HEAVY METAL EXPLOSION

Kaamos (Swe, death metal)
Scales of Leviathan - mCD - 2007

Kab�t (Czech) See also: Virus
**Earliest stuff is thrash, then they became thrash/heavy metal with silly lyrics, maybe like newer Tankard. Their latest stuff is supposedly totally modern but I haven't heard it.
Colorado - CD - 1994
Děvky ty to znaj - CD - 1993
�ivĕ! - live CD - 1992
Songs from first album and earlier.

Kadath (Ger, death/grind)
Cruel! - CD - 1998

Kafan (Lebanon, black metal)
Injecting Evil in Thy Veins - CD - 2003/2006
CD version of the 2003 demo. Includes alternate versions/remixes of all 3 tracks as unlisted bonuses.

Kage (US, heavy metal)
State of Mind - CD - 1990

Kain (Czech) See also: Arakain
Project - CD - 1999
Arakain members doing thrash with industrial elements.

Kalap�cs (Hun, heavy metal) See also: Pokolg�p, Omen
J�zsef Kalap�cs is the ex-Pokolg�p singer.
Az Els� Mer�nylet - CD - 2000
Kalap�cs and Ossian members doing re-recordings of early Pokolg�p songs.
Keresztes H�bor� - CD - 2005
�szt�n - CD - 2002
Totem - CD - 2003

Kaliban (Fin)
**Old demos are death metal, album is a mix of melodic death metal and power metal.
The Tempest of Thoughts - CD (reissue) - 2002/2005
Tracklisting of reissue is incorrect; there is no bonus track, and tracklisting is out-of-order.

Kalmah (Fin)
Swampsong - CD - 2003

Kamikaze (Arg, heavy metal)
3 - CD (with 3 bonus) - 1991/2003
No Me Detendran - CD (with 3 bonus)- 1988/2003
Victima del Rock - CD (with 3 bonus) - 1989/2003

Kampfar (Nor, black metal) See also: Mock
Kampfar - mCD - 1994

Karoline (Fra, hard rock)
Karoline - LP - 1980

Kat (Poland) See also: Alkatraz
38 Minutes of Life - live CD (11 trk version) - 1987/1994
2 bonus.
666 - CD - 1986
Polish lyrics version of 'Metal and Hell.'
Bądź Wariatem - Zagraj z Katem - mCD - 1996
Ballady - CD - 1993
Bastard - CD - 1991
Jarocin - Live - live CD - 1992
Metal and Hell - CD - 1986
Noce Szatana - EP - 1984
Oddech Wymarlych Swiat�w - CD - 1987
Somewhere in Poland - live CD - 2004
Live 2003, and a re-recorded version of 'Ostatni Tabor' from the first EP.
Szydercze zwierciadło - CD - 1997

Kat, The Great (US)
Obviously mostly shredding, but older albums have more traditional thrash/speed parts.
Beethoven on Speed - CD - 1990
Bloody Vivaldi - CD - 1998
Worship Me Or Die - CD - 1987/1990

Kataklysm (Can, death metal)
The Death Gate Cycle Of Reincarnation - demo - 1992
The Prophecy (Stigmata of the Immaculate) - CD - 2000
The Mystical Gate of Reincarnation - mCD - 1993
Serenity in Fire - CD - 2004
Sorcery - CD - 1995
Sorcery/The Mystical Gate of Reincarnation - CD - 1998
Both releases with 3 bonus tracks.
Temple of Knowledge (Kataklysm Part III) - CD (with one bonus) - 1996
With 'L'Odyss�e' bonus track.

Katatonia (Swe) See also: Bewitched, Diabolical Masquerade
Dance of December Souls - CD - 1993
For Funerals to Come... - mCD - 1995

Katraz (Fra, heavy metal)
C'est Aujourd'hui... b/w Le Prix de ta Libert� - EP - 1988

Kawir (Gre, black metal)
Epoptia - CD - 1999

Kazjurol (Swe, thrash)
A Lesson In Love - demo - 1988
Dance Tarantella - CD - 1990

Keel (US) See also: Steeler
The Final Frontier - CD - 1986
Lay Down the Law - CD - 1984

Keep of Kalessin (Nor, black metal)
Agnen: A Journey Through the Dark - CD - 1999
Through Times of War - CD - 1997

Keria (Fra, heavy metal)
**Supposedly had members of Diatribe (Fra)?
Demo - 1985

Kern (Czech, melodic heavy metal)
Mistr Čas - CD - 1995
Tot�ln� Tunel - CD - 1994
Ztr�ty & N�ŕezy - CD - 1992

KeyDragon (US)
Awful lo-fi fantasy metal.
Drink from the Waters of War - CD - 2002

Khafra (Mex, heavy metal)
Khafra - CD - 1987/1995
Reissue of the first '87 LP.

