''Violent Revolution'' is the tenth studio album by German

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band

Kreator Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 1982. Their current line-up consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Mille Petrozza, Miland "Mille" Petrozza, drummer Jürgen Reil, Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, lead guitarist Sami Yli- ...

. It was released on 25 September 2001 and is the band's first album to feature lead guitarist

Sami Yli-Sirniö Sami Yli-Sirniö (born 10 April 1972) is a Finnish musician who is currently the lead guitarist of the German band Kreator and the Finnish metal bands Waltari and Barren Earth. He spent part of his life in Germany and thus has strong ties with ...

. After almost a decade of musical experimentation with their metal sound (starting with '' Renewal''), with this album the band returned to their 1980s thrash metal style, although it does make use of

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elements. ''Violent Revolution'' is now considered to be the catalyst of the early 2000s thrash metal revival movement.

Reception

In 2005, ''Violent Revolution'' was ranked number 436 in '' Rock Hard'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.

Track listing

Personnel

;Kreator *

Mille Petrozza Miland "Mille" Petrozza (born 18 December 1967) is a German musician. He is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of thrash metal band Kreator, which he started playing in as Tyrant in 1982 and renamed into Tormentor in 1984. He is also the prin ...

– vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar *

– lead guitar *Christian Giesler – bass * Ventor – drums ;Production *Andreas Marschall – cover painting *Tommy Newton – engineering *Dirk Schelpmeier – design, photography *

Andy Sneap Andy Sneap (born 18 July 1969) is an English guitarist, record producer, and composer with over 100 albums to his name, most of which have been produced at his Backstage Recording studios in rural Derbyshire. Some of the most critically acclaim ...

– production, engineering, mastering, mixing

Charts

References

External links

Kreator Terrorzone: Violent Revolution
{{Authority control 2001 albums Kreator albums SPV/Steamhammer albums Albums produced by Andy Sneap