Atrocity "Werk 80"

Werk 80 is the fifth full-length album by German industrial gothic metal band Atrocity and was released in 1997. It's the band's first full-length album with cover versions of popular 1980s songs. Atrocity released a sequel, Werk 80 II, in 2008.

Track list: 

1. Shout (Tears for Fears cover) 06:29   
2. Rage Hard (Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover) 04:58   
3. Wild Boys (Duran Duran cover) 04:11   
4. The Great Commandment (Camouflage cover) 03:29   
5. Send Me an Angel (Real Life cover) 03:49   
6. Tainted Love (Gloria Jones cover) 02:49   
7. Der Mussolini (D.A.F. cover) 03:48   
8. Being Boiled (Human League cover) 03:51   
9. Don't Go (Yazoo cover) 03:01   
10. Let's Dance (David Bowie cover) 05:13   
11. Maid of Orleans (O.M.D. cover) 04:09   

Total Time :  45:47  

Covers of 1980s pop songs.

Recording information:

Recorded & mixed at Danse Macabre Studio, Bayreuth in Spring/Summer 1997.

Mastered at Master Sound.

Atrocity "Hallucinations"

Hallucinations is the debut album by the German death metal band Atrocity. It was released in 1990 by Roadrunner Records and was produced by Scott Burns. This is a concept album which follows the story of a young girl who is sexually abused as a child, and her descent into drug abuse and eventual death.

The album was reissued in 1997 with the Blue Blood EP.

Track listing

1. "Deep in Your Subconscious" – 5:26
2. "Life Is a Long and Silent River" – 3:36
3. "Fatal Step" – 2:45
4. "Hallucinations" – 4:30
5. "Defeated Intellect" – 5:25
6. "Abyss of Addiction" – 3:39
7. "Hold out (To the End)" – 5:14
8. "Last Temptation" – 5:17

Music by Mathias Röderer.

The album includes the following warning note: "The characters, places and incidents described in Hallucinations are the product of Alexander Krull's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locations, is entirely coincidental".

The cover painting:

Work #93, "Hommage an S. Beckett I"

100 cm x 80 cm painted in oil on wood, 1968.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Morrisound Recordings, Tampa, Florida, June/July 1990.

Co-produced and co-mixed by Atrocity

Various Artists "Beauty In Darkness Vol.2"

Beauty in Darkness Vol.2 is a Metal compilation, released in 1997 by Nuclear Blast.

Track listing

1. EverEve - The Bride Wears Black    6:02
2. Therion - Up to Nezach    3:41
3. Love Like Blood - Pale Sky    4:07
4. Dimmu Borgir - A Succubus in Rapture    5:54
5. Atrocity - Love Is Dead    4:29
6. Pain - On Your Knees (Again)    4:28
7. Theatre of Tragedy - Black As the Devil Painteth    5:14
8. Darkseed - Hold Me    4:49
9. Crematory - Shadows of Mine (Live)    4:42
10. Lacrimosa - Mein Zweites Herz    6:50
11. In Flames - Artefacts of the Black Rain    3:15
12. Dreadful Shadows - Dissolution    4:30
13. My Dying Bride - For You    6:34
14. Secret Discovery - Colour My Life    3:01
15. Sentenced - Noose    4:00
16. Pyogenesis - Blue Smiley's Plan    3:40
17. Alastis - In Darkness    3:51

Various Artists "Beauty In Darkness"

Beauty in Darkness is a Goth Rock/Black Metal/Doom Metal/Death Metal compilation released by Nuclear Blast in 1996, first edition came in a 2-page digipak plus regular booklet. 

Track 2 is not the version from "Theli", but rather an early studio recording of this song. The structure and instruments are already the same as in the final version, but vocals, guitars and the overall mix are quite different. 
Track 5 is the acoustic version, not the regular version of this song. 
Track 10 is the same version as on the "Maximum Abduction" Shape CD5", but not the version from "The Final Chapter" album. 
Track 12 is credited as a "remixed version" in the booklet, but it is the album version. 
Track 15 is from first version of "Acme" available on cassette format only. 
Track 17 is titled "Feather's Fell" which is wrong. It is the same version as on the "Where Dead Angels Lie" CD5" and also released as "Alternative Mix '95" on the Ultimate Reissue version of "Storm Of The Light's Bane".

1 –In Flames Moonshield 4:59
2 –Therion To Mega Therion (Demo Version) 6:33
3 –Lacrimosa Copycat 4:56
4 –Crematory Tears Of Time 5:00
5 –Amorphis My Kantele (Acoustic Reprise) 5:46
6 –Sentenced Nepenthe 3:52
7 –Pyogenesis Symbol Of Disgrace 4:11
8 –Love Like Blood Shed Your Skin 4:20
9 –Tiamat Whatever That Hurts 5:48
10 –Hypocrisy Request Denied 4:40
11 –Theatre Of Tragedy A Hamlet For A Slothful Vassal 4:02
12 –End Of Green Seasons Of Black 3:24
13 –Mindrot Burden (Edit Version) 4:56
14 –Atrocity Featuring Das Ich Die Liebe (Remastered) 4:05
15 –Sirrah Acme 6:15
16 –Cradle Of Filth Nocturnal Supremacy 5:53

17 –Dissection Feathers Fell 0:52

Various Artists "At Death's Door II"

At Death's Door II is a compilation album released in 1993 by Roadrunner Records.

Various Artists "Christmas Pandemonium"

Christmas Pandemonium is an Italian compilation, released in 1992 by Slow Death Records.

Tracklisting given in the back cover and booklet is not right at all. Correct tracklisting is as follows: 

1. Unleashed - The Dark One 
2. Unleashed - If They Had Eyes 
3. Autopsy - Critical MadnesS 
4. Autopsy - Pagan Saviour 
5. Venom - Die Hard 
6. Venom - Harder Than Ever 
7. Massacra - Gods Of Hate 
8. Massacra - Full Of Hatred 
9. Obituary - Slowly We Rot 
10. Obituary - Words Of Evil 
11. Obituary - Deadly Intentions/Godly Beings 
12. Morgoth - The Beyond 
13. Morgoth - Lies Of Distrust 
14. Atrocity - Fatal Step/Hallucinations 
15. Atrocity - A Prison Called Earth 

The booklet lists specific dates for all tracks, but no location information is provided. 

Tracks 1 & 2 recorded live 14-06-1991. 
Tracks 3 & 4 recorded live 25-02-1990. 
Tracks 5 & 6 recorded live 13-02-1990. 
Tracks 7 & 8 recorded live 13-06-1991. 
Tracks 9, 10 & 11 recorded live 31-08-1990. 
Tracks 12 & 13 recorded live 31-08-1990. 
Tracks 14 & 15 recorded live 27-06-1991. 

Limited edition (only 777 copies).