What is one to write about the new album of Kreator still great? If you liked the previous album "Enemy Of God" and "Hores Of Chaos", will be happy with "Phantom Antichrist". Stylistically has hardly changed anything in fact what is probably because that can make hardly any better the current style of Kreator. That's stagnation the highest standards. The fast and hard thrash the early days so a good deal on tunes was missed again, partly melodic death proportions are out listening; especially in the guitar work. Fans of old Kreator will eventually rummaulen again, but I personally find the new direction very successful. But the opener and title track blows simply everything away and is representative of the entire album. Here technical skill and talent for good songwriting were perfectly combined. Some of the choruses have almost hymn character, without appearing flat. If I could fault anything at all, then it would Milles voice that I never found so good as that of many other great thrash vocalists. With Chuck Billy (Testament) or a Mark Osegueda (Death Angel), he can not keep up maintenance, but that's a) matter of taste and b) not too relevant. As I said, who liked the predecessor, can blind access here.
