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Watch Kreator bring the metal to The K! Pit At Welcome To Rockville

Kreator unleashed their own brand of extreme aggression when the The K! Pit came to Welcome To Rockville festival in Florida...

July 29, 2026

Words:: Kerrang! staff
Photos:: Nathan Zucker

Teutonic thrash legends Kreator sent shockwaves through The K! Pit At Welcome To Rockville with their blistering assault of pure metallic fury.

With bona fide metal maniac Mille Petrozza front and centre, the German heavyweights pummelled Daytona International Speedway into gravel with their rapidfire set of Extreme Aggression, People Of The Lie and Betrayer.

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