Customer Ratings & Reviews

Kreator's breakthrough album. Released in 1986, this joins the many other thrash classics from that same year. Kreator would go on to make albums with better songwriting and composition, but "Pleasure to Kill" still remains one of the best thrash metal albums ever made. It's pretty different from their later albums. It's faster, rawer, and much more extreme. The lyrical themes are all about death, gore, and violence, pretty typical stuff for an extreme band. Okay, some highlights from the album. It starts off with a beautiful instrumental. That really lulls you into a false sense of security because once it's over you're immediately hit with "Ripping Corpse". A song that bashes you with brutal thrash riffs and a chorus that simply has to be heard. A true thrash anthem. The title track is equally amazing. A quick drum intro, evil sounding verse riff, Mille's insane vocals, awesome lyrics (rampaging vampire...come on). Solo, and then...THRASH!!! Sick riff, probably the best on the whole album, you have no choice but to headbang here. Then you have "Riot of Violence". A song sung by the drummer, Ventor, thrash metal at it's best. It slays with the odd little melodic break and the extremely catchy chorus will be stuck in your head for days. "The Pestilence" is another favorite, and is another great thrasher that's a lot of fun. "Under the Guillotine" is a riff-fest that hits you in a way that isn't far from being hit by a train. A ferocious, pummeling, merciless onslaught of a song. The solos are equally blazing. The bonus tracks "Flag of Hate", "Take Their Lives", and the excellent "Awakening of the Gods" are all Kreator classics ("Flag of Hate" is one of my favorite songs ever), and to sum it all up. If you like thrash metal in any way, buy this album. You won't be disappointed.