KREATOR — Terrible Certainty (review)

KREATOR — Terrible Certainty album cover Album · 1987 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
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This is definitely the most underrated album of Kreator's early catalog and it is quite simply some of the best thrash metal ever released.

There are only 2 downers to this album, the first is the thin production which is particularly unfortunate given the beefier production on 'pleasure to kill' released the year before. The production isn't unlistenable but the guitars tend to drown everything out and are a bit too on the harsh black metal side of things. The second flaw is that it loses steam in the latter portion of the album, songs 6-8 aren't bad by any stretch but they don't compare to the rest.

Any flaws are easily overlooked though with the thrash genius of songs like 'Toxic Trace' and the title track which would have to rate up there as 2 of my favourite thrash tracks of all time.

There is a deceptive technicality to the music which is almost hard to perceive given the manner of delivery. The song structures too are quite clever, these guys know where to throw in a good breakdown and aren't afraid of a brief change of pace (the inability of many extreme metal bands to do this is their fatal flaw).

Overall a highly recommended thrash album - one of the best.
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