Renewal (Kreator album)

Renewal is the sixth album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in 1992. It's their first "experimental" album, as in this release Kreator incorporated industrial music influences in their songwriting.^[1] It is also the last album to feature original bassist Rob Fioretti. The song "Karmic Wheel" contains audio samples from the suicide of R. Budd Dwyer.^[5]

Renewal
Studio album by Kreator
Released	26 October 1992 (1992-10-26)
Recorded	August and September 1992
Studio	Morrisound Studios (Tampa, Florida)
Genre	Thrash metal industrial metal
Length	38:53
Label	Noise
Producer	Tom Morris, Kreator
Kreator chronology
Coma of Souls (1990) Renewal (1992) Cause for Conflict (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[2]
Rock Hard	9.5/10[3]
Under the Volcano	Favourable[4]

A music video was made for the title track.

Release

In March 2018, German record label Noise released a remastered edition of the album and made it available on CD and vinyl and as digital download. The release contains three bonus tracks and liner notes.^[6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mille Petrozza; all music is composed by Kreator.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Winter Martyrium"	5:43
2.	"Renewal"	4:36
3.	"Reflection"	6:15
4.	"Brainseed"	3:17
5.	"Karmic Wheel"	6:06
6.	"Realitätskontrolle"	1:22
7.	"Zero to None"	3:12
8.	"Europe After the Rain"	3:19
9.	"Depression Unrest"	5:05
Total length:		38:53

2018 reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Winter Martyrium (Rare version)"	6:13
11.	"Trauma"	5:12
12.	"Europe After the Rain (Remix)"	3:14
Total length:		53:37

Personnel

Kreator

• Mille Petrozza – lead vocals, guitars
• Frank Gosdzik – guitars
• Rob Fioretti – bass
• Ventor – drums, programming

Production

• Kreator – producers
• Tom Morris – producer, engineer, mixing
• Mark Prator, Brian Bonscoter – engineers
• Karl Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer

2018 reissue production

• Steve Hammond – compilation
• Andy Pearce, Matt Worthams – mastering
• Thomas Ewerhard, Jan Meininghaus – art and design
• Holger Stratmann, Markus Müller – additional photos
• Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes