Endless Pain

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Endless Pain
Endlesspain.jpg
Original album cover
Studio album by
Kreator
ReleasedOctober 1985 [1] [2]
RecordedMarch 1985
StudioCaet Studio, Berlin
Genre
Length38:40
Label Noise
Producer Horst Müller
Kreator chronology
Endless Pain
(1985)		 Pleasure to Kill
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 5/10 [4]
Rock Hard 7.5/10 [5]

Endless Pain is the debut studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in October 1985 by Noise Records.

Contents

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. [6] [7]

On this album both Petrozza and Reil share vocal duties.

Track listings

All tracks are written by Fioretti, Petrozza and Reil

Side one
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Endless Pain"Reil3:32
2."Total Death"Petrozza3:28
3."Storm of the Beast"Reil5:01
4."Tormentor"Petrozza2:56
5."Son of Evil"Reil4:16
Side two
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Flag of Hate"Petrozza4:42
2."Cry War"Reil3:45
3."Bonebreaker"Petrozza2:58
4."Living in Fear"Reil3:12
5."Dying Victims"Petrozza4:51
1989 reissue edition
No.TitleLength
1."Endless Pain"3:32
2."Total Death"3:28
3."Storm of the Beast"5:01
4."Tormentor"2:56
5."Son of Evil"4:16
6."Take Their Lives" (bonus track; taken from Flag of Hate EP)6:26
7."Flag of Hate" (re-recorded version; taken from Flag of Hate EP)3:56
8."Cry War"3:45
9."Bonebreaker"2:58
10."Living in Fear"3:12
11."Dying Victims"4:51
12."Awakening of the Gods" (bonus track; taken from Flag of Hate EP)7:33
Total length:51:52
2017 remastered edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Satan's Day" (demo; taken from Tormentor's Blitzkrieg demo)3:34
12."Messenger from Burning Hell" (demo; taken from Tormentor's Blitzkrieg demo)4:14
13."Armies of Hell" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)5:19
14."Tormentor" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)2:55
15."Cry War" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)4:21
16."Bonebreaker" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)4:02
Total length:24:25

Personnel

Kreator
Production

2017 re-release

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