Khaos (Honduras, heavy metal)
Forjado En Rocka - CD - 1985

Kharon (Nor, black/death metal)
Raised By Hellish Demons - CD - 2003

Khephra (Ita, black metal)
Khephra - mCD - 1998

Khrom (Fra, heavy metal)
Partir - EP - 1988

Kick Axe (Can)
Rock the World - CD (with 1 bonus) - 1986/2005
Vices - CD - 1984/2000

Reissue with bonus track and new cover/layout.
Killen (US, heavy metal)
Killen - LP - 1987

Killengod (Aus't, death/black metal)
Into The Ancient Moon - CD - 1998

Killer (Bel, heavy metal)
**See also: 'Mausoleum: The Official 20th Anniversary Concert Album' comp.
Broken Silence - CD - 2003
Fatal Attraction - CD (with four bonus) - 1991/2002
Reissue with 4 bonus from the '88 Van Camp solo album.
Ready for Hell/Wall of Sound (with one bonus) - 1980/1981/2002
Reissue of the first two albums with a bonus comp. track.
Shock Waves - CD (with four bonus) - 1983/2002
Reissue with 4 bonus from the unreleased '85 live album.

Killer (Swi, heavy metal)
Young Blood - CD - 1986

Killer (UK, NWOBHM) See also: Tokyo Blade
Demo - 1981

Killer Fox ("US"/Germany, heavy metal) Orgasm of Death - CD - 1990
Although this uses their band photo and similar name, this apparently really has nothing to do with Killer Foxx, it's just another "follow-up" concoction by Metal Enterprises. Strange and insane-sounding heavy metal.

Killers (Fra, speed metal)
109 - CD - 1999
Cit�s Interdites - CD - 1992
Contre Courant - CD - 1995
Danger de Vie - CD - 1986
Ennemis en Public - live CD - 1996
...Fils de la Haine - CD - 1985
Fort Int�rieur - CD - 1998
Habemus Metal - CD - 2002
Killing Games - CD - 2001
Le C�t� Live ! - live CD - 2003
Live France Festival, Choisy-le-Roi France 1985
Minigaps. No specific date, but either either July 6 or 7.
Live S�rignac, France April 16, 1988
Minigaps.
Mise aux Poings - CD - 1987
Mise aux Poings 2001 - CD - 2001
Re-recording.
R�sistances - CD - 1989

Killing Addiction (US, death metal)
Omega Factor - CD - 1993

Killium (Swi, heavy metal/hard rock)
Psychopolis - CD - 1993

Killroy (Ger, power/heavy metal)
Gem - CD - 1994

Kimmo Kuusniemi Band (Fin, heavy metal) See also: Sarcofagus
**Just Sarcofagus temporarily under a different name
Moottorilinnut - CD - 1982/2007

King Diamond (Denmark)
A Dangerous Meeting (split with Mercyful Fate) - CD - 1992
The Dark Sides - mCD - 1988
The Eye - CD - 1990
Fatal Portrait - CD (with one bonus) - 1986/1997
Remaster with 'No Presents for Christmas' as bonus.
The Graveyard - CD - 1996
House of God - CD - 2000
In Concert '87: Abigail - live CD - 1990
Joker Up My Sleeve - bootleg CD
Live Gothenburg, Sweden Nov. 19, 1987. Includes Mercyful Fate's 'Evil' and 'Come to the Sabbath.'
The Puppet Master - CD - 2003
Shaped EP - mCD - 1999
'95-'98 material.
Voodoo - CD - 1998

Kingdom of Dead/K.O.D. (US, death/thrash metal)
Kingdom of Dead - CD - 1993
Some songs have vocals by Bruce Corbitt of Rigor Mortis.

King's-Evil (Japan, thrash)
Deletion of Humanoise - CD - 2001

King Kobra (US)
Ready to Strike - CD (reissue) - 1985/199?
'Hunger' was written by Kick Axe.

King's Ransom (US-TX, heavy metal)
Curators of the Realm - CD (with 8 bonus) - 1989/2008
Reissue of the 1989 tape with 8 bonus tracks from 1988.

Kipelov & Mavrin (Rus) See also: Aria
Smutnoye Vremya ('Dark Times') - CD - 1997

Klaxon (Fra, hard rock)
Musique Dans La Peau - LP - 1982
Pretty good, typical hard rock here.
Klaxon - CD - 1985/1995
Now AOR style.

Klinika/Clinic (Russia, thrash)
...Nishtyak, Klinika!!! - CD - 2002
Remaster of some '86-'91 recordings.

