Coma of Souls

Coma of Souls was also released in the United States as a limited edition in purple vinyl. Although the album's lyrics contain no profanity, original copies of Coma of Souls had a Parental Advisory label on the cover. Subsequent pressings of the album do not carry the Parental Advisory label.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

In March 2018, German record label Noise released a remastered edition of the album and made it available on CD and vinyl. The release contains a live performance of Kreator at Stadthalle Fürth, Germany on 6 December 1990, and liner notes.{{cite news |author= |date=8 February 2018 |title=Kreator - North American Release Dates Set For Classic '90s Era Album Reissues |url=http://bravewords.com/news/kreator-north-american-release-dates-set-for-classic-90s-era-album-reissues |work=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |location=Canada |access-date=3 March 2018 |issn=1705-3781 |oclc=57191652}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000311258 |tab=Overview |label=Kreator: Coma of Souls |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |accessdate=4 March 2018}}

| rev2 = Rock Hard

| rev2score = 9.0/10{{cite magazine|last=Albrecht|first=Frank|title=Review Album : Kreator - Coma of Souls |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/kreator-coma-of-souls_263403.html|issue=43|year=1990| magazine = Rock Hard |accessdate=4 September 2022 |language=German}}

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Billboard in its favourable review compared the songwriting of Kreator with that of Metallica and Nuclear Assault and noted lyrical topics: "Songs targeting environmental crisis, war-mongering, and renascent Nazism in band's native land [...] Ecodisaster number 'When The Sun Burns Red' is excellent first course." Rock Hard reviewer considered Coma of Souls an improvement from its predecessor and wrote that "the new songs look mature, elaborately designed, without losing their aggressiveness." Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic praised the "overwhelmingly solid songwriting", but found that "Coma of Souls still sounded somewhat repetitive to all but the most unquestioning of fans" and was "guaranteed to thrill lovers of technically proficient thrash."

{{Track listing

| all_lyrics = Mille Petrozza

| all_music = Kreator

| title1 = When the Sun Burns Red

| length1 = 5:28

| title2 = Coma of Souls

| length2 = 4:18

| title3 = People of the Lie

| length3 = 3:15

| title4 = World Beyond

| length4 = 2:02

| title5 = Terror Zone

| length5 = 5:54

| title6 = Agents of Brutality

| length6 = 5:16

| title7 = Material World Paranoia

| length7 = 4:59

| title8 = Twisted Urges

| length8 = 2:46

| title9 = Hidden Dictator

| length9 = 4:47

| title10 = Mental Slavery

| length10 = 5:43

| total_length = 44:45

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{{Track listing

| headline = 2018 reissue bonus CD: Live at Stadthalle Fürth, Germany

| total_length = 78:54

| title1 = When the Sun Burns Red

| length1 = 5:51

| title2 = Betrayer

| length2 = 4:37

| title3 = Terrible Certainty

| length3 = 5:58

| title4 = Extreme Aggression

| length4 = 5:50

| title5 = Coma of Souls

| length5 = 5:00

| title6 = People of the Lie

| length6 = 3:26

| title7 = Choir of the Damned

| length7 = 1:27

| title8 = The Pestilence

| length8 = 8:43

| title9 = Toxic Trace

| length9 = 4:14

| title10 = Drum Solo

| length10 = 2:54

| title11 = Terror Zone

| length11 = 6:03

| title12 = Pleasure to Kill

| length12 = 6:49

| title13 = Flag of Hate

| length13 = 2:58

| title14 = Agents of Brutality

| length14 = 5:18

| title15 = Riot of Violence

| length15 = 6:10

| title16 = Tormentor

| length16 = 3:30

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Kreator

• Mille Petrozza – lead vocals, guitars
• Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik – guitars
• Rob Fioretti – bass
• Ventor – drums

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Production

• Randy Burns – production, engineering, mixing at Music Grinder, Hollywood
• Steve Heinke – engineering, mixing
• Jason Roberts – engineering
• Andreas Marschall – artwork
• Martin Becker – photos
• Karl Ulrich Walterbach – executive production

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2018 reissue technical personnel

• Steve Hammonds – compilation
• Andy Pearce, Matt Wortham – mastering
• Olman Viper – live mastering
• Thomas Ewerhard, Jan Meininghaus – art and design
• Holger Stratmann, Thomas Simon – additional photos
• Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes

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