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░ ██ ██ Artist: Kreator ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Live Antichrist █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-09-23 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Metal Hammer ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Live Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ ''Live Antichrist'' is a free live album by German █
█ thrash metal quartet Kreator. It consists of ten █
█ unreleased live tracks recorded during different █
█ shows in the past few years. The album was █
█ released with an issue of the German Metal Hammer █
█ magazine. █
█ The different tracks have a solid production that █
█ sounds raw and unpolished but also manages to █
█ showcase the band's great musicianship. Especially █
█ Sami Yli-Sirni÷'s guitar leads and solos really █
█ stand out in concert. Rhythm guitars and drums █
█ also sound powerful enough to convince. On the █
█ other side, the vocals are sometimes out of breath █
█ and rhythm and sound a little bit too dominant in █
█ the mix. The bass guitar could have been a little █
█ bit more present on the other hand but I have █
█ heard worse. █
█ The track list is quite interesting as it features █
█ new tracks from the more melodic Phantom █
█ Antichrist as well as the brutal Enemy of God █
█ records, forgotten pearls from the band's █
█ experimental years with albums such as Renewal and █
█ Outcast and one classic track from the early █
█ release Pleasure to Kill. To my surprise, the █
█ harsher tracks are less convincing as they all █
█ sound quite similar and are mostly fast-paced and █
█ one-dimensional. The vocals often can't follow the █
█ fast instrumentation which makes these songs sound █
█ even more chaotic than usually. The more melodic █
█ tunes from the experimental years have some more █
█ punch in concert and offer very interesting █
█ listening experiences that will please both to the █
█ band's more traditional fans that might rediscover █
█ these tracks and those who liked the band's shift █
█ in style during the nineties. The tracks from the █
█ last studio record blend in very well and offer a █
█ welcome mixture between melodic heavy metal █
█ influences and rhythmic thrash metal parts. █
█ Despite having a great track list that gives █
█ potential new fans a very good idea of Kreator's █
█ discography, the order of the different tunes █
█ isn't very well chosen in my opinion. The record █
█ kicks off without any introduction in form of the █
█ chaotic ''Enemy of God'' which might be the worst █
█ track on here. In the middle of the album, we █
█ suddenly get to hear the instrumental ''Mars █
█ Mantra'' followed by the vivid ''Phantom █
█ Antichrist''. These two songs should have kicked █
█ this release off instead of ''Enemy of God''. █
█ Closing the record with ''Civilisation Collapse'' █
█ is also quite weird as a vivid and fast-paced █
█ thrash metal track like ''Pleasure to Kill'' or █
█ ''Suicide Terrorist'' would have been more █
█ suitable to end this release with a violent bang. █
█ Due to the fact that these tracks are taken from █
█ different live shows, the ten tracks don't really █
█ build up a coherent and fluid atmosphere. In fact, █
█ communications with the live crowds in some songs █
█ are done in German while others are suddenly in █
█ English which makes the listening experience oddly █
█ confusing. Some tracks also have fade-outs instead █
█ of offering organic transitions to the next songs. █
█ While Kreator has released much better live █
█ albums, ''Live Antichrist'' is good for what it is █
█ as free gift of a metal magazine. It's not █
█ essential to own this record for occasional █
█ listeners or faithful fans who already own live █
█ albums such as ''Dying Alive'', ''Terror █
█ Prevails'' or the limited edition of ''Gods of █
█ Violence'' that includes the band's entire 2014 █
█ Wacken performance. This record is only █
█ interesting for new fans who want to discover █
█ Kreator's different soundscapes in live form for █
█ free as well as for avid collectors who would buy █
█ anything this band releases. █
█ █
█ Thanks to the original ripper! █
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░ 1. Enemy of God 5:48 ░
░ 2. Phobia 3:25 ░
░ 3. Pleasure to Kill 4:16 ░
░ 4. Mars Mantra 1:13 ░
░ 5. Phantom Antichrist 4:37 ░
░ 6. From Flood into Fire 5:26 ░
░ 7. Suicide Terrorist 3:32 ░
░ 8. Black Sunrise 4:24 ░
░ 9. Renewal 4:09 ░
░ 10. Civilization Collapse 4:02 ░
░ 40:52 ░
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