Enemy of God-Kreator's Best album

Although Violent Revolution and Pleasure to Kill are also terrific, I think that Enemy of God is their best album ever.With a tiny bit of Gothenburg inspired-melodicism, blinding thrash and plenty of good 'ol fashioned heavy metal,it's a future classic due to the superior song writing evident through out.Some may think Andy Sneap's production is cold and/or mechanical, but it sounds excellent.What's your opinion of Enemy of God and where would you rank it amongst Kreator's discography and the post 2000 thrash releases?

I like it well enough, but it would be way, way down my list. I prefer all of the '80s records and even the much hated Endorama which I really like.

Theres not much I dont like from Kreator except maybe Outcast , Endorama or Endless Pain but even those albums arent that bad. Violent Revolution was awesome, Enemy Of God was good but for me wasnt as good as Violent Revolution. Hordes Of Chaos and Phantom Antichrist are up there as my favorite Kreator albums along with Terrible Certainty and Pleasure to Kill. I also really like Renewal.

This is a great cd indeed but it doesn't reach the greatness of violent revolution.

I also see outcast as excellent. Very aggressive material.

Phantom Antichrist for me.

Not even close to their best.

The first two songs on it are awesome. I like the album but "Extreme Aggression" is their only album I like from start too finish.

There was quite a bit of filler on "Enemy of God," but songs like the title track, Impossible Brutality, Voices of the Dead, and Under a Total Blackened Sky more than make up for it.

Really love the Gothenburg-tinged thrash.

Ranked

Hordes of Chaos
Enemy of God
Phantom Antichrist
Violent Revolution

Pleasure To Kill, Terrible Certainty and Coma Of Souls are my favorites.

Modern Kreator is mediocre as hell. I've heard the albums, but they lack the bite that their first five albums had. I'm going with Endless Pain and Pleasure to Kill as their finest releases to date.

Painkiller wrote:

Modern Kreator is mediocre as hell.

Thelemech wrote:

Painkiller wrote:

Modern Kreator is mediocre as hell.

Gotta admit that i agree with him. It sounds fine until you spin the first few records.......

I like most of their output - excluding some of the 90s albums. I personally think Phantom Antichrist is the best thing they have ever done.

Don't read "mediocre" as something that's supposed to be bad -- it simply means that the recent albums aren't really special or worth much trouble to get. They have their moments, but in scarce amounts.

One of the first Kreator records I got rid off now all of Em are gone except Pleasure to kill I still own. This album is overall one of the better ones from the new Kreator but after multiple spins I kinda got bored of it.

Boris2008 wrote:

Thelemech wrote:

Painkiller wrote:

Modern Kreator is mediocre as hell.

Gotta admit that i agree with him. It sounds fine until you spin the first few records.......

There is no doubt that the early albums are all classic - I just do not agree with labeling current Kreator as mediocre!

I find it hard to get into their two first albums. way too raw for my liking.

It's a very good album.I like most of their stuff really.Extreme Aggression is a classic.Enemy of God would rank up there close to Violent Revolution and Coma of Souls.

I like Coma of Souls and Outcast.

It's too bad they didn't utilize Tommy from Coroner better while he was in the band. He's an amazing player.

I will always think Extreme Aggression is their best. But thats just me. If you are talking about the later albums when they made their mark again, Violent Revolution is the best as far as that era.

S.D. wrote:

Pleasure To Kill, Terrible Certainty and Coma Of Souls are my favorites.

Same here.

Along with Extreme Aggression.

Pleasure To Kill will probably always be my favorite, but I really like Phantom Antichrist.

Troublezone wrote:

It's too bad they didn't utilize Tommy from Coroner better while he was in the band. He's an amazing player.

Absolutely! What a waste!

If they had him plus Joe Cangelosi on drums ... that's a serious thrash supergroup right there.