Gods of Violence is the fourteenth studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released on 27 January 2017.

[1][2] This is Kreator's final studio album with bassist Christian "Speesy" Giesler before his departure from the band in 2019.

[4] Special editions of the album were released with a bonus Blu-ray/DVD of Kreator's performance at Wacken 2014.

Writing for All About the Rock, Fraser Wilson said: "With this record, Kreator have created a slab of truly eviscerating aural perfection.

Thrash may have been born in San Francisco's Bay Area, but it was perfected in Essen.