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KREATOR: Live at The Forum, London 28th April

KREATOR
 Live at The Forum, London 28th April
   There are very few bands who can kick the door down of any venue, and start up a riot from the second the first songs intro begins. Kreator are one of those bands. And tonight, London is their battlefield.
   With support from SSS and Xentrix, the crowd is sufficiently ready for the UK's rising stars and tonight's main support, Evile, takes the stage. Evile deliver a strong and crowd exciting set, featuring new material from their upcoming new release, Skull. Live favorites like "Cult" and "Thrasher" see the first flying bodies of the night.
  There is no doubt that everyone in the room tonight is here for one, very good reason. Possibly the greatest band to emerge from Germany in the last two and a half decades, and one of the best Thrash-Metal bands of all time. That reason is Kreator.
   They kick the crowd into a frenzy of flailing limbs and spilled drinks, with the opening song of their set, the superb "Phantom Antichrist". Seeing how this is the tour in support of their newest album by the same name, there are obviously a large volume of tracks from the album. All of course, are met by screams and bellowing roars of approval. Newer tracks such as; "Death To The world", "From Floor Into Fire" and "United In Hate", see circle pits emerge like bullet holes in the crowd.
   Luckily, the set-list incorporates material from Kreator's entire career. Classics such as "Flag Of Hate", "Pleasure To Kill" and "Betrayed", and eaten up by the room of adoring fans, faster than hairspray at a Poison concert. Even the less fast paced "Voices Of The Dead" is met with ravenous applause. 
   It will be a long time before a gig as amazing as this comes up, but if it really is better than Kreator's performance tonight, then it will be well worth the wait.

10/10
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