Cause for Conflict

Cause for Conflict is the seventh studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator released in August 1995. The record continued the experimentation with industrial music that they started on previous album, Renewal, but brought back more of their thrashy sound. This was also the only Kreator album to feature Joe Cangelosi as the replacement of original drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, who would return to the band in 1996, as well as the first to feature bassist Christian Giesler and the last to feature guitarist Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik.

Cause for Conflict
Studio album by Kreator
Released	August 1, 1995
Recorded	Ocean Studios, Burbank, California
Genre	Thrash metal, industrial metal
Length	47:28
Label	GUN
Producer	Vincent Wojno, Kreator
Kreator chronology
Renewal (1992) Cause for Conflict (1995) Scenarios of Violence (1996)
Singles from Cause for Conflict
"Lost" Released: 1995 "Isolation" Released: 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Release

In March 2018, German heavy metal record label Noise released a remastered edition of the album and made it available on CD and vinyl and as digital download. The release contains three bonus tracks and liner notes.[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mille Petrozza; all music is composed by Kreator.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prevail"	3:59
2.	"Catholic Despot"	3:23
3.	"Progressive Proletarians"	3:24
4.	"Crisis of Disorder"	4:17
5.	"Hate Inside Your Head"	3:39
6.	"Bomb Threat"	1:47
7.	"Men Without God"	3:46
8.	"Lost"	3:35
9.	"Dogmatic Authority"	1:27
10.	"Sculpture of Regret"	2:59
11.	"Celestial Deliverance"	3:15
12.	"Isolation" (The song "Isolation" ends at 4:00. After 5 minutes of silence begins an untitled hidden song.)	11:54

2018 reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Suicide in Swamps"	5:11
14.	"Limits of Liberty"	1:40
15.	"State Oppression"	1:39

Personnel

Kreator

• Mille Petrozza – vocals, rhythm guitar, production, 2018 reissue compilation
• Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik – lead guitar, production
• Christian Giesler – bass, production
• Joe Cangelosi – drums, production

Technical personnel

• Vincent Wojno – production, mixing
• Doug Trantow – assistant engineering
• Mark Uehlein – studio assistant
• Steve Warner – studio assistant
• Dirk Rudolph – sleeve design, photography, band photography
• Junior – illustrations

2018 reissue technical personnel

• Steve Hammonds – compilation
• Thomas Ewerhard – art and design
• Jan Meininghaus – art and design
• Alex Solca – additional photos
• Barbara Stiller – additional photos
• Andy Pearce – mastering
• Matt Wortham – mastering
• Malcom Dome – sleeve notes

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Kreator: Cause for Conflict at AllMusic. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
2. "Kreator - North American Release Dates Set For Classic '90s Era Album Reissues". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Canada. February 8, 2018. ISSN 1705-3781. OCLC 57191652. Retrieved March 3, 2018.