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Kreator

Metal band from Essen · formed 1982

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Shows on record
60+
Rooms played
60
Cities
56
Releases
33
Last show
Mar 21, 2023O2 Academy Brixton

About

Kreator is a band from Essen, formed in 1982, tagged death metal, german, hard rock by its sources. Shows on record run from 2014 to 2023, across 60 rooms in 56 cities.

  • Kreator formed in 1982 — MusicBrainz
  • Kreator is based in Essen — MusicBrainz
  • Mille Petrozza: member — MusicBrainz
  • Sami Yli-Sirniö: electric guitar — MusicBrainz
  • Frédéric Leclercq: electric bass guitar — MusicBrainz
  • Roberto Fioretti: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
  • Jürgen Reil: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
  • Michael Wulf: electric guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
  • Jörg Trzebiatowski: electric guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
  • Frank Blackfire: electric guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
  • Andreas Herz: electric bass guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
  • Joe Cangelosi: drums (drum set) (former member) — MusicBrainz
  • Christian Giesler: electric bass guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
  • Tommy Vetterli: electric guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
  • Kreator has 25 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1985–2026 — MusicBrainz
  • Kreator is from Essen , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany — Wikipedia
  • Kreator has 4 members: Miland "Mille" Petrozza, Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, Sami Yli-Sirniö, Frédéric Leclercq — Wikipedia
  • Kreator plays Thrash metal — Wikipedia
  • Kreator has 670788 listeners on Last.fm — Kreator on Last.fm
  • Kreator has released 10 recordings between 2022 and 2026 — Kreator on Discogs
  • Kreator has 41 followers on Genius — Kreator on Genius
  • Twitter/X handle (per Genius): @Kreator — Kreator on Genius

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

60+ on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20141 show
  2. 20161 show
  3. 201712 shows
  4. 20185 shows
  5. 20202 shows
  6. 202215 shows
  7. 202324 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Mar 21, 2023O2 Academy Brixton · BrixtonSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Mar 21, 2023OVO Arena · LondonSupportwith Lamb of God, Sylosis
Mar 19, 2023Columbiahalle · BerlinSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Mar 18, 2023E-Werk · SaarbrückenSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Mar 17, 2023The Hall · DubendorfSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Mar 15, 2023La Riviera · MadridSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Mar 14, 2023Razzmatazz · BarcelonaSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Mar 10, 2023O2 Academy Birmingham · BirminghamSupportwith Lamb of God, Power Trip
Mar 8, 2023O2 Academy Bristol · BristolSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Mar 7, 2023Manchester Academy · ManchesterSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Mar 5, 2023edel-optics.de Arena · HamburgSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Mar 4, 2023Grugahalle Essen · EssenSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Mar 3, 2023Haus Auensee · LeipzigSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Mar 2, 2023013 · TilburgSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Feb 28, 2023Ancienne Belgique (AB) · BrusselsSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Feb 27, 2023L'Olympia · ParisSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Feb 25, 2023MHP Arena Ludwigsburg · LudwigsburgSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Feb 24, 2023Schlachthof Wiesbaden · WiesbadenSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Feb 22, 2023Forum Black Box · FrederiksbergSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Feb 21, 2023Annexet · StockholmSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Feb 19, 2023Black Box, Helsingin Jäähalli · HelsinkiSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Feb 18, 2023Riga · RigaHeadlinerwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Feb 17, 2023Klub Stodoła · WarsawSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Feb 15, 2023Zenith, die Kulturhalle · MunichSupportwith Lamb of God, Municipal Waste
Nov 16, 2022Tabernacle · AtlantaSupportwith Mercyful Fate, Midnight
Nov 14, 2022The Fillmore Philadelphia · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Mercyful Fate, Midnight
Nov 13, 2022MGM Music Hall at Fenway · BostonSupportwith Mercyful Fate, Midnight
Nov 11, 2022Place Bell · LavalHeadlinerwith Mercyful Fate, Midnight
Nov 10, 2022Kings Theatre · BrooklynSupportwith Mercyful Fate, Midnight
Nov 8, 2022The Fillmore Silver Spring · Silver SpringSupportwith Mercyful Fate, Midnight
Nov 5, 2022Masonic Temple · DetroitSupportwith Mercyful Fate, Midnight
Nov 3, 2022Hard Rock Casino - Northern Indiana · GarySupportwith Mercyful Fate, Midnight
Nov 1, 2022Fillmore Auditorium · DenverSupportwith Mercyful Fate, Midnight
Oct 30, 2022Hard Rock Live Sacramento · WheatlandSupportwith Mercyful Fate, Midnight
Oct 29, 2022YouTube Theater · InglewoodSupportwith Mercyful Fate, Midnight
Oct 27, 2022Arizona Financial Theatre · PhoenixSupportwith Mercyful Fate, Midnight
Oct 25, 2022The Bomb Factory · DallasSupportwith Mercyful Fate, Midnight
Aug 10, 2022Barba Negra · BudapestSupportwith Lamb of God, Cattle Decapitation, Blood Incantation, +1
Aug 7, 2022Lokerse Feesten · LokerenSupportwith Judas Priest, Lamb of God, Brutus, +4
Dec 31, 2020Live Nation Finland · HelsinkiHeadlinerwith Lamb of God
Mar 27, 2020Fryshuset · StockholmSupportwith Lamb of God
Jan 15, 2018TRANSBORDEUR · VilleurbanneSupportwith Dagoba, Vader, Decapitated
Jan 14, 2018LE ROCHER DE PALMER · CenonSupportwith Dagoba, Decapitated, Vader
Jan 13, 2018Le 106 · RouenSupportwith Vader, Dagoba, Decapitated
Jan 12, 2018La Cartonnerie · ReimsSupportwith Dagoba, Vader, Decapitated
Jan 11, 2018Le Splendid · LilleSupportwith Dagoba, Vader, Decapitated
Dec 2, 2017EventZentrum Strohofer Geiselwind · GeiselwindSupportwith Doro, Messer, Edguy, +2
Nov 5, 2017Club XS · TucsonSupportwith Vader, Thrown Into Exile, Iron Reagan
Aug 19, 2017Motocultor Festival · VannesSupportwith Paradise Lost, Discharge, Primordial, +7
Apr 11, 2017Opera House · TorontoHeadlinerwith Obituary, Midnight
Apr 8, 2017The Vogue · IndianapolisHeadlinerwith Obituary, Midnight, Horrendous
Apr 6, 2017Cabooze · MinneapolisHeadlinerwith Obituary, Midnight, Horrendous
Mar 31, 2017MacEwan Ballroom, University of Calgary · CalgaryHeadlinerwith Obituary, Midnight, Horrendous
Mar 24, 2017Club Red - East Theater · MesaHeadlinerwith Obituary, Midnight, Horrendous, +1
Mar 20, 2017House of Blues - New Orleans · New OrleansHeadlinerwith Obituary, Midnight, Horrendous
Mar 19, 2017The Orpheum - Old Location · TampaHeadlinerwith Obituary, Midnight, Horrendous
Mar 18, 2017The Masquerade - Heaven · AtlantaHeadlinerwith Obituary, Midnight, Horrendous
Mar 17, 2017The Underground · CharlotteSupportwith Obituary, Midnight, Horrendous
Aug 14, 2016Alcatraz Metal Festival · KortrijkSupportwith Children of Bodom, Flotsam and Jetsam, Ministry, +10
Dec 2, 2014Bataclan · ParisHeadlinerwith Arch Enemy, Nothnegal, Hell, +1

