Outcast (Kreator album)

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Outcast
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Studio album by
Kreator
Released22 July 1997 (1997-07-22)
StudioPrincipal Studios (Münster, Germany)
Genre
Length47:18
Label GUN (Europe)
Noise (US and Japan)
Producer Vincent Wojno, Kreator
Kreator chronology
Scenarios of Violence
(1996)		Outcast
(1997)		 Endorama
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [2]
Rock Hard 9.0/10 [3]

Outcast is the eighth studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator. It was released by G.U.N. Records in 1997. This album featured more gothic and industrial influences than earlier Kreator, retaining little of the thrash metal from previous years. Outcast is also Kreator's first album to feature drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil since 1992's Renewal , and the first to feature then-former Coroner guitarist Tommy Vetterli.

Contents

Release

In March 2018, German record label Noise Records released a remastered edition of the album and made it available on CD and vinyl and as digital download. The release contains a live performance of Kreator at Dynamo Open Air in 1998 and liner notes. [4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mille Petrozza; all music is composed by Kreator

No.TitleLength
1."Leave This World Behind"3:29
2."Phobia"3:22
3."Forever"2:52
4."Black Sunrise"4:33
5."Nonconformist"3:15
6."Enemy Unseen"3:21
7."Outcast"4:54
8."Stronger than Before"3:17
9."Ruin of Life"3:53
10."Whatever It May Take"3:47
11."Alive Again"3:47
12."Against the Rest"2:39
13."A Better Tomorrow"4:13
Total length:47:18

Personnel

Kreator
  • Mille Petrozza – vocals, rhythm guitar, programming
  • Tommy Vetterli – lead guitar, programming
  • Christian Giesler – bass
  • Jürgen Reil – drums, programming
Additional musicians
  • Christian Loeunhoff – woodblock
  • Guido Eickelmann – programming
Production
  • Kreator – production
  • Vincent Wojno – producer with Kreator, engineer
  • Britta Kühlmann – engineer
  • Vincent Sorg – assistant engineer, programming
  • Jörg Umbrett, Sascha Kramski – assistant engineers
  • Romald Prent – mixing at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
  • Joerg Steineadt – mixing assistant
  • Dirk Rudolph – sleeve design
  • Harald Hoffmann – cover photos
2018 reissue technical personnel
  • Steve Hammond – compilation
  • Andy Pearce, Matt Worthams – mastering
  • Thomas Ewerhard, Jan Meininghaus – art and design
  • Harald Hoffmann – additional photos
  • Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes
  • Olman Viper – live mastering

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] 91

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References

  1. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Kreator: Outcast at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 234. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ↑ "Review Album : Kreator - Outcast". Rock Hard (in German). No. 122. 1997. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Kreator - North American Release Dates Set For Classic '90s Era Album Reissues". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles . Canada. 8 February 2018. ISSN   1705-3781. OCLC   57191652 . Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Kreator – Outcast" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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