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Extreme Aggression is the fourth studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator released in 1989. While the band had already gained a sizeable following in the US due to their 1988 tour with the crossover thrash band D.R.I., this album introduced many American fans to Kreator, primarily through heavy rotation of the "Betrayer" music video on MTV's Headbangers Ball, which was partly shot at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. The beginning of the song "Love Us or Hate Us" was used in an early 1990s promo ad by the Los Angeles radio station KNAC.[1] This was their first album issued in the US by Epic Records. The album was also available on picture disc vinyl.

Extreme Aggression
Studio album by Kreator
Released	19 June 1989
Recorded	January–February 1989
Studio	Muisic Grinder, E.Q. Sound and Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	37:28
Label	Noise (Europe) Epic (US)
Producer	Randy Burns
Kreator chronology
Out of the Dark... Into the Light (1988) Extreme Aggression (1989) Coma of Souls (1990)

The album's original artwork was that of a man standing in front of a bathroom mirror looking at the reflection of his face falling off, exposing Kreator's mascot demon underneath. However, it was quickly replaced with a new artwork, depicting an image of the band in front of an orange background.[2]

Recording and production

Extreme Aggression was initially recorded in Germany, but those tapes were abandoned, with lead vocalist Mille Petrozza expressing frustration with the band's guitarist Jörg "Tritze" Trzebiatowski. Petrozza shifted the project to Los Angeles in the US, replacing Tritze with Sodom's guitarist Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik. The album was recorded from January to February 1989 at the Music Grinder studio in Hollywood, California, with additional recording at E.Q. Sound and Cherokee Studios. Tritze was credited as guitarist on Extreme Aggression but his contributions were not included on the album, and he left the band after its release. Blackfire left Sodom and joined Kreator, playing the Extreme Aggression Tour to support the album.[3][4]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Blabbermouth.net	10/10[6]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10[7]
Metal Rules	5.0/5[8]
Metal Storm	9.5/10[9]
Rock Hard	7.5/10[10]

Critical reception

Contemporary reviews were mixed. In its favourable review of the album Billboard wrote, "the playing is very, very tight and drummer Ventor flexes some powerful muscle", while suggesting that "Epic is obviously looking for its own Metallica and this quartet could be it."[11] Frank Trojan of Rock Hard considered Extreme Aggression "a clear step backwards from Terrible Certainty", due to "a lack of ideas and moments of surprise", which make the compositions very predictable.[10]

Extreme Aggression was generally well received by modern critics. AllMusic writer Jason Anderson wrote, "The results are fierce and noisy on this 1989 Epic release -- the first major-label effort for the band. Petrozza and Fioretti's guitar work is as punchy as ever, and Reil's massive drums are unrelenting and continually improving."[5] Martin Popoff remarked the continuity of sound and purpose of the band through the 80s and reminded that the album contains some of his favourite Kreator songs.[7] Blabbermouth.net reviewed the 2017 remastered edition of the Extreme Aggression and called it "a genre masterpiece", "superior in terms of songwriting and most certainly production" to its predecessors.[6]

Commercial performance

Coinciding with the 2017 remastered issue, Extreme Aggression charted for the first time 28 years after its release, and peaked at number 90 on the German charts. The remastered edition of the band's 1986 album Pleasure to Kill charted on the same day.[12]

Track listing

All songs by Kreator, all lyrics by Mille Petrozza

• 2017 CD remaster was released as a two-disc set, including the album itself remastered, as well as a second bonus CD featuring a live performance from East Berlin in 1990, aptly titled "Live in East Berlin 1990".

Personnel

Kreator

• Mille Petrozza – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Jörg "Tritze" Trzebiatowski – lead guitar
• Rob Fioretti – bass
• Ventor – drums

Additional musicians

• Greg Saenz – background vocals

Production

• Randy Burns – producer, engineer
• Martin Becker – photography
• Edwin Letcher – lyric adaptations
• Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13]	68
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14]	90

References

External links

• Kreator Terrorzone: Extreme Aggression

На других языках

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[de] Extreme Aggression

Extreme Aggression ist das vierte Studioalbum der deutschen Thrash-Metal-Band Kreator. Es erschien am 19. Juni 1989 via Noise Records. Mit weltweit mehr als 200.000 verkauften Exemplaren ist es nach dem Nachfolgealbum Coma of Souls das zweiterfolgreichste Album der Essener Band.

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- [en] Extreme Aggression

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[es] Extreme Aggression

Extreme aggression (Agresión Extrema) es el cuarto álbum de estudio de la banda alemana de thrash metal Kreator lanzado en 1989 por el sello Noise Records.

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[ru] Extreme Aggression

Extreme Aggression (рус. Чрезвычайная агрессия) — четвёртый студийный альбом немецкой трэш-метал группы Kreator, вышедший в 1989 году на лейбле Noise Records.

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