Endless Pain

Endless Pain
Original album cover
Studio album by Kreator
Released	October 1985 [1] [2]
Recorded	March 1985
Studio	Caet Studio, Berlin
Genre	Thrash metal black metal death metal
Length	38:40
Label	Noise
Producer	Horst Müller
Kreator chronology
Endless Pain (1985) Pleasure to Kill (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[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.

The album combines elements of early black metal / death 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.	Title	Vocals	Length
1.	"Endless Pain"	Reil	3:32
2.	"Total Death"	Petrozza	3:28
3.	"Storm of the Beast"	Reil	5:01
4.	"Tormentor"	Petrozza	2:56
5.	"Son of Evil"	Reil	4:16

Side two

No.	Title	Vocals	Length
1.	"Flag of Hate"	Petrozza	4:42
2.	"Cry War"	Reil	3:45
3.	"Bonebreaker"	Petrozza	2:58
4.	"Living in Fear"	Reil	3:12
5.	"Dying Victims"	Petrozza	4:51

1989 reissue edition

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

• Mille Petrozza – guitars, vocals (2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
• Rob Fioretti – bass
• Jürgen "Ventor" Reil – drums, vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)

Production

• Horst Müller – producer, engineer, mixing
• Mille Petrozza, Jürgen Crasser – mastering
• Phil Lawvere – artwork
• Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer

2017 re-release

• Jan Meininghaus, Thomas Ewerhard – art, design
• Andy Pearce, Matt Wortham – mastering
• Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes

References

1. "Endless Pain".
2. "Metal Archives". 30 March 2023.
3. Anderson, Jason. "Endless Pain - Kreator". AllMusic . Retrieved 14 December 2010.
4. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 190. ISBN   978-1-89-495931-5.
5. Stratmann, Holger (1985). "Sanctuary: Refuge Denied". Rock Hard (in German). No. 12. Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH. ISSN   1437-8140 . Retrieved 27 August 2022.
6. Kay, Jimmy (13 April 2017). Kreator (Mille Petrozza) Interview 2017-influences-Teutonic German 4- The Metal Voice.com (Podcast). YouTube . Retrieved 27 August 2022.
7. Antoniou, Dimitris (22 October 2001). "Interview with Mille Petrozza from Kreator". Metal-Temple.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

External links

• Kreator Terrorzone: Endless Pain