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Holy smokes... May 20, 2008
I've been a metal fan since 1986, but I was never really into Kreator back in the day, preferring the Bay Area thrash scene, along with Anthrax and Overkill.
But this resurgence in metal has me digging around to see what's being put out lately, and this album blows the doors off of most of the albums from even my favorite acts. Don't get me wrong, the latest Exodus album (Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A) is some of their best stuff (same for Testament's Formation of Damnation), but neither one of them instantly had me banging my head from the get-go and feeling the intensity throughout.
I am so happy to be thrashing again to some really superb metal.
Ain't Heard Metal This Good Since "Rust in Peace"! Dec 17, 2007
What can I say about this flawless disk that others have not said already? Mille and co. are capable of and show on the Enemy of God, how bands like Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth may have had some good running in the 80s and early 90s, but Kreator, who originated around the same time, is eternal in awesome quality of music they keep delivering. EOG is the Countdown 2 Extinction meets Reign in Blood meets Master of Puppets equivalent of the masterpiece thrashmetal record of the 2000s. The songwriting is so good, I am having a hard time picking favorites or songs to put on repeat. This is just awesome metal. I think if I let this play in my car, it will completely take over and bar anything else from coming in. I have not enjoyed a thrashmetal CD this much since Rust in Peace, period...Anyway, Kreator is scheduled to enter the studio early next year to record a follow up...I can hardly wait, and I will be willing to pay any money to wrap my Polak paws on it as soon as it comes out. Phenomenal work from a seasoned band of geniuses who show their peers how its done in the 21 century.
Enemy of mediocre thrash albums. Oct 30, 2007
Yeah, some people are mixed on this album. For me, I have been listening to the Gothenburg Melodic Death movement for ten years so the alleged influences from that genre I don't mind as much as others. Some elitists at Metal-Archives like to bash this album because of that alleged influence. Do I hear it? Sort of. I think that Coma of Souls had some melodic parts thrown in (they have put in more and more melodic parts as time has gone on over the years). So I think its a continuation of that if anything. The thrashier parts are just as aggressive as the albums of yesteryear, if not more ferocious at times, and the melodic parts make things more interesting and they aren't often enough to get annoying.
So the hype is well warranted. This is definitely one of the best thrash albums of the new millenium. The title track, totally Klassic Kreator, like Betrayer, Coma of Souls, any first track from the eighties. Suicide Terrorist, and Impossible Brutality chug along at a ferocious pace. The whole album is devoid of filler (pretty much). The only bummer I would say, is some of the production is a little stunted. I think Andy Sneap has a very homogenized style with regards to producing. A lot like Roy Z and others, his albums tend to sound samey and stale. He gets the job done, but Flemming Rasmussen or Neil Kernon he is not.
This is especially eminent in the drum recording, which sounds too processed. Its not as bad as on the new Megadeth (eww) but its apparent that he needs to lay off the effects when recording drums. Ventor gives an excellent performance though. So the verdict is in- this album is a great release and is closer to the classic Eighties thrash than many people give it credit for.
supreme metal album May 20, 2007
I agree with most of the rest that Enemy of God is the best Kreator CD before Violent Revolution. Also the best thrash metal CD so far I have listened to. I reckon earlier Kreator CD's are brilliant too but with current production.
For the metal fan it is a joy an album this good to surface- all tracks just scream with power, speed, and intense. They should be included in Guitar Hero instead of those shabby and dull 'guitar anthems'.
Cannot wait for a next release studio album.
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 Kreator Still Destroy All Dec 05, 2006
I have been listening to Kreator since the eponymous "Coma of Souls", but hadn't heard much from them for the last few years. It seems that since the resurgence in metal's popularity began a couple of years ago, many of the old classic thrash bands have made a comeback- some still seem to have it, some don't.
Fortunately for me, "Enemy of God" proves that Kreator does. The German metallers were one of the first "mega-heavy" bands which really got me into heavier styles of music. Nihilistic, abrasive, intense and heavy as hell, Kreator are relentless and brutal, and this excellent new comeback release proves that they still hold their own in a genre now full of bands trying to emulate what they were doing almost twenty years ago. The disturbing artwork and clever album title are worth a tip of the hat, as well. Recommended.
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