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Kreator press 2026
16 albums into a 44-year career, German veterans Kreator are still doing their own thing

By Dave Ling Published

Kreator's Krushers Of The World album is out now

Music
Mille Petrozza of Kreator onstage with two burning wicker men
Kreator bring demons, wicker men and the most fire this side of Parkway Drive to stunning London show

By Matt Mills Published

Supported by Nails, Exodus and Carcass, the German luminaries reach a new level of pageantry

Live Performances
Kreator press 2026
"We were like, ‘What if we take speed? Maybe we can play even faster!’ We were definitely better without the drugs." How Europe's biggest thrash band went from getting their mum to sign deals to satanic metal mastery

By Dom Lawson Published

"When we heard Venom, all our songs became satanic."

Biographies
James Hetfield of Metallica onstage in 1984
This is what it was like watching Metallica on their first European tour, as remembered by Kreator’s Mille Petrozza

By Metal Hammer Published

Kreator’s Mille Petrozza was 15 when he saw the future biggest band in metal support Venom at a 3,000-capacity festival in the Netherlands

Bands & Artists
Ghost/Babymetal/Sleep Token/Electric Callboy/The Yagas
The 50 best metal songs of 2025

By Rich Hobson Published

Sleep Token, Ghost, Babymetal - these are the songs you picked as the finest 2025 had to offer

Tracks & Singles
Kreator/Plague Of Angels/Electric Callboy/Equilibrium/Forlorn
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: October 31 2025

By Rich Hobson Published

Kreator, Electric Callboy and Kim Dracula are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Tracks & Singles
Creeper/Dying Wish/Judas Priest/Face Yourself/Soulfly
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: September 26 2025

By Rich Hobson Published

Judas Priest, Kreator and Soulfly are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

Tracks & Singles
Press shot of Nervosa vocalist/guitarist Prika Amaral
"A bank robber put a gun in my face and stole my motorcycle."

By Rich Hobson Published

Nervosa's singer/guitarist Prika Amaral picks the bands who've shaped her musical journey

Bands & Artists
Kreator posing for a photograph in the mid-80s
How Kreator made Pleasure To Kill, the vicious 80s classic that put German thrash on the map

By Joel McIver Published

Kreator’s second album, Pleasure To Kill, proved that America didn’t have the monopoly on thrash

Bands & Artists
Joey Jordison in 2018, next to the current lineup of Sinsaenum in 2025
Joey Jordison’s former death metal band Sinsaenum are back, will release new album in tribute to late Slipknot drummer

By Matt Mills Published

Sinsaenum – also featuring members of Kreator, Mayhem and others – will continue with Jordison’s old drum tech behind the kit

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