K-Octave (US, heavy metal) See also: October 31
Outer Limits - CD - 2001

Koffin Kanser (Malaysia)
Breed New Agenda - mCD - 1999
Soul New Agenda - CD - 1999

Kohort (Poland, black metal)
Christian Masquerade - CD - 1995

Komun�ln� Odpad (Czech, power metal)
Bůh m� jednu tv�ř - CD - 2003
Mr. Klon - CD - 2002

Konkhra (Den, death metal)
Sexual Affective Disorder - CD - 1993
Spit or Swallow/Facelift - CD - 1995/2003
Remaster including the 'Facelift' EP '94 as bonus tracks.
Stranded - CD - 1992
3 then-new tracks and 3 from the 'Malgrowth' '91 demo.
Weed Out the Week - CD - 1997

Korihor (Philippines, black metal)
Alkoholik Metal Blasphemers (split with Abigail) - CD - 2003

Korova (Austria)
A Kiss in the Charnel Fields - CD - 1995
Dead Like an Angel - CD - 1998

Korp (Swe, black/death metal)
Demon-Reborn - CD - 1999

Korrozia Metalla (Russia, thrash)
Cannibal - CD - 1990
Includes a few live bonuses.
Live in October/Жизнь в Октябре - live CD - 1987
Live '87.
Man With Scar/Человек со Шрамом - CD - 1997
Some newer material, and some live stuff including 'Lucifer,' 'SPID,' etc.
Nicht Kapituliren - CD - 1995
Live and studio tracks, all from '95.
Russian Vodka - CD - 1989
Sadism - CD - 1992
Satan's Order/Орден Сатаны - CD - 1988
Satan's Order/Орден Сатаны - CD (with one bonus) - 1988/1995
Reissue with a newer track, 'Seventh Gate of Hell.'
Uproar in Orlyonok - 90/Дебош в Орлёнке - 90 - live CD - 1990

Korsakov (Neth, death/thrash)
Hangover Heroes - demo - 1989
Radiation Exposure - demo - 1991
Autopsy cover.

Korzus (Brazil, thrash)
**See also 'S.P. Metal II' compilation.
Mass Illusion - CD - 1991
Pay For Your Lies - mLP - 1989
Sabbath cover.
Sonho Man�aco - LP - 1987

Kovenant, The (Nor) See also: Covenant
In Times Before the Light - CD - 2002
Remix/re-recording of Covenant's debut album.

Kraal (Fra)
Mutant - mCD - 1998

Krabathor (Czech, death metal)
Cool Mortification - CD - 1993
Mortal Memories - mCD - 1996
New material, plus tracks from their old demos as Krabator
Only Our Death Is Welcome... - CD - 1992
Orthodox - CD - 1998

Kraina Bez Wiatru (Poland, folk/ambient)
Split with Perunwit - CD - 2001

Kraken (Colombia, heavy metal, hard rock)
After 'IV' album, basically hard rock with relatively few heavy songs.
I + II - CD - 1987/1988/199?
13 tracks from the first two LPs.
III/Tres - CD - 1990
IV + V: Vive el rock Nacional - CD - 1993/1995/2004
Various tracks from the IV/V albums and an acoustic version of 'Lenguaje de Mi Piel.'

Kraken (Can, heavy metal)
Demo - 1982
'Kill the King'/'Executioner'/'The Kraken.'

Kranc (US)
Mix of death/modern thrash/aggro stuff.
Kranc - mCD - ????
No date, but obviously late '90s or later.

Krakkbrain (Fra, thrash/death metal) See also: Misanthrope
Innercut - mCD - 1993

Kranium (Peru)
Early material is death metal, late '90s CD is sort of doomy metal with folk elements.
Mundo Interior - CD - 1992/2006
CD reissue of the '92 demo with an intro and two '93 bonus tracks. Old-style South American dm here.

Krankenstein (US, thrash)
Krankenstein - CD - 1993

Kratos (US, heavy metal)
Iron Beast - EP - 1985
Kratos - mCD - 1997

Kraze (US, heavy/speed metal)
Devil In Disguise - CD - 2002
Compilation of late '80s demotracks.

Kreator (Ger) See also: Tormentor
**Additional material on Doomsday News compilations.
After the Attack - Pic-LP - 1986
Really 'Pleasure to Kill' with an extra track.
Coma of Souls - CD - 1990
Eat Or Die - bootleg CD
Live Munich-Riem, Germany 1993. Entire 'Renewal' album is played.
Endless Pain - CD - 1985/1989
Includes 2 bonus tracks from the 'Flag of Hate' EP, and 'Flag of Hate' itself is replaced with the EP version.
Extreme Aggression - CD - 1989
Flag of Hate - mLP - 1986
6 tracks.
Live Kreation - live 2CD - 2003
Out of the Dark... Into the Light - mCD - 1988
Original 6-track CD version, this is the only one with the Tygers of Pan Tang cover.
Pleasure to Kill - CD - 1986
Pleasure to Kill - CD (with 6 bonus) - 1986/1988
Combat/Noise press with the entire 6-track 'Flag of Hate' mLP.
Pleasure to Kill - CD (with 3 bonus) - 1986
Reissue with 3 'Flag of Hate' tracks.
rehearsal 4/4/85
'Tormentor'/'Total Death'/'Storm of the Beast.'
Renewal - CD - 1992
Terrible Certainty - CD - 1987
Violent Revolution - CD (with one bonus) - 2001
Digipak with a demo version of the title track.
Violent Revolution/Live in Moscow - CD - 2001/200?
Unofficial version with four live 2000 tracks.
We Give You Pain - bootleg CD
Live Berlin, Germany Mar. 4, 1990. The full set from the 'Thrashing East Live' show

