Kreator

German thrash metal band

Music Group Rock Band Q151890

Facts

13 properties

Instance of: rock band
Inception: 1982^[14]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1982 GND (DNB) 1984 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Genre: thrash metal^[1]
Official website: www.kreator-terrorzone.de, www.kreator-terrorzone.de^[16]^[17]
Country of origin: Germany^[6]
Discography: Kreator discography^[5]
Has part(s): Mille Petrozza, Jürgen Reil, Sami Yli-Sirniö, Frédéric Leclercq, Frank Gosdzik, Christian Giesler, Tommy Vetterli^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Location of formation: Essen^[15]
Member category: Category:Kreator members^[20]
Record label: Epic Records, Steamhammer, Nuclear Blast^[2]^[3]^[4]
Social media followers: 153k (74k–169k, n=9)^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]
Start of work period: 1984^[19]
Topic has template: Template:Kreator^[18]

🏷️ Also known as

en Kreator fa کریتور he Kreator he קריאייטור ja KREATOR ja クリーター ja クリエイター/クリーター ko 크리에이터 th Kreator th ครีเอเตอร์ zh 創造者 zh 造物主樂團

🔖 Identifiers · 47

ISNI: 0000000111564942
VIAF cluster ID: 129139740
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n91120643
GND ID: 10166045-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons): 2018 RiP - Kreator - by 2eight - 8SC9101.jpg ↗
AZLyrics artist ID: k/kreator
Acharts.co artist ID: kreator
Album of the Year artist ID: 21924
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000103324
Apple Music artist ID: 3258504
BIBSYS ID: 1560455412082
Bandsintown artist ID: 34985

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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 139044842
Billboard artist ID: kreator
Deezer artist ID: 6067
Discogs artist ID: 139308, 1492857
Encyclopaedia Metallum band ID: 157
Facebook username: KreatorOfficial
Freebase ID: /m/0jrw_
Genius artist ID: Kreator
IMDb ID: nm6721356
IMVDb artist ID: kreator
IdRef ID: 084292008
Instagram username: kreatorofficial
Jaxsta profile ID: 4d829365-915b-4bc6-a20a-703b38c360d0
Last.fm ID: Kreator
Laut.de artist ID: Kreator
LyricsTranslate ID: kreator-lyrics.html
Museum-digital person/organization ID: 154410
MusicBrainz artist ID: 39822e8d-f24e-4f07-b51b-28b22e59fbdb
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000005556
Myspace ID: officialkreator
NL CR AUT ID: xx0027882
NUKAT ID: n2006033217
Rate Your Music artist ID: kreator
SVKKL authority ID: 0275625-Kreator-hudebni-skupina
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 16240
Songkick artist ID: 81459
SoundCloud ID: kreator-official
Spirit of Metal band ID: Kreator
Spotify artist ID: 3BM0EaYmkKWuPmmHFUTQHv
Tidal artist ID: 2568
Topic's main category: Category:Kreator
WhoSampled artist ID: Kreator
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["MusicAct", "Kreator::7pk89"]
X (Twitter) username: kreator
YouTube channel ID: UCRUh-7YyUCBTw2FjhS_jJAw

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🔗 Connections

Mb:performer of 27

Endless Pain, Pleasure to Kill, Cause for Conflict, Renewal, Terrible Certainty, Violent Revolution, Coma of Souls, Endorama +19 more

← Performer 22

Endless Pain, Pleasure to Kill, Cause for Conflict, Renewal, Terrible Certainty, Violent Revolution, Coma of Souls, Endorama +14 more

← Mb:member of band 8

Mille Petrozza, Frédéric Leclercq, Jürgen Reil, Christian Giesler, Sami Yli-Sirniö, Michael Wulf, Frank Gosdzik, Tommy Vetterli

Has part(s) 6

Mille Petrozza, Frédéric Leclercq, Jürgen Reil, Christian Giesler, Sami Yli-Sirniö, Frank Gosdzik

Record label 3

Epic Records, Nuclear Blast, SPV GmbH

← Category combines topics 2

Category:Kreator albums, Category:Kreator members

Country of origin 1

Germany

Discography 1

Kreator discography

Genre 1

thrash metal

Instance of 1

rock band

Location of formation 1

Essen

Member category 1

Category:Kreator members

Topic has template 1

Template:Kreator

Topic's main category 1

Category:Kreator

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Kreator

← Main subject 1

Kreator discography

← Mb:instrumental supporting musician 1

Marco Minnemann

← Template has topic 1

Template:Kreator

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Kreator — genre (P136): thrash metal. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Kreator — record label (P264): Epic Records. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Kreator — record label (P264): Steamhammer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Kreator — record label (P264): Nuclear Blast. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Kreator — discography (P358): Kreator discography. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Kreator — country of origin (P495): Germany. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Kreator — has part(s) (P527): Mille Petrozza. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Kreator — has part(s) (P527): Jürgen Reil. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Kreator — has part(s) (P527): Sami Yli-Sirniö. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Kreator — has part(s) (P527): Frédéric Leclercq. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Kreator — has part(s) (P527): Frank Gosdzik. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Kreator — has part(s) (P527): Christian Giesler. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Kreator — has part(s) (P527): Tommy Vetterli. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Kreator — inception (P571): 1982. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Kreator — location of formation (P740): Essen. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Kreator — official website (P856): http://www.kreator-terrorzone.de. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Kreator — official website (P856): http://www.kreator-terrorzone.de/. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Kreator — topic has template (P1424): Template:Kreator. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Kreator — start of work period (P2031): 1984. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Kreator — member category (P6365): Category:Kreator members. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Kreator — social media followers (P8687): 157,097. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Kreator — social media followers (P8687): 73,900. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Kreator — social media followers (P8687): 160,711. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Kreator — social media followers (P8687): 84,700. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Kreator — social media followers (P8687): 168,575. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Kreator — social media followers (P8687): 101,000. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Kreator — social media followers (P8687): 119,000. YouTube API. Retrieved 2024-01-16. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Kreator — social media followers (P8687): 139,000. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-03-01. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Kreator — social media followers (P8687): 153,000. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-11-01. wikidata.org.

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10d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 2568

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Topic has template → Template:Kreator

Country of origin → Germany

Social media followers → 157,097, 73,900, 160,711 +6

Genre → thrash metal

+ 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0275625-Kreator-hudebni-skupina, batch #259493"

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