Cause for Conflict is the seventh studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator released on 1 August, 1995.
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| Released | 1 August 1995 | |||
| Studio | Ocean Studios, Burbank, California | |||
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| Length | 47:28 | |||
| Label | GUN (Europe) Noise (US) | |||
| Producer | Vincent Wojno, Kreator | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[2] |
| Rock Hard | 9.5/10[3] |
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The record continued the experimentation with industrial music that they started on previous album, Renewal, but brought back more of their thrash metal sound. This was also the only Kreator album to feature Joe Cangelosi as the replacement of original drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, who would return to the band in 1996. This is the only Kreator album to not feature Ventor. This was also the band's first album to feature bassist Christian Giesler and the last to feature guitarist Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik.
Release
editIn March 2018, German heavy metal 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.[4]
Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by Mille Petrozza; all music is composed by Kreator, except "State Oppression", words and music by Raw Power
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Prevail" | 3:59 |
| 2. | "Catholic Despot" | 3:23 |
| 3. | "Progressive Proletarians" | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Crisis of Disorder" | 4:17 |
| 5. | "Hate Inside Your Head" | 3:39 |
| 6. | "Bomb Threat" | 1:47 |
| 7. | "Men Without God" | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Lost" | 3:35 |
| 9. | "Dogmatic Authority" | 1:27 |
| 10. | "Sculpture of Regret" | 2:59 |
| 11. | "Celestial Deliverance" | 3:15 |
| 12. | "Isolation" (The song "Isolation" ends at 4:20. After 4 minutes and 20 seconds of silence begins an untitled hidden song.) | 11:54 |
| Total length: | 47:28 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 13. | "Suicide in Swamps" | 5:11 |
| 14. | "Limits of Liberty" | 1:40 |
| 15. | "State Oppression" (Raw Power cover) | 1:39 |
Personnel
editKreator
- Mille Petrozza – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik – lead guitar
- Christian Giesler – bass
- Joe Cangelosi – drums
Production
- Vincent Wojno – production with Kreator, engineering, mixing
- Doug Trantow – assistant engineering
- Mark Uehlein, Steve Warner – studio assistants
- Dirk Rudolph – sleeve design, photography, band photography
- Junior – illustrations
2018 reissue technical personnel
- Steve Hammond – compilation
- Andy Pearce, Matt Worthams – mastering
- Thomas Ewerhard, Jan Meininghaus – art and design
- Alex Solca, Barbara Stiller – additional photos
- Malcolm Dome – sleeve notes
Charts
edit| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] | 48 |
References
edit- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Kreator: Cause for Conflict at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Albrecht, Frank (1995). "Review Album : Kreator - Cause for Conflict". Rock Hard (in German). No. 100. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Kreator - North American Release Dates Set For Classic '90s Era Album Reissues". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Canada. 8 February 2018. ISSN 1705-3781. OCLC 57191652. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Kreator – Cause for Conflict" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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