 | Kreator Pleasure to Kill
4.2
excellent
| Ranking: #13 for 1986 | |
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| 5.0 classic | BaphometConsumed | October 25th 10 |
I question somebody's credentials with thrash metal if you don't consider this one of the greatest albums in the genre, i'm sorry. This is a no-holds-barred masterpiece; unrelenting fury at insane speeds before dropping in a thrash break that is the musical equivilant of a spike slamming into your skull. Essential.
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| 5.0 classic | Ducon la Joie | December 17th 23 |
this is by far their best album, on the borderline between thrash and death metal
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| 3.5 great | Santa Koopa | October 28th 22 |
dark thrash emerging from ramming possessed and slayer together
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| 5.0 classic | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 2.5 average | RoxSta | November 19th 21 |
Overrated. To me this album is nothing but mindless speed and aggression (something which Opprobrium - Serpent Temptation does MUCH better) --- although the production on this album is good, the songs themselves feel uninspired. Killer album cover art though!
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| 3.5 great | ManiacBlasphemer | October 14th 19 |
Mille and Ventor back when they were youths were more interested in playing their own version of thrash as fast and brutal as possible. Which is what Pleasure to Kill is. It sounds more professional, the remastered version improved the overall experience, but like I said many times, speed and aggression cannot replace good songwriting and a good performance. There are touches of amateurism here, timing problems and a rather pitiful drum performance that cannot keep up with the fast rhythm section. The opening prologue is amateur crap. The good points, Mille and Ventor sharing vocal duties is rather refreshing. It help break the blast-beat monotony. All the songs after the into essentially compete one against each other, who sound more brutal and fast than the other, however, ironically, he slower parts is when the band truly shines. This might've been original and even a novelty when it came out, but time hasn't been kind to it. Also, Mille didn't get some basic guitar lessons on how to write guitar solos, which honestly are rather unnecessary. It is hard to play guitar solos on a record where your plan is to break a world record in terms of speed and brutality. Hard to pinpoint any real highlights, as almost all songs sounds the same. There are good section on each of them.
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| 5.0 classic | Resident Metalhead Piranha | April 3rd 17 |
Ah...the year of 1986, home to the first peak in the thrash metal movement. Master of Puppets and Reign In Blood often take all the credit, but look no further than Kreator (during this time) and their greatest testament to all things extreme: Pleasure To Kill. Their debut was promising, but they truly step things up this time, the result is a milestone in the development of death metal and more extreme territory in thrash. The chaos prominent here is out of control yet tightly focused, and the production allows you to hear every frantic whack at the snare drum and every grazing note of the guitar work, and the music is shockingly memorable given its supersonic speed (often hitting 260bpm which was unheard of back then). A pillar of thrash metal/death metal, rarely has chaos and melody intertwined as expertly as PTK, and rarely has it ever been seen since.
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| 4.0 excellent | FirstStrikeIsDeadly | July 12th 16 |
A little overrated, but still some fine brutal thrash. No doubt a key inspiration for death metal.
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| 3.0 good | westerndragon | April 28th 15 |
A decent album in my opinion with middling production and really happy sounding riffs for what is supposed to be a violent and brutal album. The speed and vocals are excellent, but the ugly solos drag this record down considerably. Terrible Certainty was a massive leap forward and should be held as the standard for early Kreator rather than this.
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| 0.0 | RYMsfullofscenesters | October 24th 13 |
It's best at its dumbest and most Venom-inspired. The more, uh... German sounding stuff is really boring though. Anyway, this is the happiest sounding primitive proto-death/black metal I've ever heard.
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| 0.0 | | February 26th 13 |
A fantastic sophomore effort that never lets go of your throat with its lightning fast paced and crazily good riffs and Milles insane barking.
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| 0.0 | Exhorder | January 5th 13 |
Just because this is their most influential does not make it their best-coma of souls and extreme and hordes raped this in every way but this really is a strong album with a lot of good songs that unfortunately seems to focus on playing as fast as possible without ever focussing on actual song craft. Its a shame as this really is good when it wants to be and Riot Of Violence shines and shows what this album should have been like all the way through. Still a marvelous thrash album and a great sophomore album that built off everything their debut did
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| 0.0 | souleater | November 14th 12 |
MY ONLY AIM IS TO TAKE MANY LIVES THE MORE THE BETTER I FEEL. God this album will live on forever being one of the most memorable, fast, aggressive thrashers to have existed.
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| 3.5 great | Fernando Alves | December 28th 11 |
One of the most influential thrash metal albums ever released, however their best work was yet to come.
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| 4.5 superb | ThrashK | July 20th 11 |
Soooo awesome, brings a smile to my face every time I listen to this. This is so madness
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| 4.0 excellent | SylentEcho | August 18th 07 |
Kreator are often hailed to be the best European metal band ever. Well thrash metal that is, I think Iron Maiden and Judas Priest have just a bit more on Kreator.
Well the album kicks of with the majestic opener track "Chior of the Damned" which is actually a really kool track in my mind. The melodic intro soon turns into the brutal "Ripping Corpse" which is my fav Kreator track. The vocals may not be they best but hey there's worse out there... a lot worse! One quick note is that the drumming on this album is fast, very fast and sometimes may sound like a mad gorilla is just beating the pulp out of the drum set that is not the case. The drumming is very good but the speed that is played gives the illusion of random noise. The next standout track is the title track. This is yet another brutal song and is done very well. I really like the middle where they slow the song down it give you a break from the blinding speed of the album. Last but not least is the mid tempo song "Riot of Violence" I use the mid tempo term loosely because it is still a fast song but compared to some of the other tracks it seems slow. The track is well crafted and the solos are amazing. This song really grabs your attention because it sounds like it's going to end many times during the song and you left wondering when it will end.
This is the second best extreme metal release of 1986 ( Reign in Blood is the best). If you can find this buy it you won't be dissapointed!
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