Renewal is the sixth album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in 1992. It's their first "experimental" album, as in this release Kreator incorporated industrial music influences in their songwriting.[1] It is also the last album to feature original bassist Rob Fioretti. The song "Karmic Wheel" contains audio samples from the suicide of R. Budd Dwyer.[5]
| Renewal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 26 October 1992 | |||
| Recorded | August and September 1992 | |||
| Studio | Morrisound Studios (Tampa, Florida) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 38:53 | |||
| Label | Noise | |||
| Producer | Tom Morris, Kreator | |||
| Kreator chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[2] |
| Rock Hard | 9.5/10[3] |
| Under the Volcano | Favourable[4] |
A music video was made for the title track.
Release
editIn March 2018, German record label Noise released a remastered edition of the album and made it available on CD and vinyl and as digital download. The release contains three bonus tracks and liner notes.[6]
Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by Mille Petrozza; all music is composed by Kreator
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Winter Martyrium" | 5:43 |
| 2. | "Renewal" | 4:36 |
| 3. | "Reflection" | 6:15 |
| 4. | "Brainseed" | 3:17 |
| 5. | "Karmic Wheel" | 6:06 |
| 6. | "Realitätskontrolle" | 1:22 |
| 7. | "Zero to None" | 3:12 |
| 8. | "Europe After the Rain" | 3:19 |
| 9. | "Depression Unrest" | 5:05 |
| Total length: | 38:53 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Winter Martyrium (Rare version)" | 6:13 |
| 11. | "Trauma" | 5:12 |
| 12. | "Europe After the Rain (Remix)" | 3:14 |
| Total length: | 53:37 | |
Personnel
editKreator
- Mille Petrozza – vocals, guitars
- Frank Gosdzik – guitars
- Rob Fioretti – bass
- Ventor – drums, programming
Production
- Kreator – producers
- Tom Morris – producer, engineer, mixing
- Mark Prator, Brian Bonscoter – engineers
- Karl Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
2018 reissue production
- Steve Hammond – compilation
- Andy Pearce, Matt Worthams – mastering
- Thomas Ewerhard, Jan Meininghaus – art and design
- Holger Stratmann, Markus Müller – additional photos
- Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes
References
edit- ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. Kreator: Renewal at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Stratmann, Holger (1992). "Review Album : Kreator - Renewal". Rock Hard (in German). No. 66. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ St. Dredd, Alex (1993). "Kreator "Renewal"". Under the Volcano. No. 14. Nesconset, New York. p. 25. OCLC 61669152. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Charity uCHOOZE you choose - Kreator - Karmic wheel - Budd Dwyer - suicide". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ "Kreator - North American Release Dates Set For Classic '90s Era Album Reissues". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Canada. 8 February 2018. ISSN 1705-3781. OCLC 57191652. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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