A Vision of Misery

A Vision of Misery
Studio album by Sadus
Released	March 27, 1992
Recorded	Hollywood, California, January–February 1992
Genre	Thrash metal, technical death metal
Length	37:03
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Sadus, Bill Metoyer
Sadus chronology
Swallowed in Black (1990) ''A Vision of Misery'' (1992) Elements of Anger (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

A Vision of Misery is the third full-length album by the thrash metal band Sadus, released in 1992.

Reissued by Displeased Records in 2007 with a bonus DVD, also reissued in January 2007 by Metal Mind Productions as a Deluxe digipak gold-disc edition with two bonus Demo tracks taken from the 1987 Demo album Certain Death Demo as well as liner notes.

Track listing

• All songs written and arranged by Sadus.

1. "Through the Eyes of Greed" – 4:17
2. "Valley of Dry Bones" – 2:22
3. "Machines" – 3:52
4. "Slave to Misery" – 4:01
5. "Throwing away the Day" – 3:43
6. "Facelift" – 7:00
7. "Deceptive Perceptions" – 3:35
8. "Under the Knife" – 2:11
9. "Echoes of Forever" – 6:00

2006 reissue bonus tracks

10. "Hands of Fate"
11. "Number One"

2007 reissue bonus DVD

1. "Through the eyes of greed (Oakland '92 live)"
2. "Valley of dry bones (Oakland '92 live)"
3. "Facelift (Oakland '92 live)"
4. "Certain death (Oakland '92 live)"
5. "Deceptive perceptions (Oakland '92 live)"
6. "Hands of fate (Oakland '92 live)"
7. "Echoes of forever (Oakland '92 live)"
8. "Throwing away the day (Oakland '92 live)"
9. "Machines (Oakland '92 live)"
10. "In your face (Oakland '92 live)"
11. "Sadus attack (Oakland '92 live)"
12. "Slave to misery (Oakland '92 live)"
13. "Live clips and behind the scenes (NY '90)"

Credits

• Darren Travis – Guitar, Vocals
• Rob Moore – Guitar
• Steve DiGiorgio – Bass
• Jon Allen – Drums

The cover art was done by Jason Garvin, and the photos were done by Jeff Moore and Joe Giron. The drumkit used on the record was provided by John "Hexx" Shafer.

Charts

Monthly

Year	Chart	Position
2007	Poland (ZPAV Top 100)	44