Not content with his Kreator's already-established reputation as perhaps Germany's top thrash metal band of the 1980s, group mastermind Mille Petrozza spent much of the 1990s attempting to reinvent and diversify their sound, most obviously by pushing the industrial metal envelope.
Alas, all to no avail, as the majority of fans were not impressed with the mostly mediocre results heard on confused albums like Renewal and Cause for Conflict.
Even the welcome addition of guitar ace Tommy Vetterli (ex-Coroner) lent more consistency than actual sparks to 1997's Outcast, and 1999's similarly dependable but hardly impressive Endorama eventually followed suit.
Initial highlights such as "Golden Age," the title track, and "Chosen Few" are heavy on mid-paced grooves and gothic atmospherics, but still offer little songwriting redemption.
For all their studiously constructed lyrics and supposed compositional maturity, they absolutely scream for some sign, any sign, of deeper emotion to snap them out of their glazed state of performed automation.
Not even the keyboards that pervade the highly unorthodox "Passage to Babylon," nor the more energetic riffing contained in "Willing Sprit" can ultimately jolt the album into a higher plane of achievement, but then, Endorama still qualifies among Kreator's most cohesive statements from this under-achieving decade.
And for what it's worth, Endorama would also become the final chapter of the group's experimental phase, which was emphatically obliterated two years later by Kreator's gloriously thrashing rebirth via their magnificent tenth album, Violent Revolution.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden AgeMille Petrozza, Tommy Vetterli | Kreator | Play | 04:51 | 4 MB | 34 MB |
| 2 | EndoramaMille Petrozza, Tommy Vetterli | Kreator | Play | 03:20 | 3 MB | 24 MB |
| 3 | ShadowlandMille Petrozza, Tommy Vetterli | Kreator | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 4 | Chosen FewMille Petrozza, Tommy Vetterli | Kreator | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 5 | Everlasting FlameMille Petrozza, Tommy Vetterli | Kreator | Play | 05:23 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 6 | Passage to BabylonMille Petrozza | Kreator | Play | 04:24 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 7 | Future RingMille Petrozza, Tommy Vetterli | Kreator | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 8 | EntryMille Petrozza | Kreator | Play | 01:05 | 2 MB | 5 MB |
| 9 | Soul EraserMille Petrozza, Tommy Vetterli | Kreator | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 10 | Willing SpiritMille Petrozza, Tommy Vetterli | Kreator | Play | 04:36 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 11 | PandemoniumMille Petrozza | Kreator | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| 12 | TyrannyMille Petrozza | Kreator | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 50 mins | 103 MB | |||||
| 50 mins | 356 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Dell | Concept, Cover Art, Design |
| 2 | Christian Giesler | Bass |
| 3 | Kalle | Pre-Production, Pre-Production Engineer |
| 4 | Kreator | Band, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 5 | Britta Kühlmann | Engineer |
| 6 | Markus Mayer | Artwork, Cover Art |
| 7 | Mille Petrozza | Composer, Concept, Cover Art, Design, Guitar, Producer, Vocals |
| 8 | Jürgen Reil | Drums |
| 9 | Jörg Sahm | Pre-Production, Pre-Production Engineer |
| 10 | René Schardt | Mastering |
| 11 | Jörg Steinfadt | Engineer |
| 12 | Tommy Vetterli | Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Synthesizer), Producer, Programming |
| 13 | Chris Wolf | Arranger |
| 14 | Tilo Wolff | Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |
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