At the Pulse of Kapitulation: Live in East Berlin, 1990

Artist	Kreator
Format	Digital Video Disc (DVD)
Genre	Rock
Label Name	Steamhammer
Producer	Mille Petrozza
Release Date	2008 04 08
Song List	1: Some Pain Will Last [5.1 Dolby Digi][Multimedia Track] 2: Extreme Aggression [5.1 Dolby Digit][Multimedia Track] 3: Under the Guillotine [5.1 Dolby Dig][Multimedia Track] 4: Toxic Trace [2.0 Dolby Digital][Multimedia Track] 5: Bringer of Torture [5.1 Dolby Digit][Multimedia Track] 6: Pleasure to Kill [5.1 Dolby Digital] 7: Flag of Hate [2.0 Dolby Digital][Multimedia Track] 8: Drum Solo [2.0 Dolby Digital][Multimedia Track] 9: Terrible Certainty [5.1 Dolby Digit][Multimedia Track] 10: Riot of Violence [5.1 Dolby Digital] 11: Love Us or Hate Us [5.1 Dolby Digit][Multimedia Track] 12: Behind the Mirror [5.1 Dolby Digita][Multimedia Track] 13: Betrayer [2.0 Dolby Digital][Multimedia Track] 14: Awakening of the Gods [5.1 Dolby Di][Multimedia Track] 15: Tormentor [2.0 Dolby Digital][Multimedia Track] 16: At the Pulse of Kapitulation [2.0 Dolby Digital][Multimedia Track] 17: People of the Lie [2.0 Dolby Digital][Multimedia Track] 18: Dr. Wagner, Pt. 1 [2.0 Dolby Digital][Multimedia Track] 19: Twisted Urges [2.0 Dolby Digital][Multimedia Track] 20: Dr. Wagner, Pt. 2 [2.0 Dolby Digital][Multimedia Track] 21: Coma of Souls [2.0 Dolby Digital][Multimedia Track] 22: Dr. Wagner, Pt. 3 [2.0 Dolby Digital][Multimedia Track] 23: Terror Zone [2.0 Dolby Digital][Multimedia Track] 24: The Past and Now [Documentary][Multimedia Track] 25: Unseen Scenes [DVD] 26: Bonus Material [DVD] 27: Some Pain Will Last [Live] (5:39) 28: Extreme Aggression [Live] (5:23) 29: Under the Guillotine [Live] (4:27) 30: Toxic Trace [Live] (4:21) 31: Bringer of Torture [Live] (2:26) 32: Pleasure to Kill [Live] (5:44) 33: Flag of Hate [Live] (3:23) 34: Drum Solo [Live] (6:11) 35: Terrible Certainty [Live] (6:01) 36: Riot of Violence [Live] (3:57) 37: Love Us or Hate Us [Live] (4:48) 38: Behind the Mirror [Live] (5:42) 39: Betrayer [Live] (7:31) 40: Awakening of the Gods [Live] (4:56) 41: Tormentor [Live]
Style.Categories	Speed Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash

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In 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan uttered the famous words, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"; in 1989, the Berlin Wall (one of the most hated symbols of communism) did, in fact, come down -- and in 1990, West and East Germany were officially reunited. Musically, the collapse of communism had a major impact in East Germany, where musicians suddenly had a lot more artistic freedom. That included heavy metal musicians, who were active in East Germany and other parts of Eastern Europe during the communist years but were very underground. The destruction of the Berlin Wall made heavy metal a lot more visible in East Berlin, where West Germany's Kreator appeared on a bill with three other bands (Coroner, Tankard, and Sabbat) at a major metal festival in March 1990. Kreator's appearance at the festival was originally released on the VHS cassette Live in East Berlin, and in 2008, SPV reissued those performances on the two-disc set At the Pulse of Kapitulation: Live in East Berlin, 1990 (which contains the same performances on both a DVD and an audio CD). Even after digital remastering, the picture on the DVD is somewhat grainy, but the sound quality is quite good -- and Kreator are in excellent form during an inspired and highly explosive set that includes a lot of material from 1989's Extreme Aggression (including "Bringer of Torture," "Some Pain Will Last," "Love Us or Hate Us," "Betrayer," and the title song) as well as from 1988's Terrible Certainty ("Toxic Trace," "Behind the Mirror"), 1986's Pleasure to Kill ("Riot of Violence" and the title song), and 1985's Endless Pain ("Tormentor," "Flag of Hate"). One of the DVD's interesting bonuses is a short documentary called The Past and Now, which finds East Europeans who were at the 1990 festival reflecting on its importance 18 years later in 2008. Despite the imperfect picture quality, At the Pulse of Kapitulation: Live in East Berlin, 1990 is an exciting document of Kreator's appearance at a truly historic festival. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide