Our favourite thrash metal band is back with an absolute masterpiece! Kreator have finally dropped their 16th studio album Krushers Of The World, and after 2025’s incredible year for thrash, they’re keeping that momentum burning into 2026.
The ten-track beast sees Mille Petrozza and crew working with producer Jens Bogren again, delivering exactly what we’ve been craving. When you open with the harmonised guitar assault of ‘Seven Serpents’, blending their signature melodeath tendencies with power metal sensibilities, you know you’re in safe hands. Then ‘Barbarian’ and ‘Psychotic Imperator’ crash in with pure, unfiltered aggression that’ll have you reaching for the nearest neck brace.
The title track dropped with a video today, painting post-apocalyptic Berlin in all its dystopian glory. It feels built for the pit, its mid-tempo grooves and pounding riffs building to a screeching chorus that’s been lodged in my brain since first listen.
When they hit UK venues in March with Carcass, Exodus, and Nails, including London’s O2 Brixton Academy on March 27th, these new songs are going to absolutely destroy.
Krushers of the World is out now via Nuclear Blast Records.
