Gods of Violence might be the most versatile Kreator album, at least up to the point when it was released. I think it takes the best past of the aggression of Hordes of Chaos and the best parts of the memorable song structures from Enemy of God and tries to combine them. It works pretty good. I do think that Gods of Violence is designed to be a little more commercial though.
I don’t blame Kreator or band leader Mille Petrozza for this. They released their first album over thirty years prior to this. I would be surprised if they did the same thing during all that period. Honestly I would have been disappointed if they didn’t try and change things up, evolve and do something more over the years. This all leads to Gods of Violence I think.
And when I say more commercial you have to take that with a grain of salt. It’s still brutal and far from the most commercial band in the Thrash Metal subgenre, or band that once were Thrash but became something else when the money started flowing in.
After a few times listening to Gods of Violence I started to get into the songs really well. I still cannot compare it to their most recognizable songs which, for me, will probably always be on Enemy of God. I’ll try to stop repeating myself now haha!
This time all music is credited to Kreator and not Mille Petrozza, who did write most of the lyrics though. I think this is the first time he didn’t write all the lyrics. Nevermind. It’s the last album to feature Christian Giesler and we can only speculate why he left the band (or was forced out). The drums are still handled by Jürgen Veil and the lead guitar by Sami Yli-Sirniö.
