Renewal (album)

Renewal
Studio album by Kreator
Released	October 26, 1992
Recorded	Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida, August and September, 1992
Genre	Industrial metal, thrash metal
Length	38:53
Label	Noise Records
Producer	Kreator and Tom Morris
Kreator chronology
Coma of Souls (1990) Renewal (1992) Cause for Conflict (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Renewal is the sixth album by German thrash metal band Kreator released in 1992. It is their first "experimental" album, as in this release Kreator incorporated some industrial music influences in their songwriting.^[1] It is also the last album to feature original bassist Rob Fioretti. The song "Karmic Wheel" contains audio samples from the suicide of R. Budd Dwyer.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Winter Martyrium"	5:43
2.	"Renewal"	4:36
3.	"Reflection"	6:15
4.	"Brainseed"	3:17
5.	"Karmic Wheel"	6:06
6.	"Realitätskontrolle"	1:22
7.	"Zero to None"	3:12
8.	"Europe After the Rain"	3:19
9.	"Depression Unrest"	5:05
Total length:		38:53

• The song "Karmic Wheel" was written about the suicide of Bud Dwyer.

Personnel

Kreator

• Mille Petrozza - Guitar & Vocals
• Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik - Guitar
• Rob Fioretti - Bass guitar
• Jürgen "Ventor" Reil - Drums, Programming

Personnel

• Kreator - Producer
• Tom Morris - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Mark Prator - Engineer
• Karl-Ulrich Walterbach - Executive Producer

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Renewal - Kreator". Allmusic. Retrieved December 13th, 2010. "Renewal was the album that saw German thrash metal kings Kreator attempt to broaden their sound, relinquishing much of their legendary velocity in order to enter previously undreamed of industrial realms."
2. Firstpost. "Charity uCHOOZE you choose - Kreator - Karmic wheel - Budd Dwyer - suicide". Retrieved 2012-10-06.

External links

• Kreator Terrorzone: Renewal