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About this product
Product Identifiers
ProducerKreator; Vincent Wojno
Record LabelNoise (USA)
UPC4050538465877
eBay Product ID (ePID)13050188097
Product Key Features
Release Year1997
FormatCD
GenreHeavy Metal
Run Time88 Mins 14 Seconds
ArtistKreator
Release TitleOutcast [Digipak]
Additional Product Features
DistributionADA
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Number of Discs2
EngineerBritta Kühlmann; Vincent Wojno
Additional informationKreator: Mille Petrozza (vocals, guitar); Tommy Vetterli (guitar); Christian Giesler (bass); Jurgen Reil (drums). Personnel: Mille Petrozza (vocals, guitar, programming); Tommy Vetterli (guitar, programming); Jürgen Reil (drums, programming); Christian Loeunhoff (wood block); Vincent Sorg, Guido Eickelmann (programming). Audio Mixer: Ronald Prent. Liner Note Author: Malcolm Dome. Recording information: Principal Studios Münster, Germany. Photographer: Harald Hoffmann. The unexpected arrival of former Coroner six-string genius Tommy Vetterli into the Kreator fold, there to spar with founding mastermind and resident blazing thrash guitar specialist Mille Petrozza, seemed like one of the oddest stylistic pairings in metal history. Needless to say, observers expected one of two options: absolute fireworks, or a complete and utter failure to communicate. Ironically, they didn't really get either one, for not only was 1997's Outcast conspicuously scarce on virtuoso guitar solos, but it also stuck with recent Kreator history in exploring sonic territories far beyond the legendary German group's once dependably strict diet of pure thrash metal. In fact, though it thankfully coalesced the chaotic ideas scattered all over 1995's Cause for Conflict into a more cohesive whole, the album resurrected some of the industrial elements first heard on 1992's Renewal, and focused predominantly on mid-paced arrangements that hardly approached the hyper speed of yore. Outcast does, however, offer some quality songwriting via first-half highlights like "Leave This World Behind," the pounding "Phobia," and the slower "Black Sunrise." ~ Eduardo Rivadavia