Mille Petrozza

Mille Petrozza
Mille Petrozza

Live at Hole In The Sky, Bergen Metal Fest 2007
Background information
Birth name Miland Petrozza
Born December 18, 1966 (1966-12-18) (age 44)
Origin Essen, Germany
Genres Thrash metal
Heavy metal
Occupations Musician, Songwriter, Guitarist
Instruments Vocals, Guitar
Years active 1982–present
Associated acts Kreator
Voodoocult
Nail Within

Miland "Mille" Petrozza (born December 18, 1966) is a German (of Italian- from Calabria descent) guitarist and singer. He is best known for being the lead vocalist of the band Kreator[1] (which he started playing in as Tormentor in 1984). He also had a school-band named Tyrant.

Petrozza also shared lead vocals in union with Tomas Lindberg for the track "Dirty Coloured Knife" on the self-titled 2002 album from Israeli metal act Nail Within.[2]

In 1994, he played guitar in the metal all-star band Voodoocult, amongst such artists as Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Chuck Schuldiner of Death.

He appeared on Edguy's 2004 album, Hellfire Club, providing lead vocals on an alternate version of the album's opening song, "Mysteria", featured as a bonus track to the album. He also appeared on Caliban's 2006 album The Undying Darkness[3] on "Moment of Clarity". Also, he acts as himself in the "IchGott"-videoclip of "Honigdieb".

He also most recently appeared on the 2010 Volbeat album Beyond Hell/Above Heaven on the track titled "7 Shots".

Petrozza has an extensive collection of guitars, but his primary guitar is a Jackson KV2 guitar, which he plays almost exclusively live.

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