The Metal Crypt on Facebook  The Metal Crypt on BlueSky  The Metal Crypt's YouTube Channel
Review: Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
Kreator
www.kreator-terrorzone.de
Phantom Antichrist

Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Year released: 2012
Duration: 45:22
Tracks: 10
Genre: Thrash Metal

Rating:
3.5/5


Review online: November 18, 2012
Reviewed by: MetalMike
Readers' Rating
How do you rate this release?

Rated 3.99/5 (79.73%) (75 Votes)
Review

I remember the Kreator from the 80s, the one that was a pioneering "extreme" Metal band with front man Mille Petrozza's harsh vocals screaming over some truly raw Thrash Metal. Here we are nearly 30 years since their debut and we have Kreator's 13th studio album, Phantom Antichrist. Like fellow 80s holdovers Testament and Overkill, Kreator are trying to stay true to their roots while not becoming a parody of themselves. But where Testament and Overkill have released some great albums over the past couple of years, Phantom Antichrist sounds like a band going through the motions.

There are riffs aplenty, and some good ones at that, but in the past Petrozza, and whoever else was playing guitar, would unleash a sonic assault that would rip your face off. Now, the guitars politely ask you to observe how darn heavy they are. Everything has been smoothed and polished way too much for this style of Thrash. Petrozza's vocals, which used to be such a distinctive feature of Kreator's sound, are now sort of a featureless bark. I can't really say there is anything bad about the album. I just expect Kreator to grab me by the neck and force me to bang my head, but Phantom Antichrist is too smooth and predictable for that.

More about Kreator...
Review: Enemy of God (reviewed by Christian Renner)
Review: Enemy of God (reviewed by Larry Griffin)
Review: Enemy of God (reviewed by Michel Renaud)
Review: Enemy of God (reviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Review: Gods of Violence (reviewed by Christian Renner)
Review: Gods of Violence (reviewed by MetalMike)
Review: Hate Über Alles (reviewed by Michel Renaud)
Review: Hordes of Chaos (reviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Review: Live Kreation - Revisioned Glory (reviewed by Michel Renaud)
Review: Phantom Antichrist (reviewed by Christopher Foley)
Review: Pleasure To Kill/Flag Of Hate (reviewed by Larry Griffin)
Review: Pleasure To Kill/Flag Of Hate (reviewed by Michel Renaud)
Review: Violent Revolution (reviewed by Christian Renner)
Click below for more reviews
Latest 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Various Books/Zines 



The Metal Crypt - Crushing Posers Since 1999
Copyright  © 1999-2025, Michel Renaud / The Metal Crypt.  All Rights Reserved.