KREATOR Frontman Interviewed At U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

August 17, 2009

Baconmusic's James Allman conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza of veteran German thrashers KREATOR at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. Watch the chat in two parts below.

In a recent interview with Terrorizer magazine, KREATOR guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza was asked about the group's longevity and the increase in the number of '80s and '90s thrash metal bands who are reuniting for another shot at success. "To be honest with you, I'm not too excited about all these bands from the '80s coming back," Mille said. "I think some of 'em should just stay where they were. I will not mention any names because that would not be fair. But I think there are some bands that were not necessary even back in the day coming back now, and it's even less necessary — in my opinion. I hope they at least come up with some good music. Some of the reunions, to me, made total sense. For example, when DEATH ANGEL came back, that was a great thing. When EXODUS came back, it was amazing. Some bands just never disappeared, like KREATOR, and I think people appreciate that. They see that we just endured the tough times in the '90s when nobody really gave a fuck about any thrash bands. So we just kept playing, we stayed on the road, we kept touring, released albums, and I think people nowadays know that we never disappeared; we were always there. But, on the other band, we don't have the 'OK, they do a reunion now' — we don't have that bonus — but we've always been there. Which is, I think, a good thing, because I wouldn't have known what to do without music. I mean, that's all I know. When I started this band, I was, like, 15 years old. So, I mean, what am I gonna do now?! [Laughs] There's no turning back for me."

KREATOR will take part in the "Thrash Domination 09" tour of Japan in September with TESTAMENT, EXODUS and HEATHEN.

The band's new album, "Hordes Of Chaos", landed at No. 7 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

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