# Endorama

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{{More citations needed|date=September 2022}}{{Infobox album
| name         = Endorama
| type         = studio
| artist       = [Kreator](/source/Kreator)
| cover        = KreatorEndorama.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = 20 April 1999
| recorded     = 25 October 1998 – 18 January 1999
| studio       = Powerplay and Hithead Studios, Switzerland, Principal Studios, Germany
| genre        = {{hlist|[Gothic metal](/source/Gothic_metal)}}
| length       = 50:05
| label        = [Drakkar](/source/Drakkar_Entertainment) (Germany)<br/>Pavement (US)<br/>[Victor](/source/JVC) (Japan)
| producer     = [Mille Petrozza](/source/Mille_Petrozza), Tommy Vetterli
| prev_title   = [Outcast](/source/Outcast_(Kreator_album))
| prev_year    = 1997
| next_title   = [Voices of Transgression – A 90s Retrospective](/source/Voices_of_Transgression_%E2%80%93_A_90s_Retrospective)
| next_year    = 1999
}}

'''''Endorama''''' is the ninth studio album by German [thrash metal](/source/thrash_metal) band [Kreator](/source/Kreator), released on 20 April, 1999 by [Drakkar Records](/source/Drakkar_Entertainment). The [gothic metal](/source/gothic_metal) influences were the most prominent on this release,<ref name="Allmusic" /> and [Lacrimosa](/source/Lacrimosa_(band)) frontman [Tilo Wolff](/source/Tilo_Wolff) provided guest vocals on the title song. 

This is the final Kreator album to feature Tommy Vetterli, who was replaced by current guitarist [Sami Yli-Sirniö](/source/Sami_Yli-Sirni%C3%B6) shortly before the recording of their next album ''[Violent Revolution](/source/Violent_Revolution)''.

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>Rivadavia, Eduardo. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r413229|pure_url=yes}} "Endorama – Kreator"]. [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic). Retrieved 11 December 2011. "Initial highlights such as 'Golden Age', the title track, and 'Chosen Few' are heavy on mid-paced grooves and gothic atmospherics, but still offer little songwriting redemption."</ref>
| rev2 = ''[Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal](/source/Martin_Popoff)''
| rev2Score = 4/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last = Popoff | first = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = [Collector's Guide Publishing](/source/Collector's_Guide_Publishing) | date = August 1, 2007 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | pages=234–235|isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[Rock Hard](/source/Rock_Hard_(magazine))'' 
| rev3score = 8.5/10<ref name="rockhard">{{cite magazine|first=Boris |last=Kaiser |title=Review Album : Kreator - Endorama |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/kreator-endorama_242589.html|issue=143|year=1999| magazine = [Rock Hard](/source/Rock_Hard_(magazine)) |accessdate=6 September 2022 |language=German}}</ref>
|noprose = yes
}}

==Track listing==
All music by [Mille Petrozza](/source/Mille_Petrozza) and Tommy Vetterli, except tracks 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 by Mille Petrozza. All lyrics by Petrozza

{{tracklist
| title1 = Golden Age
| length1 = 4:51
| title2 = Endorama
| length2 = 3:20
| title3 = Shadowland
| length3 = 4:27
| title4 = Chosen Few
| length4 = 4:30
| title5 = Everlasting Flame
| length5 = 5:23
| title6 = Passage to Babylon
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = Future King
| length7 = 4:44
| title8 = Entry
| length8 = 1:05
| title9 = Soul Eraser
| length9 = 4:30
| title10 = Willing Spirit
| length10 = 4:36
| title11 = Pandemonium
| length11 = 4:10
| title12 = Tyranny
| length12 = 4:00
}}
{{Track listing
| total_length = 53:38
| headline = Japanese edition bonus track
| title13 = Children of a Lesser God
| length13 = 3:33
}}

==Personnel==
;Kreator
*[Mille Petrozza](/source/Mille_Petrozza) – vocals, rhythm guitar
*[Tommy Vetterli](/source/Coroner_(band)) – lead guitar, [guitar synth](/source/guitar_synth), programming
*Christian Giesler – bass
*[Ventor](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Reil) – drums

;Additional musicians
*[Tilo Wolff](/source/Tilo_Wolff) – guest vocals on track 2
*Christian Wolf – orchestral arrangements on tracks 5 and 8

;Production
*Mille Petrozza – production, cover art, concept, design
*Tommy Vetterli – production
*Detti Mohrmann, Jörg Sahm, [Kalle Trapp](/source/Kalle_Trapp) – pre-production engineering at KKS Studios, Essen and at Mohrmann Studios, Bochum, Germany.
*Britta Kühlmann, Gudrun Laos, Jörg Steinfadt – engineering
*Roland Kupferschmied – engineering, additional programming
*Dawo – assistant engineering
*Gudrun Laos – vocal coach and production
*[Ronald Prent](/source/Ronald_Prent) – mixing at [Wisseloord Studios](/source/Wisseloord_Studios), Hilversum, Netherlands
*Hendrik Ostrak – assistant mixing
*Rene Schardt – mastering
*Peter Dell – design, concept, cover art
*Markus Mayer – artwork, cover art

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2022 chart performance for ''Endorama''
! scope="col"| Chart (2022)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Germany|6|id=21142|artist=Kreator|album=Endorama|rowheader=true|access-date=22 April 2022}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020908071047/http://www.kreator-terrorzone.de/site/index.php?s_id=2&lang=en&detail=9 Kreator Terrorzone: Endorama]

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Category:Kreator albums
Category:1999 albums
Category:Gothic metal albums by German artists
Category:Drakkar Entertainment albums

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