Country of origin: Germany Location: Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Status: Active Formed in: 1984 Genre: Thrash Metal Themes: Death, Evil, Politics, War, Anti-fascism, Liberation, Rebellion, Anti-religion Current label: Nuclear Blast Years active: 1982 (as Metal Militia), 1982 (as Tyrant), 1982-1984 (as Tormentor), 1984-present he band was called Tormentor in the old days (1982-1984). Both demos were released under that name. The first line-up was Mille, Rob, and Ventor. A few guitarists were tried before Tritze joined after the Flag of Hate EP. Michael Wulf was in the band for a few days and didn't play on Pleasure to Kill, despite him getting credit. With Tritze the band started their first tour ever (before the release of Pleasure to Kill they had only played five gigs total). In 1989, German director Thomas Schadt made a documentary about Kreator (focusing on the social aspect of heavy metal in the Ruhr area) titled Thrash Altenessen (named after the band's hometown, a suburb of Essen). Tritze left Kreator after Extreme Aggression, which was (as was the follow-up Coma of Souls) recorded in Los Angeles with producer Randy Burns (Also Megadeth, among others). Tritze was replaced by a former Sodom guitarist, Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik, who would stay in the band until 1996. After the release of Renewal in '92, founding member Rob decided to leave the band to spend more time with his family. He was replaced by Andreas Herz, who never played on any official releases as the band released nothing between 1992 and 1995. The reason was a long fight between the band and their label, Noise Records, because Kreator wanted to get out of their contract. 1983年KREATOR在德国Essen成立，乐队成员包括：MillePetrozza——主唱/吉他 TommyVetterli——吉他 Speisi——贝司 Macka——鼓 1985年乐队发行了首张专辑EndlessPain，并籍此成为了当时新兴ThrashMetal乐队的代表之一。 KREATOR乐队-历史 KREATOR音乐中充满了强大的爆发性的能量，而这正是ThrashMetal乐迷所热衷的，因此乐队迅速成为了一支国际知名的ThrashMetal乐队，并在1987、1988和1989年先后发行了专辑PleasureToKill、TerribleCertainly以及ExtremeAggression，这三张专辑为乐队在ThrashMetal界赢得了广泛的认同，并为乐队日后的辉煌打下了良好的基础。