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Kreator - Cause for Conflict Audio CD

A fair review of the Kreator "Cause for Conflict" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Kreator reviews here, or go back to the Kreator tabs.

Kreator Band: Kreator
Title: Cause for Conflict
Rating:
Release Date: 1997-12-09
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: PREVAIL 2: CATHOLICS DESPOT 3: PROGRESSIVE PROLITARIANS 4: CRISIS OF DISORDER 5: HATE INSIDE YOUR HEAD 6: BOMB THREAT 7: MEN WITHOUT GOD 8: LOST 9: DOGMATIC AUTHORITY 10: SCULPTURE OF REGRET 11: CELESTIAL DELIVERANCE 12: STATE OPPRESSION 13: ISOLATION

Very Primitive...!!!
The distortion is so strong and crunchy and the speed is fast that this cd is very brutal. This is a very primitive album, in a very good way, because it's very simple, straight-forward, to the point, not complex (in a good way) and without any nonsense. It's an assault on all your 5 senses. It grabs you from the get-go with its pummelling aggression and mayhem and doesn't let you go until the end. Do yourself a favor: Buy it and punish yourself with this masterpiece!
Long live "real metal" and "death" to all the nu-metal/nu-rock crap and posers that are polluting the airwaves today.


Kreator's best album from the 1990's-"Cause for Conflict" rips!
This is Kreator playing meaner, faster and more precise than any release since "Terrible Certainty". It is very hard to fault this record, and plenty of morons do.

Founding drummer Ventor had left prior to this album, so ex-Whiplash/Massacre whirlwind Joey Cangelosi stepped up to the bat and knocked this one out of the ballpark. He is very technical, fast as all hell, and unleashes a brutal double bass drum onslaught on this album.
The raw excitement and hardcore punk-ish energy propel this album to wicked heights.

Highly recommended, especially for those disappointed by "Renewal" (a transitional album, but still good), and "Outcast", "Endorama", etc. . . .

Kreator still have it too, as the new album kills!.


Great Album
Its fast and heavy but something is missing. I gave this album 4 stars because I think this album ranks up their with Coma of Souls but not with Terrible Certainty, or Extreme Aggression. Maybe lyrically its diffrent but it's good to see they didn't go soft like Metallica or Megadeth. The only problem I have with this album is the track "Isolation" a good name because it isolates itself from the rest of the album. It's got a Revolution No. 9 feel to it. All in all a good metal album.


Bores for conflict...
'Prevail' is an incredible opener; pounding drums, jagged thrash interchanges, catchy lyrics, a breakneck tempo that reminds of Slayer's 'Dittohead', but better. Its not immediately obvious why this record sucks. 'Catholics Despot' follows up in ferocious fashion, storming through with genuine irreligious menace. But then the momentum stops dead. There is no vitality or charm here, no abiding aesthetic to cover up the inconsistencies. A dangerous road to take. When the song-writing inevitably dips below inch-perfection, all impact is lost. Occasional decent riffs and chorus lines arise from this arid desert of calculated creativity, but never evolve into anything remotely exciting. It plods along in the indulgent fashion of similar post-thrash yawn-fests; 'Roots', 'Diablous in Musica', 'The More Things Change', etc. Too many disparate ideas and not enough raw substance, give me 'Tormentor' or 'Carrion' any day of the week.


Fresh and brutal
I don't know why some people seem unable to find the greatness on this record. . as with the Sep's "Chaos AD" or Slayer's "Divine intervention", the band shows a true understanding of the violence and aggression of the times in which it was delivered. In a pre-industrial-hype scene, when there were no fear factories or slipknots, i. e. melodic vocals or death metal disguises, they simply did what they did best (thrash metal) and pushed it one gigantic step beyond, demostrating the full validity of a genre definetely not in its peak at the time. Add a perfect sound, perfect technique, Mille's most aggressive and rabid vocals in ages, politics-wise and urban warfare lyrics. . . and you have a perfect record. People who speak about this record being slow or medium paced must have listened to another one. Or may not have listened to it at all. Just listen to "Bomb Threat": right in this page, scroll to the sound samples and judge by yourselves.


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