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Kreator is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Pantera, Machine Head, Sodom, Destruction and Tankard. Those roots explain a lot about how Kreator arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Destruction, Sodom, Overkill, Testament and Nuclear Assault, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Destruction, Sodom, Tankard, Overkill and Slayer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 61 connections around Kreator, reaching back through Pantera and forward to Destruction. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 1982. Their current line-up consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Miland "Mille" Petrozza, drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, lead guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö, and bassist Frédéric Leclercq. The band's line-up has changed multiple times throughout its 44-year career, most noticeably their bassists and lead guitarists. Petrozza and Reil are the only two original members left in Kreator, although the latter left the band in 1994 but rejoined in 1996. Yli-Sirniö has been the lead guitarist of Kreator since 2001, while Leclercq joined in 2019 as the replacement of Christian "Speesy" Giesler, who had been in the band since 1994.
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Kreator connections
Kreator grew out of Pantera, Machine Head, Sodom and Destruction, shares an orbit with Destruction, Sodom, Overkill and Testament, went on to shape Destruction, Sodom, Tankard and Overkill. 61 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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