Review by Ben for Kreator - Extreme Aggression (1989)

All Kreator's early stuff is highly recommended but I think it's Extreme Aggression that tops the lot in my opinion. By this stage they'd refined their sound into a still extremely aggressive (excuse the play on words), but less chaotic and better produced machine. There are so many classic tracks on here such as Extreme Aggression, No Reason to Exist, Love Us or Hate Us, Some Pain Will Last and of course Betrayer. It's difficult to give an album that contains all those cracking thrash tracks anything less than full marks, but I must admit that the last three tracks along with Stream of Consciousness don't quite meet the same high standard.

If you're new to Kreator, then this album, along with Coma of Souls, is a great place to start. The amazing thing is that they're still creating good albums almost 20 years later too!