KREATOR revealed the cover artwork of the limited edition of the band’s upcoming album, “Phantom Antichrist”. The limited edition will be made available as two-disc digipack, including a bonus DVD.
Commented KREATOR guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza: “Jan Meininghaus, who did this one, is a cover artist from my hometown, Essen, Germany. I really love the artwork he came up with for the limited edition. It’s pure mayhem, powerful and dark!”
“Phantom Antichrist” will be released on June 1 in Europe and June 5 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden with renowned producer Jens Bogren (OPETH, KATATONIA, SOILWORK, DEVIN TOWNSEND, AMON AMARTH).
The cover artwork for the standard edition of “Phantom Antichrist” was created by Wes Benscoter (SLAYER, DIO, BLACK SABBATH) and can be seen below.
KREATOR will release a seven-inch single containing the “Phantom Antichrist” title track on April 20. The collector’s item will be available in colored red vinyl (limited to 250 pieces) as well as in clear vinyl (limited to 250 pieces, exclusively available at the Nuclear Blast mailorder).
A brand new promotional photo of KREATOR can be seen below (photo by Stefan Heilemann of Stuttgart, Germany’s Heilemania).
When asked about the musical direction of KREATOR’s new material, the band’s guitarist/vocalist Miland “Mille” Petrozza stated in a recent interview, “The songs are coming along great and I think it’s OK to say that this will be our most epic album so far. There’s some classical, a lot of traditional metal, and, of course, a huge dose of thrash metal influences in the new stuff. Everyone in the band is very excited at this point. The demos sound killer so far. We have about 10 songs we’re working on so far.
Regarding the lyrical and visual concept for the forthcoming CD, Petrozza said, “It’s too early to talk about the lyrics yet; many are written, but they keep changing all the time. Visually, we have tapped Wes Benscoter [BLACK SABBATH, DIO, SLAYER, CATTLE DECAPITATION, BLOODBATH] for the cover art. I can tell you this much: The artwork will be insane!”
In an interview with Aftonbladet journalist Mattias Kling, Petrozza stated about KREATOR’s collaboration with Jens Bogren, “He’s really good; I like him. I like the sounds that he gets. And I think the combination — Jens Bogren and KREATOR — it will be pretty heavy.”
On the topic of how the new material is different from KREATOR’s previous output, Mille said, “It’s always a little hard for me to talk about music has been written but is not released yet. It will definitely have all the KREATOR trademarks. The lyrics will talk about nowadays stuff, as usual, so it will be like a photography of the year 2012. Also the lyrics will deal a lot of things that are actually happening at this point in time. It will be like reading a newspaper or something [laughs], with all the stuff happening. And, of course, the music will be typical KREATOR, and we also wanna expand the sound and progress as musicians. I mean, this lineup has been the strongest lineup KREATOR ever had since ten years, and now I think we’re ready to come out with an album that blows everyone away.”
KREATOR has selected Poland’s Grupa 13 (BEHEMOTH, ELUVEITIE, SONATA ARCTICA, DECAPITATED) to helm the video for the title track of their forthcoming album, “Phantom Antichrist”.
Commented KREATOR guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza: “The clips produced by Grupa 13 are groundbreaking visual trips that justify the existence of music videos in this day and age. In support of the lyrical concept of our new album, I could not think of a better creative solution than a collaboration with these great visionaries.”
KREATOR is:
Miland “Mille” Petrozza – Vocals, Guitrar
Sami Yli-Sirniö – Guitar
Christian “Speesy” Giesler – Bass
Jürgen “Ventor” Reil – Drums
Source: www.blabbermouth.net