Enemy of God (album)

This article is about the Kreator album. For the novel, see Enemy of God (novel).

Enemy of God
Cover art by Joachim Luetke
Studio album by Kreator
Released	10 January 2005
Recorded	May–July 2004
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	55:48
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Andy Sneap
Kreator chronology
Live Kreation (2003) Enemy of God (2005) Hordes of Chaos (2009)
Alternative cover
Re-release

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]
Blabbermouth.net	[3]

Enemy of God is the eleventh studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released on 10 January 2005. The Gothenburg influences of the band's previous album, Violent Revolution, became more prominent on this album.^[citation needed] It was released by SPV/Steamhammer on 10 January in Europe and South America and on 11 January 2005 in North America.

On 27 October 2006, the album was re-released in a digipak under the name Enemy of God: Revisited, with a 5.1 DTS 96/24 mix, featuring two bonus tracks from the Japanese edition and a bonus DVD.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mille Petrozza

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Enemy of God"	5:43
2.	"Impossible Brutality"	4:30
3.	"Suicide Terrorist"	3:28
4.	"World Anarchy"	3:55
5.	"Dystopia"	3:41
6.	"Voices of the Dead"	4:33
7.	"Murder Fantasies"	4:50
8.	"When Death Takes Its Dominion"	5:38
9.	"One Evil Comes - A Million Follow"	3:19
10.	"Dying Race Apocalypse"	4:40
11.	"Under a Total Blackened Sky"	4:28
12.	"The Ancient Plague"	6:58
Total length:		55:48

Japanese/Enemy of God: Revisited bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Toxic Trace" (live in Busan, South Korea)	4:07
14.	"Coma of Souls" (live in Busan, Korea)	4:50

Limited edition digipak bonus DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Impossible Brutality" (video clip)
2.	"Making of Impossible Brutality"
3.	"Making of Enemy of God"
4.	"Violent Revolution" (live clip)
5.	"Phobia" (live clip)

Revisited bonus DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro" (live Wacken 2005)
2.	"Enemy of God" (live Wacken 2005)
3.	"Impossible Brutality" (live Wacken 2005)
4.	"Pleasure to Kill" (live Wacken 2005)
5.	"Phobia" (live Wacken 2005)
6.	"Violent Revolution" (live Wacken 2005)
7.	"Suicide Terrorist" (live Wacken 2005)
8.	"Extreme Aggression" (live Wacken 2005)
9.	"People of the Lie" (live Wacken 2005)
10.	"Voices of the Dead" (live Wacken 2005)
11.	"Terrible Certainty" (live Wacken 2005)
12.	"Betrayer" (live Wacken 2005)
13.	"Flag of Hate" (live Wacken 2005)
14.	"Tormentor" (live Wacken 2005)
15.	"Reconquering the Throne" (bonus bootleg Live at the Rockpalast)
16.	"Renewal" (bonus bootleg Live at the Rockpalast)
17.	"Servant in Heaven-King in Hell" (bonus bootleg Live at the Rockpalast)
18.	"Making of Enemy of God" (video clip)
19.	"Enemy of God" (video clip)
20.	"Dystopia" (video clip)
21.	"Impossible Brutality" (video clip)
22.	"Dying Race Apocalypse" (video clip)

A limited edition digipak was also released with a bonus DVD (PAL format and a very limited edition with DVD NTSC format in North America).

Credits

Kreator

• Mille Petrozza – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
• Sami Yli-Sirniö – lead guitar
• Christian Giesler – bass
• Ventor – drums

Guest musicians

• Michael Amott – additional guitar on "Murder Fantasies"

Production

• Andy Sneap – production, mixing
• Joachim Luetke – design, cover art concept
• Harald Hoffmann – photography

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4]	45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5]	90
French Albums (SNEP)[6]	84
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7]	19
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8]	38
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[9]	32

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Kreator Enemy of God review". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
2. Dome, Malcolm (February 2005). "Kreator 'Enemy of God'". Classic Rock. Vol. 76. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. p. 92.
3. White, Martin (18 December 2004). "Kreator - Enemy of God (SPV)". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
4. "Austriancharts.at – Kreator – Enemy of God" (in German). Hung Medien.
5. "Ultratop.be – Kreator – Enemy of God" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
6. "Lescharts.com – Kreator – Enemy of God". Hung Medien.
7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Kreator – Enemy of God" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
8. "Swedishcharts.com – Kreator – Enemy of God". Hung Medien.
9. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 August 2024.

External links

• Enemy of God at AllMusic