Kreator will hit the stage in Universiada Hall on February 8, according to the organisers Most of Evil Music. The German thrash legends will arrive in Sofia promoting their new album with a new European tour which will see in the end the release of a Live DVD.

Kreator have threatened their Bulgarian fans with a killer show lasting over two hours with the set list consisting of all of their old hits, plus the new material from "Hordes of Chaos", coming out on February 19.

Support bands on the day will be Caliban, Emergency Gate and Eluveitie. The tickets are priced at 35 leva and are available in the O4Z store and through the Eventim network. Tickets will cost 45 leva on the day of the show.

Kreator formed as Tyrant in 1982 in Essen, Germany, to become a household name for thrash metal fans. The original lineup featured vocalist/guitarist Mille Petrozza, drummer Jurgen Reil, and bassist Rob Fioretti. Shortly after the creation of the band they decided to opt for another name and were renamed Tormentor. However this created slight altercations with a band from Hungary also called Tormentor who had earlier copyright to the name, thus they switched to Kreator and signed with Noise Records in 1985, relieasing their first record, Endless Pain, shortly afterwards.

Terrible Certainty was released in 1987 which is considered to be Kreator's best album by many of their hard core followers, as the arrangements on the album were far more intricate and the tempos more varied and irregular. "Behind The Mirror" was a single on the album, which became an instant hit with fans, and the band's stature continued to gain momentum.

In the mid-1990s, Kreator went through some lineup changes which many believe gave the band a shot in the arm. Gosdzik and Cangelosi left in 1996 and were replaced by Tommy Vetterli (formerly of Coroner). The band continued to experiment with their sound, releasing  Outcast and Endorama, and in both albums strong elements of goth and ambient influences were incorporated. Petrozza himself has always insisted that the major influences behind Kreator and of him as a musician were Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Megadeth, Anhtrax, Slayer, and Death.

But it was one of their last releases that really put Kreator in the mainstream without them selling out or having to compromise with their music. In  fact, Violent Revolution was very much a return to the old Kreator, only more complex, more melodic and just as brutal and heavy. Released in 2003, it paved the way for another classic Kreator album which also maintained the new trend of looking back to the past: Enemy of God, released in 2005.