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Coma Of Souls

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Kreator Format: Audio CD
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One of the "big four" of Teutonic thrash metal along with Destruction, Sodom and Tankard, Essen's Kreator helped pioneer death metal and black metal as we know it but are best known and beloved for their classic thrash metal style. They were one of the first group's to sign to a major label and have gone on to sell over two million albums to date making them one of the best-selling German thrash metal bands of all time. The 1990 effort came towards the end of the thrash metal explosion of the '80s and retained their classic thrash sound whilst combining more melodic elements of classic metal bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Critically acclaimed by both fans and press, Coma of Souls was a strong, firm step forward for the band and proved they weren't content to sit and wallow in the thrash back waters but were determined to move into a new decade with a bold, thrusting sound.

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  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 4.88 x 0.59 inches; 4.09 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Noise Records
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2019
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ March 5, 2019
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Noise Records
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07PDC9P5Q
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Brent H.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Thrash Album!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2008
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    First of all, let me say that Kreator is a spectacular band that ought to be considered one of the best thrash bands ever. They bury alot of the early American thrash. I have come to favor Kreator even over Slayer. In fact only Canada's own Sacrifice can top Kreator's best efforts in my honest opinion. With that being said, this album is one of those efforts. Some people complain that there might be less speed on this album than previous ones. This is just barely true, but one would be hard pressed to complain against the vast harmonies that now intermittenly mingle with Kreator's staple of speed. To put it plainly, when they aren't playing a million miles an hour they are producing brilliant melodic harmonies. Sometimes, if you listen closely, they are doing both. This album, in retrospect, was a template for the most recent stuff that they have released. Which to me, is probably the best stuff. It's still fast as hell, but now there's a little more going on. If you are a fan of early Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Testament or the like and you haven't heard Kreator before... do yourself a favor and pick this up or one of their latest albums. Not to discount the early stuff which is mind blowing, it's just that these albums are a little more immediately accessible.
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  • Dan Johnson
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Album now 32 years old sounds even better remastered . Dont forget the bonus Live Disc !
    Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2022
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    A short review. This album kicked arse in 1990 and its even better now, fully remastered with tons of liner notes on the bands dealings at the time. Haven't listened to the bonus live CD but if its the same show that Coroner used for their East Berlin video, I know its gonna rip. Would love to get the 3LP of this but kinda pricey .
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  • Michael A. Nelson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing album!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2021
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    If anyone is confused as to whether or not this is the remastered album, it is! Sounds amazing, has a lot of liner notes by the band and contains a second live album!!! Am extremely pleased with this! I know that Kreator's first 4 albums say re-mastered on them and not this one. Just wanted to clear that up if anyone was curious. Every song rips so you wont be disappointed!!!
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  • Y. H Ruiz
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best trash record
    Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2011
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    this is the best trash record starting the 90s not even metallica megadeth or anthrax did something that good but like always this band never get recognition for their job. The production is great remembering this is 1990 and the drums in this record are killer for me this is a top 3 in kreator best record punting enemy of god at #1 if you don't has it buy I did that two week ago. {thanks for all the review post here nobody is lying)
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  • BJS777
    4.0 out of 5 stars The Pinnicle Of Kreator's Classic Thrash Run
    Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2021
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    Kreator never disappoints! At least not in the 80's or during their initial 5 album run, which are all essential to thrash metal fans to a higher or lesser degree.
    While I prefer Kreator's more mad and extreme early albums which demonstrated more enthusiasm and energy than professional proficiency in playing, recording and producing; the albums I'm speaking of are Pleasure To Kill and Terrible Certainty in particular, and Endless Pain to a slightly lesser degree.
    But Coma Of Souls is lauded by many fans as the pinnacle of Kreator's thrash period for good reason. At this point in their career, 5 albums in, these guys knew how to write great classic songs, and knew their way around a studio. The engineers and producers were more familiar with the genre and the band, so this was a much more polished, streamlined and mature affair.
    Coma Of Souls is a thrash classic from the last days of classic thrash. While I prefer Sepultura's Arise, Megadeth's Rust In Peace & Sodom's Agent Orange to this album, it still holds it's own among this pantheon of greatness.
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  • J.F. Carroll
    5.0 out of 5 stars great thrash release before the genre was taken over by extreme metal 2nd wave of the 90s
    Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2016
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    classic thrash release. It takes a second play to really get into it. One of the last great thrash releases from year 1990. This is likely one of Kreator's very best in this style post their early bm days. Coma of Souls is straight of arcadey thrash. No thick sound, very thin. But the album bangs. Complex while seeming unintricate the first time around. Held up as a classic for a reason.
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  • N. boles
    5.0 out of 5 stars perfect
    Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2021
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    perfect
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  • David Hart
    5.0 out of 5 stars Rock on!!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2014
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    This is hands down the best German thrash metal album of all time. An absolute essential classic!! They show Metallica the proper way to do thrash metal! Buy this!
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gran producto, vendedor genial.
    Reviewed in Spain on January 18, 2023
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    Buen producto, vendedor genial. reedición espectacular.
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  • Martin B.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Kreator add a little traditional speed and heavy metal to end the 80's in perfection
    Reviewed in Canada on May 10, 2020
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    New second guitarist actually being recorded on the album plus the quality of the remaster (not just all EQ's pulled up into what looks like a giant block on a spectrograph) by Noise Records and the bonus live CD from a 1990 performance brings extra shine to this great and maybe most accessible classic-era Kreator album, it is still very intense and heavy, but some more conventional heavy metal elements in it make it extra catchy and not as strange as Terrible Certainty, just as interesting for sure, as this is still Kreator.

