Endless Pain

Endless Pain
Original album cover
Studio album by
Kreator
ReleasedOctober 1985
RecordedMarch 1985
StudiosCaet Studio, Berlin
Genres
Length38:40
LabelNoise
ProducerHorst Müller
Kreator chronology
Endless Pain
(1985)		 Pleasure to Kill
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf star
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10
Rock Hard7.5/10

Endless Pain is the debut studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in October 1985 by Noise Records. In Germany, the album sold at least 12,000 copies.

Music

The album combines elements of early black metal, death metal and thrash metal, ultimately creating a black metal-influenced thrash sound inspired by bands such as Venom, Mercyful Fate, and Bathory. On this album both Petrozza and Reil share vocal duties.

Reception and legacy

Jason Anderson of AllMusic gave the album two and a half stars out of five. He wrote: "This release is hardly an embarrassment, and it should satisfy any fan of the group looking to complete his or her collection, but new listeners searching for Kreator's best '80s material are encouraged to check out the follow-up, Pleasure to Kill, or the exquisite Terrible Certainty before considering Endless Pain."

Track listings

All tracks are written by Fioretti, Petrozza and Reil.

Side one
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Endless Pain"Reil3:32
2."Total Death"Petrozza3:28
3."Storm of the Beast"Reil5:01
4."Tormentor"Petrozza2:56
5."Son of Evil"Reil4:16
Side two
No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Flag of Hate"Petrozza4:42
2."Cry War"Reil3:45
3."Bonebreaker"Petrozza2:58
4."Living in Fear"Reil3:12
5."Dying Victims"Petrozza4:51
1989 reissue edition
No.TitleLength
1."Endless Pain"3:32
2."Total Death"3:28
3."Storm of the Beast"5:01
4."Tormentor"2:56
5."Son of Evil"4:16
6."Take Their Lives" (bonus track; taken from Flag of Hate EP)6:26
7."Flag of Hate" (re-recorded version; taken from Flag of Hate EP)3:56
8."Cry War"3:45
9."Bonebreaker"2:58
10."Living in Fear"3:12
11."Dying Victims"4:51
12."Awakening of the Gods" (bonus track; taken from Flag of Hate EP)7:33
Total length:51:52
2017 remastered edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Satan's Day" (demo; taken from Tormentor's Blitzkrieg demo)3:34
12."Messenger from Burning Hell" (demo; taken from Tormentor's Blitzkrieg demo)4:14
13."Armies of Hell" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)5:19
14."Tormentor" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)2:55
15."Cry War" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)4:21
16."Bonebreaker" (demo; taken from Tormentor's End of the World demo)4:02
Total length:24:25

Personnel

Kreator
Production

2017 re-release

References

  1. ↑ "Endless Pain".
  2. ↑ "Metal Archives". 30 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Jason. "Endless Pain - Kreator". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-89-495931-5.
  5. ↑ Stratmann, Holger (1985). "Sanctuary: Refuge Denied". Rock Hard (in German). No. 12. Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH. ISSN 1437-8140. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Petrozza, Mille (May 1986). "Kreator". At Dawn They Read (Interview). No. 2. Interviewed by Hallbäck, Tom. Tom Hallbäck. p. 20.
  7. ↑ Kay, Jimmy (13 April 2017). Kreator (Mille Petrozza) Interview 2017-influences-Teutonic German 4- The Metal Voice.com (Podcast). YouTube. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  8. ↑ Antoniou, Dimitris (22 October 2001). "Interview with Mille Petrozza from Kreator". Metal-Temple.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  9. ↑ Endless Pain - Kreator | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 31 August 2025