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Atrocities (album)

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Atrocitites
Studio album by
Released1986
Recorded1985
GenreGothic rock, deathrock
Length41:03
LabelNormal Records
ProducerValor
Christian Death chronology
The Wind Kissed Pictures
(1985)
Atrocitites
(1986)
The Scriptures
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Atrocities was Christian Death's fourth album and the first with Valor Kand taking over main duties after Rozz Williams' departure. The album's subject matter deals almost exclusively with the Holocaust including songs about Auschwitz and Josef Mengele. Recorded at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales it also featured the songwriting and arrangement skills of Barry Galvin, who, along with Johann Schumann, would leave the group upon the completion of Atrocities - both went on to form Mephisto Walz.

Track listing

Prologue
  1. "Will-o-the-Wisp" (Valor) - 3:15
  2. "Tales of Innocence" (Valor, B. Galvin) - 6:23
  3. "Strapping Me Down" (Valor, B. Galvin) - 2:36
  4. "The Danzig Waltz" (Valor) - 3:31
  5. "Chimere De-ci De-la" (Valor) - 4:41
Finale
  1. "Silent Thunder" (Valor, B. Galvin) - 6:32
  2. "Strange Fortune" (Valor) - 3:52
  3. "Ventriloquist" (Valor) - 4:31
  4. "Gloomy Sunday" (Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress) - 3:01
  5. "The Death of Josef" (Valor, D. Glass) - 4:41

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Huey, Steve. Atrocities at AllMusic