--- title: "Kreator" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/kreator" genre: "Thrash Metal" country: "Germany" formed: 1982 --- # Kreator **Kreator** is a thrash metal band, from Germany, active 1982 to present. Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 1982. Their current line-up consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Miland "Mille" Petrozza, drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, lead guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö, and bassist Frédéric Leclercq. The band's line-up has changed multiple times throughout its 44-year career, most noticeably their bassists and lead guitarists. Petrozza and Reil are the only two original members left in Kreator, although the latter left the band in 1994 but rejoined in 1996. Yli-Sirniö has been the lead guitarist of Kreator since 2001, while Leclercq joined in 2019 as the replacement of Christian "Speesy" Giesler, who had been in the band since 1994. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreator ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Kreator | | Genre | Thrash Metal | | Parent genre | Thrash Metal | | Origin | Essen, Germany | | Formed | 1982 | | Releases in catalog | 21 | ## Genres [Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Frédéric Leclercq](https://themetalnet.com/musician/frederic-leclercq) | Electric bass guitar | 2019 to present | Current | | [Sami Yli-Sirniö](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sami-yli-sirnio) | Electric guitar | 2001 to present | Current | | [Jürgen Reil](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jurgen-reil) | Drums (drum set) | 1982 to present | Current | | [Mille Petrozza](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mille-petrozza) | | 1984 to present | Current | | [Tommy Vetterli](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tommy-vetterli) | Electric guitar | 1996 to 2001 | Former | | [Frank Blackfire](https://themetalnet.com/musician/frank-blackfire) | Electric guitar | 1989 to 1996 | Former | | [Joe Cangelosi](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joe-cangelosi) | Drums (drum set) | 1994 to 1996 | Former | | [Michael Wulf](https://themetalnet.com/musician/michael-wulf) | Electric guitar | 1986 to 1986 | Former | | [Andreas Herz](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andreas-herz) | Electric bass guitar | 1992 to 1995 | Former | | [Christian Giesler](https://themetalnet.com/musician/christian-giesler) | Electric bass guitar | 1995 to 2019 | Former | | [Jörg Trzebiatowski](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jorg-trzebiatowski) | Electric guitar | 1986 to 1989 | Former | | [Roberto Fioretti](https://themetalnet.com/musician/roberto-fioretti) | | 1982 to 1992 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1985 | [Endless Pain](https://themetalnet.com/album/423a7830-a80d-31b2-8e93-c8fa645898fe) | Album | | 1986 | [Flag of Hate](https://themetalnet.com/album/0083b032-3a19-36d3-9d64-31ecab529c94) | EP | | 1986 | [Pleasure to Kill](https://themetalnet.com/album/8dcae7a3-9e87-3089-90fc-56baffb245eb) | Album | | 1987 | [Terrible Certainty](https://themetalnet.com/album/bc99b181-3be3-3bc4-b2b6-2a82d3952055) | Album | | 1988 | [Out of the Dark... Into the Light](https://themetalnet.com/album/69711023-3bb1-3c56-b5d5-025d05d3b93e) | EP | | 1989 | [Extreme Aggression](https://themetalnet.com/album/6b51dbf6-ef23-394e-85e2-5d3beabd23c0) | Album | | 1990 | [Coma of Souls](https://themetalnet.com/album/60ded5ee-2661-302b-808a-fcc176e1d5b1) | Album | | 1992 | [Renewal](https://themetalnet.com/album/5a4f6384-df81-3a7e-89c6-f632c9deeb5f) | Album | | 1995 | [Cause for Conflict](https://themetalnet.com/album/68ef2566-6198-3ac6-9b80-547803491952) | Album | | 1997 | [Outcast](https://themetalnet.com/album/9c86346f-5370-39b5-b6c4-deb0f1d9a694) | Album | | 1999 | [Chosen Few](https://themetalnet.com/album/5c6c09f3-2b11-3f9c-8bc9-fbc8face653b) | EP | | 1999 | [Endorama](https://themetalnet.com/album/42797e5e-3573-3f91-ab40-44427ceff47d) | Album | | 2001 | [Violent Revolution](https://themetalnet.com/album/06e742df-d033-3a0e-b9dd-e2c641e57f02) | Album | | 2005 | [Enemy of God](https://themetalnet.com/album/36c13350-7643-3373-8aa0-b025bf6e7e0e) | Album | | 2009 | [Hordes of Chaos](https://themetalnet.com/album/c59506a5-e829-36ac-a926-fa215ccc8d5a) | Album | | 2012 | [Phantom Antichrist](https://themetalnet.com/album/bd5be3ae-4a70-4bb6-8704-614170761457) | Album | | 2016 | [Violence Unleashed](https://themetalnet.com/album/d1bd9222-e0c4-4c99-a8eb-c911d31469cd) | EP | | 2017 | [Gods of Violence](https://themetalnet.com/album/074dcb38-9064-4e05-aead-c8487c12b5fe) | Album | | 2019 | [For the Hordes EP](https://themetalnet.com/album/858debbf-65a2-4592-9402-ae74e9d72d53) | EP | | 2022 | [Hate über alles](https://themetalnet.com/album/4e54edd8-256e-4870-9bc7-4abda4695fce) | Album | | 2026 | [Krushers of the World](https://themetalnet.com/album/21250117-a80a-4468-96ea-3a9342906c51) | Album | ## Related bands - [Testament](https://themetalnet.com/band/testament) (listened together) - [Sepultura](https://themetalnet.com/band/sepultura) (listened together) - [Pantera](https://themetalnet.com/band/pantera) (listened together) - [Sodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/sodom) (listened together) - [Exodus](https://themetalnet.com/band/exodus) (listened together) - [Black Sabbath](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-sabbath) (listened together) - [Motörhead](https://themetalnet.com/band/motorhead) (listened together) - [Overkill](https://themetalnet.com/band/overkill) (listened together) - [Amon Amarth](https://themetalnet.com/band/amon-amarth) (listened together) - [In Flames](https://themetalnet.com/band/in-flames) (listened together) - [Annihilator](https://themetalnet.com/band/annihilator) (listened together) - [Lamb of God](https://themetalnet.com/band/lamb-of-god) (listened together) ## Official and external links - youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCd3NOEbRV6V3RKqUqvlrQ8w - apple music: https://music.apple.com/de/artist/3258504 - bandcamp: https://kreator.bandcamp.com/ - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KreatorOfficial - x: https://twitter.com/kreator - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kreatorofficial/ - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3BM0EaYmkKWuPmmHFUTQHv - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/6067 - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Tormentor/5331 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/kreator](https://themetalnet.com/band/kreator). 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