German thrash titans KREATOR‘s brand new album, Gods Of Violence, entered the charts worldwide after its release on January 27.
#33 Top Current Albums
#1 Heatseekers
#2 Hard Music
#9 Rock
#118 Billboard Top 200
Canadian Charts
#7 Hard Music
#61 Top Current Albums
#90 Top 200
#1 Germany
Austria: #4
Czech: #7
Finland: #7
Switzerland: #13
Sweden: #19 (Rock/Metal #1)
Belgium (Flanders): #20
Poland: #21
Belgium: #24
Slovakia: #26
Spain: #28
Australia: #30
Scotland: #37
Belgium (Wallonia): #46
Japan: #55 (international #6)
Netherlands: #58
France: #59
UK: #72 (Rock #2, Indie #7)
Commented the band: “Thanks to all the fans in the USA and Canada for this huge success. Metal is NOT dead in America and it will never die! See you all on tour in march!”
The band released video trailer #7 where Mille discusses the decision to use 2 covers for Gods Of Violence. Watch the video here:
The exclusive North American cover was created by renowned artist Marcelo Vasco (SLAYER, MACHINE HEAD, SOULFLY, HATEBREED).
The band recently released the official music video for the song “Fallen Brother”. The song features Swiss singer/songwriter Dagobert and pays respect to fallen music icons such as Lemmy, Peter Steele, Prince, David Bowie, Michael Trengert, Bon Scott among others. Watch the video here:
Gods Of Violence is out now. Surf to Nuclear Blast Shop to order!
Gods Of Violence was recorded under the watchful eyes of producer Jens Bogren (OPETH, AMON AMARTH, KATATONIA) who also mixed the record at renowned Fascination Street Studios. Mastering was also completed at Fascination Street Studios by Tony Lindgren.
01. Apocalypticon
02. World War Now
03. Satan Is Real
04. Totalitarian Terror
05. Gods Of Violence
06. Army Of Storms
07. Hail To The Hordes
08. Lion With Eagle Wings
09. Fallen Brother
10. Side By Side
11. Death Becomes My Light
KREATOR will embark on an extensive North American headlining tour with Florida death metal legends Obituary, old-school Ohio brutalizers Midnight and celebrated progressive death prodigies Horrendous (with regional openers in select markets to be announced next year).
Tickets for the 2017 Decibel Magazine Tour are on sale now at www.decibelmagazine.com. All dates and venues are below.
3/18/2016 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
3/19/2016 The Orpheum – Tampa, FL
3/20/2016 House of Blues – New Orleans, LA
3/21/2016 House of Blues – Houston, TX
3/22/2016 House of Blues – Dallas, TX
3/24/2016 Club Red – Phoenix, AZ
3/25/2016 Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
3/26/2016The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
3/27/2016 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
3/28/2016 Neptune – Seattle, WA
3/29/2016 Rickshaw – Vancouver, BC
3/31/2016 MacEwan Ballroom – Calgary, AB
4/01/2016 Union Hall – Edmonton, AB
4/04/2016 Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
4/06/2016 Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
4/07/2016 House of Blues – Chicago, IL
4/08/2016 The Vogue – Indianapolis, IN
4/09/2016 House Of Blues – Cleveland, OH
4/11/2016 Opera House – Toronto, ON
4/12/2016 Club Soda -Montreal, QC
4/13/2016 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
4/14/2016 Irving Plaza – New York, NY
4/15/2016 TLA – Philadelphia, PA
