Endless Pain
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{{Infobox album
| name = Endless Pain
| type = studio
| artist = Kreator
| cover = Endlesspain.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| caption = Original album cover
| released = October 1985{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Kreator&titel=Endless+Pain&cat=a|title=Endless Pain}}{{cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Kreator/Endless_Pain/805|title=Metal Archives|date=30 March 2023}}
| recorded = March 1985
| studio = Caet Studio, Berlin
| genre = {{hlist|Thrash metal|black metal|death metal}}
| length = 38:40
| label = Noise
| producer = Horst Müller
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Pleasure to Kill
| next_year = 1986
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |author=Anderson, Jason |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=endless-pain-mw0000201057|pure_url=yes}} |title=Endless Pain - Kreator |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=14 December 2010}}
| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2Score = 5/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = November 1, 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1-89-495931-5 | page= 190}}
| rev3 = Rock Hard
| rev3Score = 7.5/10{{cite magazine |last=Stratmann |first=Holger |date=1985 |title=Sanctuary: Refuge Denied |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/kreator-endless-pain_183485.html |magazine=Rock Hard |publisher=Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH |issue=12 |issn=1437-8140 |language=de |access-date=27 August 2022}}
}}
Endless Pain is the debut studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in October 1985 by Noise Records.
The album combines elements of early black metal / death metal and thrash metal, ultimately creating a black-metal influenced thrash sound inspired by bands like Venom, Mercyful Fate, and Bathory.{{cite AV media | first =Jimmy |last = Kay | date = 13 April 2017 | title =Kreator (Mille Petrozza) Interview 2017-influences-Teutonic German 4- The Metal Voice.com| type =Podcast | url =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1v8-KYTiGg&list=PLx0j4GmaZ7d5e69jT5Hfpb_tFFi1tfgWT&index=31| access-date =27 August 2022| publisher =YouTube| ref =}}{{cite web |url=http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/musicians/mille_petrozza_kreator_2.htm |title=Interview with Mille Petrozza from Kreator |last=Antoniou |first=Dimitris |publisher=Metal-Temple.com |date=22 October 2001 |accessdate=2022-08-27 |archive-date=31 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731123826/http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/musicians/mille_petrozza_kreator_2.htm |url-status=dead }}
On this album both Petrozza and Reil share vocal duties.
Track listings
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Fioretti, Petrozza and Reil
| extra_column = Vocals
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Endless Pain
| length1 = 3:32
| extra1 = Reil
| title2 = Total Death
| length2 = 3:28
| extra2 = Petrozza
| title3 = Storm of the Beast
| length3 = 5:01
| extra3 = Reil
| title4 = Tormentor
| length4 = 2:56
| extra4 = Petrozza
| title5 = Son of Evil
| length5 = 4:16
| extra5 = Reil
}}
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Vocals
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Flag of Hate
| length1 = 4:42
| extra1 = Petrozza
| title2 = Cry War
| length2 = 3:45
| extra2 = Reil
| title3 = Bonebreaker
| length3 = 2:58
| extra3 = Petrozza
| title4 = Living in Fear
| length4 = 3:12
| extra4 = Reil
| title5 = Dying Victims
| length5 = 4:51
| extra5 = Petrozza
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 1989 reissue edition
| total_length = 51:52
| title1 = Endless Pain
| length1 = 3:32
| title2 = Total Death
| length2 = 3:28
| title3 = Storm of the Beast
| length3 = 5:01
| title4 = Tormentor
| length4 = 2:56
| title5 = Son of Evil
| length5 = 4:16
| title6 = Take Their Lives
| note6 = bonus track; taken from Flag of Hate EP
| length6 = 6:26
| title7 = Flag of Hate
| length7 = 3:56
| note7 = re-recorded version; taken from Flag of Hate EP
| title8 = Cry War
| length8 = 3:45
| title9 = Bonebreaker
| length9 = 2:58
| title10 = Living in Fear
| length10 = 3:12
| title11 = Dying Victims
| length11 = 4:51
| title12 = Awakening of the Gods
| length12 = 7:33
| note12 = bonus track; taken from Flag of Hate EP
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2017 remastered edition bonus tracks
| total_length = 24:25
| title11 = Satan's Day
| note11 = demo; taken from Tormentor's Blitzkrieg demo
| length11 = 3:34
| title12 = Messenger from Burning Hell
| note12 = demo; taken from Tormentor's Blitzkrieg demo
| length12 = 4:14
| title13 = Armies of Hell
| note13 = demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo
| length13 = 5:19
| title14 = Tormentor
| note14 = demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo
| length14 = 2:55
| title15 = Cry War
| note15 = demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo
| length15 = 4:21
| title16 = Bonebreaker
| note16 = demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo
| length16 = 4:02
}}
Personnel
;Kreator
- Mille Petrozza – guitars, vocals (2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
- Rob Fioretti – bass
- Jürgen "Ventor" Reil – drums, vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
;Production
- Horst Müller – producer, engineer, mixing
- Mille Petrozza, Jürgen Crasser – mastering
- Phil Lawvere – artwork
- Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
2017 re-release
- Jan Meininghaus, Thomas Ewerhard – art, design
- Andy Pearce, Matt Wortham – mastering
- Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080928050457/http://www.kreator-terrorzone.de/site/index.php?s_id=2&lang=en&detail=1 Kreator Terrorzone: Endless Pain]
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