    The next album after this one opens up a new period like so many thrash metal bands did in the 90's except for a few (Slayer, Overkill), but the one following this one is still pretty good, Mille has more hardcore punk vocals, Max Calavera style and was included in the classic Kreator remasters by Noise. But before you get anything from the 90's or even when they went back to thrash in the 2000's (with some melodic death elements even), this is part of the essentials and Noise Records did a perfect job on the remastering of their first 5 albums, Coma Of Souls coming in as my second favourite Kreator record. Only downside is that Ventor (Drums, vocals) does not have songs where he's on vocals on this album, and his songs were always a little creepier than Mille's maniacal singing/screaming. 5/5
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  • Neco-point
    5.0 out of 5 stars 他店で入手出来なかった商品を安価で入手できました。
    Reviewed in Japan on April 20, 2022
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    本編は、全曲を聴くのは初めてでした。素晴らしいと思います。ボーナス盤につきましては、当時のバンドの勢いを最も感じられる選曲で、素晴らしいと思います。
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  • Roberto
    5.0 out of 5 stars THRASH TIL DEATH!!!
    Reviewed in Italy on March 19, 2015
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    When The Sun Burns Red apre l'album, stupendo pezzo che fonde aggressività melodia e atmosfera, riportandoci indietro ad Extreme Aggression. Caratteristiche : velocità, riffing sparato ed espressività tagliente condita delle influenze tedesche del tempo che si traducono nella title track, che non disdegna assolutamente i pregressi compositivi del combo, ma si presenta nel contempo ben appesantita da comparti ritmici distaccati dall'ordinario. People of the Lie e Terror Zone sono vicine a un sound Bay Area Style, melodie classiche della scena americana. Da rimarcare il groove intenso ed essenziale di una dinamica Agents of Brutality, che rappresenta benissimo la filosofia del disco: assoli melodici e ritmiche che si alternano tra il cadenzato ed il veloce, tra un cantato che affonda sempre le sue lame ed una raffica martellante di doppia cassa che scuote di continuo l'ascoltatore. Mental Slavery chiude l'album perfettamente con la voce tagliente di un Mille Petrozza in perfetta forma. Il miglior album del quartetto teutonico.
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  • david chamberlin
    5.0 out of 5 stars un classique du trash
    Reviewed in France on September 15, 2014
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    à force de froler le graal kreator y est parvenu avec cet album ecouter coma of souls apres celui de slayer sorti la méme année et comparer le groupe a tellement atteind la perfection ici qu il voudras se demarquer du genre en sortant 4 albums tres different m ai trés bon avant de venir recuperer son trone en 2001
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