Renewal (Kreator album) explained

Renewal
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kreator
Cover:	Renewal.jpg
Recorded:	August and September 1992
Studio:	Morrisound Studios (Tampa, Florida)
Label:	Noise
Producer:	Tom Morris, Kreator
Prev Title:	Coma of Souls
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Cause for Conflict
Next Year:	1995

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Personnel

Kreator

• Mille Petrozza – 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charity uCHOOZE you choose - Kreator - Karmic wheel - Budd Dwyer - suicide . . 6 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221045008/http://www.firstpost.com/topic/disease/cancer-charity-uchooze-you-choose-kreator-karmic-wheel-budd-d-video-2Gap-zJn_50-74009-1.html . 21 February 2014.
2. News: . 8 February 2018 . Kreator - North American Release Dates Set For Classic '90s Era Album Reissues . . Canada . 3 March 2018 . 1705-3781 . 57191652.