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. 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.
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.
Track listing
Personnel
Kreator Mille Petrozza – vocals, rhythm guitar Frank Gosdzik – lead guitar Rob Fioretti – bass Ventor – drums, programming
Production Kreator – production Tom Morris – production, engineering, mixing Mark Prator, Brian Bonscoter – engineering Karl Ulrich Walterbach – executive production
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
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