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KREATOR
UNDER THE GUILLOTINE: THE NOISE RECORDS YEARS
NOISE
£112/£150
NOT JUST ONE of the greatest and unruliest bands to have emerged from the 80s thrash era, Kreator were also one of the inspirations for Norway’s black metal scene. Now the Essen, Germany maniacs are celebrating their seminal six-album run with Noise Records with a glorious box set. Alongside the albums – Endless Pain, Pleasure To Kill, Terrible Certainty, Extreme Aggression, Coma Of Souls and Renewal – in radioactively hued vinyl, the blade-lidded box also includes the Some Pain Will Last DVD, featuring a mini-documentary, two unreleased audio live sets and more, a 40-page hardback book, a repro demo cassette and MP3 audio of all the albums with bonus tracks on a USB drive in the form of Kreator’s Demon mascot. The first 250 orders from the Noise site also contain an art card signed by Mille Petrozza, guaranteeing it’ll be the first thing you reach for when the apocalypse hits. https://tinyurl.com/guillotine-kreator https://tinyurl.com/guillotine-noise