KREATOR - TERRIBLE CERTAINTY (REMASTERED) 2 VINYL SET, 180-GRAM, GATEFOLD JACKET! BARELY PLAYED, IN LIKE NEW CONDITION.


Let's face it, Vinyl Audiophiles make such a hype out of demanding "FIRST PRESSINGS" so much, that they forget not every decades-old production DID "get it right the first time". In a lot of situations (and quite often in the genre of underground thrash metal productions), the band did not necessarily enter a high-end studio, didn't have "top names in the industry" Producers and audio engineers (quite often the exact opposite... they got producers running their productions who should have been audio techs for a few more years, and got audio techs that were basically rando's or even worse; new guys on the job...) and so that, combined with low-to-micro budgets and rushed studio sessions... turned out album productions that quite honestly COULD use a remastering with modern-day technology and a new attention to detail. We're talking originally muddy guitars, nonexistent bass, buried drum parts/weak kick drums, and overall - frequencies all mixed up into each other without good separation. And as much as I love Kreator, I gotta say folks, their early albums were just that. It's not often that I prefer listening to remastered versions of albums, but that's because most of them are rush jobs only done "just because" a certain album may have been out of print, and the record company figures that only a reissue alone might not generate the sales to make the endeavor worth it, and if the label doesn't already have their own guy, end up hiring the lowest-charging mastering engineer they can find to (again, like the original studio sessions) do a rush-job and quickly add some unnecessary compression and limiting to the "just fine as it was" album, who figure a louder album is enough justification for re-release because that's the simplest difference the human ear detects and can pick out between 2 samples (even if there's less fidelity, the initial thing the brain does is choose the louder of 2 samples and says that's the one they prefer, even at a loss of dynamic range), boosting amplitude while you indeed do lose dynamic range and have a more "squished" sound, without as much breathing room for every instrument. BUT, THAT'S NOT EVERY SINGLE REMASTER, EVER. And after having listened to both, I would say THIS particular remaster DEFINITELY goes on the list of albums that indeed is an improvement over the original. OTHERWISE, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE WRITTEN IT AS BIG AS THE BAND LOGO AND ALBUM TITLE DISPLAYED CLEARLY ON THE FRONT COVER, if it wasn't a remaster the label STOOD by and clearly PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO AND DID CORRECTLY - WITH A REMASTERING TECHNICIAN WHO CARES ABOUT THE GENRE AND KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. You wouldn't believe how many remasters out there literally consist of the label having ripped digital versions of the album, and just boosted the volume and that's it. They didn't go back and actually pull out individual MASTER stem track reels (vocals alone, guitars alone, drums alone etc) from the Label's archive vaults and re-did the EQing and mastering from the ground-up. The separation I now hear on this re-release would not have been possible if all they did was boost the volume of a digital rip of the original mix and nothing else. Not only all that, but they went ahead and even released it AS A 180 GRAM DUAL 2 VINYL SET, to MAKE SURE that everything they did retained as much of its quality and fidelity as possible... and as you vinyl heads surely know the less songs you put on a single side of a vinyl, the more quality and audio fidelity. And so, with only putting 3-4 songs per side, this was the cleanest I'd EVER heard this album. Riffs under the vocals that I hadn't heard before were new, drum parts sounded even more distinct and had overall more presense, and for once was actually able to clearly hear the bass guitar, and not only felt the "boom" of the kick drums but now heard the 'attack' this time around as well.
Also, contains extras like live tracks on the remaining last 2 sides. I went through a mindless vinyl purchasing phase few years ago, and seriously need to clean out my place and am selling off the Vinyls that I realized I bought, came home and only ever listened to once. As much as this album is dear to my heart and TOXIC TRACE is one of my favorite Kreator songs ever, I need the money.


GRAB THIS AND ADD TO YOUR THRASH METAL VINYL COLLECTION TODAY!
Vinyl package was set on a piece of cardboard for photos, in order to not place the item/discs on the ground.


Issued in reverseboard finish gatefold jacket with 2 printed inner sleeves with track-by-track notes by Mille, lyrics, photos, and liner notes. 
180-gram Double Vinyl Gatefold

Includes Sleevenotes From Mille Petroza

TRACKLIST:

      DISC 1 SIDE A
A1 Blind Faith 4:07 A2 Storming With Menace 4:25 A3 Terrible Certainty 4:27 A4 As The World Burns 3:49




B1
DISC 1 SIDE B

Toxic Trace



5:31 B2 No Escape 4:59 B3 One Of Us 3:59 B4 Behind The Mirror 4:34 Out Of The Dark...



C1
DISC 2 SIDE C

Impossible To Cure



2:40 C2 Lambs To The Slaughter 3:33




C3
(Length 35:39)

Terrible Certainty (Live



5:20 C4 Riot Of Violence (Live) 5:49 ...Into The Light



D1
DISC 2 SIDE D

Awakening Of The Gods (Live)



7:14 D2 Flag Of Hate (Live) 3:51 D3 Love Us Or Hate Us (Live) 4:39 D4 Behind The Mirror (Live) 4:48

Kreator – Terrible Certainty (1987)