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Out of the Dark... Into the Light
Metal · 1988 · 5 tracks

Out of the Dark... Into the Light

Kreator

A fierce bridge between eras, combining clinical studio thrash with the sweat-soaked, high-velocity chaos of a 1988 live set in the Netherlands.

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The best way to hear why 80s German thrash was the fastest, meanest thing on the planet.

Relentless, confrontational energy with a dark, apocalyptic undercurrent.

Out of the Dark... Into the Light · vs · Kreator
Dive Bar+2.9σ

Dive Bar saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks
01
Impossible to Cure
2:37
02
Lambs to the Slaughter
3:33
03
Terrible Certainty
5:01
04
Riot of Violence
5:27
05
Awakening of the Gods
7:40
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the studio precision of the first two tracks into the raw, unbridled chaos of the live Dynamo Club recordings.
Mille Petrozza's feral vocal delivery on the live version of Riot of Violence.
The sprawling, seven-minute epic progression of Awakening of the Gods that closes the EP with apocalyptic weight.
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