Extreme Aggression

Extreme Aggression
Studio album by Kreator
Released	19 June 1989
Recorded	January-February 1989 in Hollywood, California
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	37:28
Label	Noise Records/Epic Records
Producer	Randy Burns
Kreator chronology
Out of the Dark ... Into the Light (EP) (1988) Extreme Aggression (1989) Coma of Souls (1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Extreme Aggression is the fourth studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator released in 1989. While the band had already gained a sizeable following in the US due to their 1987 tour with the crossover thrash band D.R.I., this album introduced many American fans to Kreator, primarily through heavy rotation of the "Betrayer" music video on MTV's Headbangers Ball, which was partly shot at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. This album was their first issued in the US by Epic Records. The album was also available on picture disc vinyl.

The album's original artwork was a monster-like creature painting a picture of a cannibal eating a person's head. However, it was quickly replaced with a new artwork, depicting an image of the band in front of an orange background.^[2]

Reception and Awards

Extreme Aggression was ranked at number three on Loudwire's top ten list of "Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4".^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Extreme Aggressions"	4:44
2.	"No Reason to Exist"	4:37
3.	"Love Us or Hate Us"	3:42
4.	"Stream of Consciousness"	3:53
5.	"Some Pain Will Last"	5:39
6.	"Betrayer"	3:59
7.	"Don't Trust"	3:43
8.	"Bringer of Torture"	2:15
9.	"Fatal Energy"	4:57
Total length:		37:28

Personnel

Kreator

• Mille Petrozza - lead guitar, lead vocals
• Jörg "Tritze" Trzebiatowski - lead guitar
• Rob Fioretti - bass guitar
• Jürgen Reil - drums

Production

• Martin Becker - photography
• Randy Burns - producer, engineer
• Edwin Letcher - lyric adaptations
• Greg Saenz - background vocals
• Karl-Ulrich Walterbach - executive producer
• Recorded from January to February, 1989 at the Music Grinder studio in Hollywood, California. Additional recording at E.Q. Sound and Cherokee Studios.

References

1. Anderson, Jason. "Extreme Aggression - Kreator". Allmusic. Retrieved December 14th, 2010.
2. http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Kreator/Extreme_Aggression/417562
3. "Top 10 Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4". Loudwire.com. October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.

External links

• Kreator Terrorzone: Extreme Aggression