Kreyson (Czech, power metal) See also: Citron, Motorband
Angel on the Run (English version) - CD - 1991

Krieg (US, black metal)
Battlegod - promo (2 trks) - 1996
The Black Plague - CD - 2001
Compilation of old demo material and a Von cover.
The Church - mCD - 2001
Contains the 'Forgotten Secrets' demo 2000 and a new version of 'To Wander the Stars.'
Death Glorification (split with Morte Incandescente) - CD - 2004
Kill Yourself or Someone You Love - CD - 2002
Live 2001, with a Von cover.
None Shall Escape the Wrath (split with Eternal Majesty/Judas Iscariot/Macabre Omen - CD - 2000
Rise of the Imperial Hordes - CD - 1998
Split with Kult Ov Azazel - CD - 2001
Tormenting Necrometal - demo - 1999
To the Coming Age of Intolerance (split with Judas Iscariot) - EP - 2001

Krisiun (Brazil, death metal)
Black Force Domain - CD - 1995
Conquering North America 1999-2000 - bootleg CD
Live tracks from two gigs. No specific date/location info.
Unmerciful Order - mLP - 1994

Kristallnacht (Fra, black metal)
Gathered under the Banner of Concilium (split with Blessed in Sin/Seigneur Voland) - CD - 2001

Kristendom (Fra)
From Within - CD - 2000

Krle� (Czech, heavy metal)
Dejte plamenům co hoř� - CD - 1998
To - CD - 2001

Krokus (Swi)
Headhunter (remaster) - CD - 1983

Kro-Manyon (Rus, heavy/thrash metal)
Stones of War - CD - 2002

Kr�n�s (Col, heavy metal)
Kr�n�s - LP - 1988

Kr�ger (Rus)
Early material is thrash with evil/Satanic themes, later is Mot�rhead-style metal.
Мы-Рок! - CD - 2002

Kruiz (Rus, speed metal)
**Note the different lyrics versions of the self-titled album are not the same in terms of tracklisting and content.
Kruiz-1 - CD (with 3 bonus) - 1986
Russian lyrics version. Includes 'Knight of the Road/Avenger/To the Fire!' as bonuses.
Kruiz - CD - 1988
English lyrics version.

Kr'uppt (US, thrash)
The Spunion Field - CD - 1996
European market version of 'Within the Asylum' with some different tracks.
Within the Asylum - CD - 1994

Kryptik Embrace (US, death/grind)
Reign of Obscurity - mCD - 2000

Kryptor (Czech, thrash) See also: T�rr, Debustrol, Harlej
Na V�chodn� Front� Boj! - live CD - 1997
Septical Anaesthesia - CD - 1990
Time 4 Crime - CD - 1991
United & Live - CD - 1994
Includes 7 live '94 songs, taken from the first 3 albums.

Kr�stal S�nn (US, thrash/heavy metal)
American Steel - CD - 1991
About half the songs are full-on thrashers, half is more commercial metal/hard rock type stuff.

Kublai Khan (US, thrash)
Annihilation - CD - 1987

Kult Ov Azazel (US, black metal)
Split with Krieg - CD - 2001
Triumph of Fire - CD - 2001

Kuni (Japan/US, heavy metal)
Jeff Scott Soto on vocals.
Lookin' for Action - CD - 1988

Kupczyk, Grzegorz (Poland, heavy metal) Turbo, Non Iron, Ceti vocalist
200012000 - live CD - 200?
Kupczyk doing Turbo, Non Iron, and Ceti songs live. Turbo stuff is from the era of the first two albums.
Klassika (with Esqarial) - CD - 2004
Actually an Esqarial album, but with Kupczyk on vocals.

Kurb Saatus (Neth, death, death/doom)
Demo - 1995
Never Forgotten - mCD - 1997

Kvikks�lvguttene (Nor, death metal) See also: Mayhem, Vomit
Gamlem - mCD - 1997
Krieg - CD - 1997
Mayhem cover.

Kvist (Nor, black metal)
For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike - CD - 1995

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