Showing the latest 60 shows; the record holds more.

Where they play

60 rooms in 56 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Atlanta2 shows
  • Helsinki2 shows
  • Paris2 shows
  • Stockholm2 shows
  • Barcelona1 show

and 51 other cities

Releases

33 releases, 1985–2026

  • Krushers of the World

    2026 · Album

  • Satanic Anarchy / Strongest Of The Strong

    2025

  • Enemy of God / Hordes of Chaos

    2024 · Compilation

  • The 80's And The 90's Remastered

    2024

  • Bonecrushing Demos & Rehearsals '84-85

    2023

  • Bonecrushing Rehearsals '85

    2023

  • Hate über alles

    2022 · Album

  • Bootleg Revolution

    2022

  • Maximum Hate

    2022

  • All Of The Same Blood

    2022

  • Live At Bloodstock 2021

    2022

  • Under the Guillotine

    2021 · Compilation

  • Gods of Violence

    2017 · Album

  • Love Us or Hate Us: The Very Best of the Noise Years 1985–1992

    2016 · Compilation

  • Phantom Antichrist

    2012 · Album

  • Hordes of Chaos

    2009 · Album

  • Enemy of God

    2005 · Album

  • Violent Revolution

    2001 · Album

  • 1985–1992 Past Life Trauma

    2000 · Compilation

  • Endorama

    1999 · Album

  • Voices of Transgression: A 90’s Retrospective

    1999 · Compilation

  • Outcast

    1997 · Album

  • Scenarios of Violence

    1996 · Compilation

  • Cause for Conflict

    1995 · Album

  • Renewal

    1992 · Album

  • Coma of Souls

    1990 · Album

  • Live in East Berlin

    1990 · Album

  • Thrashing East

    1990 · Album

  • Extreme Aggression

    1989 · Album

  • Pleasure to Kill / Flag of Hate

    1988 · Compilation

  • Terrible Certainty

    1987 · Album

  • Pleasure to Kill

    1986 · Album

  • Endless Pain

    1985 · Album

Lineup

  • Mille Petrozza
  • Sami Yli-Sirniö · electric guitar
  • Frédéric Leclercq · electric bass guitar

Former

  • Roberto Fioretti
  • Jürgen Reil
  • Michael Wulf · electric guitar
  • Jörg Trzebiatowski · electric guitar
  • Frank Blackfire · electric guitar
  • Andreas Herz · electric bass guitar
  • Joe Cangelosi · drums (drum set)
  • Christian Giesler · electric bass guitar
  • Tommy Vetterli · electric guitar

Airplay

  • KEXP airplay: 49+ plays, 2010-03-22–2026-05-17 — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Seek & Destroy' (Tanner Ellison) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Sean) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

Kreator — O2 Academy Brixton, 2023-03-21
Poster · O2 Academy Brixton, 2023-03-21 — Songkick
Kreator — Riga, 2023-02-18
Poster · Riga, 2023-02-18 — Songkick
Kreator — Le 106, 2018-01-13
Poster · Le 106, 2018-01-13 — Songkick
Kreator — The Underground, 2017-03-17
Poster · The Underground, 2017-03-17 — Songkick
Kreator — Gothic Theatre, 2014-11-16
Poster · Gothic Theatre, 2014-11-16 — Songkick
Kreator — Estragon, 2010-12-15
Poster · Estragon, 2010-12-15 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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MusicBrainzArtist facts
WikipediaArtist facts
Kreator on Last.fmArtist facts
Kreator on DiscogsArtist facts
Kreator on GeniusArtist facts
KEXPAirplay
SongkickShow history, Show posters
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
GeniusCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
WikidataCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.