German thrash metal heroes Kreator spent much of 1988 either touring or writing material for their pivotal fourth album, Extreme Aggression, which was to be the first released by Noise Records (in conjunction with a major record company in America, Epic Records).
But not wishing to keep fans waiting too long while they toiled, Kreator decided to issue the Out of the Dark, Into the Light EP as a stopgap just in case.
Almost qualifying as a mini-album, the five-track Out of the Dark is kicked off by the snappy, but rather forgettable "Impossible to Cure," offers a raucous rendition of Raven's "Lambs to the Slaughter," and then rolls through three competent live versions of "Terrible Certainty" and two lesser-known cuts.
Honestly, nothing here will prove terribly exciting for casual fans, but it's definitely worthwhile for Kreator fanatics.
[Late '90s reissues of the Terrible Certainty album feature this EP as bonus material.].
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Impossible to CureMille Petrozza, Marlene Reil | Kreator | Play | 02:38 | 2 MB | 17 MB |
| 2 | Lambs to the SlaughterHunter | Kreator | Play | 03:33 | 3 MB | 23 MB |
| 3 | Gangland | Kreator | Play | 03:30 | 3 MB | 23 MB |
| 4 | Terrible Certainty (live) | Kreator | Play | 05:25 | 4 MB | 38 MB |
| 5 | Riot of Violence (live) | Kreator | Play | 05:21 | 4 MB | 38 MB |
| 6 | Awakening Of The Gods (live) | Kreator | Play | 07:33 | 6 MB | 51 MB |
| 28 mins | 25 MB | |||||
| 28 mins | 193 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manfred Eisenblatter | Photography |
| 2 | Rob Fioretti | Composer |
| 3 | Hunter | Composer |
| 4 | Harris Johns | Mixing, Producer |
| 5 | Kreator | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 6 | Phil Lawrence | Cover Painting, Paintings |
| 7 | Mille Petrozza | Composer |
| 8 | Marlene Reil | Composer |
| 9 | Buffo Schandelbach | Photography |
| 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). |