Enemy of God (album)

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Enemy of God
Kreator - Enemy of God.jpg
Cover art by Joachim Luetke
Studio album by
Kreator
Released10 January 2005
RecordedMay–July 2004
Genre Thrash metal
Length55:48
Label SPV/Steamhammer
Producer Andy Sneap
Kreator chronology
Live Kreation
(2003)		Enemy of God
(2005)		 Hordes of Chaos
(2009)
Alternative cover
Kreator-Enemy of God-Revisited-DVD.jpg
Re-release
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Enemy of God is the eleventh studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released on 10 January 2005. The Gothenburg influences of the band's previous album, Violent Revolution , became more prominent on this album.[ citation needed ] It was released by SPV/Steamhammer on 10 January in Europe and South America and on 11 January 2005 in North America.

Contents

On 27 October 2006, the album was re-released in a digipak under the name Enemy of God: Revisited, with a 5.1 DTS 96/24 mix, featuring two bonus tracks from the Japanese edition and a bonus DVD.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mille Petrozza

No.TitleLength
1."Enemy of God"5:43
2."Impossible Brutality"4:30
3."Suicide Terrorist"3:28
4."World Anarchy"3:55
5."Dystopia"3:41
6."Voices of the Dead"4:33
7."Murder Fantasies"4:50
8."When Death Takes Its Dominion"5:38
9."One Evil Comes - A Million Follow"3:19
10."Dying Race Apocalypse"4:40
11."Under a Total Blackened Sky"4:28
12."The Ancient Plague"6:58
Total length:55:48
Japanese/Enemy of God: Revisited bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Toxic Trace" (live in Busan, South Korea)4:07
14."Coma of Souls" (live in Busan, Korea)4:50
Limited edition digipak bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Impossible Brutality" (video clip) 
2."Making of Impossible Brutality" 
3."Making of Enemy of God" 
4."Violent Revolution" (live clip) 
5."Phobia" (live clip) 
Revisited bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Intro" (live Wacken 2005) 
2."Enemy of God" (live Wacken 2005) 
3."Impossible Brutality" (live Wacken 2005) 
4."Pleasure to Kill" (live Wacken 2005) 
5."Phobia" (live Wacken 2005) 
6."Violent Revolution" (live Wacken 2005) 
7."Suicide Terrorist" (live Wacken 2005) 
8."Extreme Aggression" (live Wacken 2005) 
9."People of the Lie" (live Wacken 2005) 
10."Voices of the Dead" (live Wacken 2005) 
11."Terrible Certainty" (live Wacken 2005) 
12."Betrayer" (live Wacken 2005) 
13."Flag of Hate" (live Wacken 2005) 
14."Tormentor" (live Wacken 2005) 
15."Reconquering the Throne" (bonus bootleg Live at the Rockpalast) 
16."Renewal" (bonus bootleg Live at the Rockpalast) 
17."Servant in Heaven-King in Hell" (bonus bootleg Live at the Rockpalast) 
18."Making of Enemy of God" (video clip) 
19."Enemy of God" (video clip) 
20."Dystopia" (video clip) 
21."Impossible Brutality" (video clip) 
22."Dying Race Apocalypse" (video clip) 

A limited edition digipak was also released with a bonus DVD (PAL format and a very limited edition with DVD NTSC format in North America).

Credits

Kreator

Guest musicians

Production

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4] 45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] 90
French Albums (SNEP) [6] 84
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 19
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 38

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References

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