Today in 1992 Atrocity released the album Todessehnsucht Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg,Germany Technical Death Metal (early), Folk Metal, Gothic/Industrial/Symphonic Metal (later) Status:Active Years active: 1985-present Atrocity are a German Death metal/ goth metal act formed in 1985 in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg. The style of music on the band´s first two albums were death metal but from the third album Blut (1994) the band began incorporating goth metal and industrial elements to their sound. The band was originally called Instigator, and played grindcore under that name. Atrocity played death metal until Todessehnsucht. However, the on album Blut they started to experiment with non-metal genres. For example, Werk 80 is an album consisted of covers of pop songs from the 1980s. Subsequently, on Atlantis Atrocity went back to extreme metal. The entire Atrocity line-up (plus Alex Krulls wife Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull) also functions as Leaves Eyes. in 1999 They Take part to the Accepts Tribute cd, with the Cover Track of Shake Your Heads Roadrunner Records Alexander Krull - vocals Mathias Röderer - guitar Richard Scharf - guitar Oliver Klasen - bass Michael Schwarz - drums Guest/Session Florian Lothe Vocals (bass) Johannes Puschel Vocals (baritone) Stefan Weible Vocals (tenor) Robert Russ Vocals (Countertenor) 1. Todessehnsucht (3:47) 2. Godless Years (5:37) 3. Unspoken Names (5:25) 4. Defiance (4:56) 5. Triumph at Dawn (3:59) 6. Introduction (1:32) 7. Sky Turned Red (6:21) 8. Necropolis (4:08) 9. A Prison Called Earth (6:02) 10. Todessehnsucht (reprise) (2:02) 11. Archangel (3:27) Total Time: 47:21 Todessehnsucht was first released in Europe. The American version had its name changed, against the bands will, to Longing for Death. Recorded at Mainstreet Studio Fautspach. Engineered by Falk Gruber, Florian Brugger and Atrocity. Mixed at Daylight Studios, Stuttgart. Mastered at Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg. Produced by Atrocity. All songs by Atrocity except Archangel by Chuck Schuldiner. Some versions have a bonus track: 11. Archangel (Death cover). Re-released in 2007 (Europe) and 2008 (USA) by Metal Mind Productions in digipack format. Limited to 2000 copies. Todessehnsucht is the second album by Atrocity. At the time the band still played death metal with a technical edge. The album was released in some countries with the title Longing for Death, which is a translation of the original German title. The album was released in 1992 by Roadrunner Records. The final track on the album, Archangel, is a cover of Death; however the lyrics are re-written as the original ones are not available youtube/watch?v=9uOlfzcWyM4
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