
* Steve Hammond – compilation
* Andy Pearce, Matt Worthams – mastering
* Thomas Ewerhard, Jan Meininghaus – art and design
* Alex Solca, Barbara Stiller – additional photos
*
Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes
Charts
References
Kreator albums
1995 albums
GUN Records albums
Industrial metal albums
Noise Records albums
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