Kreator is a german
thrash metal band from Essen (NRW), Germany. Originally started off under as
Metal Militia, then as
Tyrant and later as
Tormentor before permanently deciding for Kreator in 1982. Initially playing a thrash metal with
Venom influences, their style of music is similar to that of their compatriots
Destruction and
Sodom, which are considered the other two big
teutonic thrash metal bands from Germany. All three of these bands are often credited with helping create the
death metal subgenre. Kreator's work has been consistently in the vein of pure thrash, with the …
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