Endless Pain

Endless Pain is the debut studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in October 1985 by Noise Records.

Endless Pain
Original album cover
Studio album by Kreator
Released	October 1985[1][2]
Recorded	March 1985
Studio	Caet Studio, Berlin
Genre	Thrash metal black metal death metal
Length	38:40
Label	Noise
Producer	Horst Müller
Kreator chronology
Endless Pain (1985) Pleasure to Kill (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10[4]
Rock Hard	7.5/10[5]

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.^[6][7]

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."^[8]

Track listings

All tracks are written by Fioretti, Petrozza and Reil.

Side one

No.	Title	Vocals	Length
1.	"Endless Pain"	Reil	3:32
2.	"Total Death"	Petrozza	3:28
3.	"Storm of the Beast"	Reil	5:01
4.	"Tormentor"	Petrozza	2:56
5.	"Son of Evil"	Reil	4:16

Side two

No.	Title	Vocals	Length
1.	"Flag of Hate"	Petrozza	4:42
2.	"Cry War"	Reil	3:45
3.	"Bonebreaker"	Petrozza	2:58
4.	"Living in Fear"	Reil	3:12
5.	"Dying Victims"	Petrozza	4:51

1989 reissue edition

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

• Mille Petrozza – guitars, vocals (2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
• Rob Fioretti – bass
• Jürgen "Ventor" Reil – drums, vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)

Production

• Horst Müller – producer, engineer, mixing
• Mille Petrozza, Jürgen Crasser – mastering
• Phil Lawvere – artwork
• Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer

2017 re-release

• Jan Meininghaus, Thomas Ewerhard – art, design
• Andy Pearce, Matt Wortham – mastering
• Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes