HORDES OF CHAOS

Kreator: Mille Petrozza (vocals, guitars); Sami Yli-Sirni? (guitars); Christian Giesler (bass instrument); J?rgen Reil (drums). Personnel: Jeff Collier (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Colin Richardson. Recording information: KKS Studios, Essen, Germany; Transporterraum, Berlin, Germany; Tritonus Studios, Berlin, Germany. Editor: Ben Lauber. Photographer: Harald Hoffmann. Arrangers: Kreator; Mille Petrozza. On HORDES OF CHAOS, the third album since Kreator's 2001 career renaissance, VIOLENT REVOLUTION, the German thrash group arguably hits harder than ever, pulling back only for the minute-long dirge "Corpses of Liberty," and some acoustic strumming that rapidly descends into the full-on Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse gallop of "Amok Run." That HORDES OF CHAOS sounds like it could have been recorded in the mid-1980s is to the credit of Kreator mastermind and vocalist/guitarist Mille Petrozza. This is thrash the way it was meant to be played: hard, fast, angry, and dark as hell.

• Genre: Rock
• Format: CD
• Released: 01/13/2009