Endless Pain [Original recording remastered]

Kreator | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Noise
• ASIN: B000005DSM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,321 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Dutch remastered reissue for the German metal act. Includesfour bonus tracks, 'Armies Of Hell', 'Tormentor', 'Cry War'and 'Bonebreaker'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you like early thrash this is for you!, September 21, 2003

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"chester_o" (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Endless Pain (Audio CD)

Like all bands, you've gotta start somewhere. This album is vintage early thrash, very reminiscent of Show No Mercy -- in fact, some of the songs sound like they could have easily been traded with Slayer. Not quite the Kreator sound yet, they really seemed to come into their own with Pleasure to Kill, but very cool nonetheless. I've not heard the original recording, but the remaster is good -- probably cleaned up enough to appreciate the music a tad more (ie, the new KIMB). I would agree with others that this isn't the place to start if you're new to Kreator (I'd recommend Extreme Aggression or Coma of Souls for that) but if you know them and appreciate them, hearing this, their roots, should be enjoyable.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Debut. Inspired many future death and black metal bands, March 3, 2006

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Nailed To Gold (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Endless Pain (Audio CD)

Kreator's first album does not have the crisp sound that Coma of Souls or Extreme Aggressions had, but this album set the standard for extreme thrash/speed metal at the time. Yeah, Metallica did this and Slayer did that, but there was nothing like this out there at the time. While the production might not be as good as today's standards, it does not take away from the music.

Mille's vocals are venemous, and have no doubt been an inspiration to most if not all black metal vocalists out there now. To this day, this album is still an enjoyable listen from beginning to end (and what an end it is with Awakening of the Gods)!

Classic metal. Highly Recommended.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This was Morbid Angel's "Altars" way before that cd came out, February 18, 2001

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Frank Simonelli (Biddeford, Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Endless Pain (Audio CD)

Hissing, witchy vocals interspersed with relentlessly brutal barks. The guitar playing is extremely crude, but fits terrifically with the bare bone production. This recording at times has a chilling effect not easily described. This is a very important release.