Atrocity
| Atrocity | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) |
Death Metal (to death longing ) , Extreme Metal ( blood and willpower ) , |
| founding | 1985 |
| Website | www.atrocity.de |
| Founding members | |
| Alexander Krull | |
| Mathias Röderer | |
Electric guitar |
Frank Knodel (until 1990) |
| René Tometschek (until 1990) | |
| Gernot Winkler (until 1989) | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Alexander Krull |
Electric guitar |
Thorsten Bauer (since 1995) |
Electric guitar |
Pete Streit (since 2015) |
Drums |
Joris Nijenhuis (since 2012) |
| former members | |
Electric guitar |
Richard Scharf (1988–1994) |
Electric bass |
Oliver Klasen (1988–1993) |
Drums |
Michael Schwarz (1988–1999) |
Electric bass |
Markus Knapp (1994–1995) |
Drums |
Martin Schmidt (2000-2004) |
Electric bass |
Christian Lukhaup (1995-2007) |
Drums |
Moritz Neuner (2004-2007) |
Drums |
Nick Barker (2008) |
bass |
Alla Fedynitch (2008) |
Electric guitar |
Mathias Röderer (until 2009) |
Drums |
Seven Antonopoulos (until 2010) |
Drums |
Roland Navratil (until 2011) |
Electric guitar |
Sander van der Meer (until 2015) |
Atrocity ("Atrocity", "Abscheulichkeit") is a German metal band with roots in death metal .
Band history
The band was founded in 1985 by Alexander Krull , Mathias Röderer, Frank Knodel, René Tometschek and Gernot Winkler under the name Instigators in Ludwigsburg . With this line-up, the band, already under the name Atrocity, recorded a demo in 1988 called Instigators . Before the release of the EP Blue Blood , which had some success within the scene, the band separated from Winkler and Knodel. Tometschek left the band a little later. Michael Schwarz became the new drummer, bass Oliver Klasen and Richard Scharf joined the band as guitarist.
Her first album, Hallucinations, with a cover by HR Giger was released in 1990. The songs were recorded in just eight days during a tour with Carcass at Morrisound Recording in Tampa , Florida , directed by Scott Burns . The next album Todessehnsucht stands out because of its pronounced classical elements, for example four opera singers were asked for help. For the following concept album, Blut , Krull was inspired by the landscape of Transylvania . Apparently he even found out that some of his ancestors lived in the Carpathian Mountains . Finally, the album is about vampirism . The new pieces were presented on the following tour with Obituary , Pitchshifter , and Crematory , with Alexander Krull's sister Yasmin on some of the pieces.
On the record Calling the Rain , released in 1995, the Krull siblings worked even more closely together. The calm melancholy style of this record is very different from the band's original death metal style. As a result, they played at a concert with Goethe's heirs in front of a seated audience. The next album was created in collaboration with Das Ich . The concept of Die Liebe was to rearrange pieces from the other band and then record them together. With the release of the album Willenskraft , suspicions arose because of the harsh lyrics that Atrocity was right-wing extremist. In response, the band destroyed a huge swastika during the song Willenskraft at Wacken Open Air 1996 . She went on tour with the bands In Flames , Totenmond and Heavenwood .
In 1997, Werk 80 managed to surprise both the fan base and critics. The disc contains only songs from the 1980s, including Tainted Love by Soft Cell , Shout by Tears for Fears , The Great Commandment by Camouflage and The Wild Boys by Duran Duran . This album was also the first to hear Liv Kristine's voice. She and Krull later married, their son Leon Alexander was born on December 18, 2003. The couple separated in 2016. After tours with Haggard , Joachim Witt and Oomph! Drummer Michael Schwarz left the band for the album, a replacement was found in Martin Schmidt. With him the band then recorded the tenth album Gemini , and they switched to the Motor Music label . In 2002 Alexander Krull and his bandmates founded the Mastersound Studio near Stuttgart. In addition to the band's own productions, many other rock and metal albums have since been produced in the Mastersound Studio.
In 2004, Atlantis followed with the single Cold Black Days . Atrocity's band members have formed the band Leaves' Eyes together with Liv Kristine since 2003 . In November 2007 Christian Lukhaup and Moritz Neuner left both bands. In February 2008 the album Werk 80 II was released , on which the burlesque model Dita Von Teese adorns the cover designed by Ingo Römling in a lascivious pose . In May, the drummer Nick Barker, who had only arrived in January, left again. In October 2008, Atrocity announced that a new drummer had been found. It is Seven Antonopolous from Los Angeles, USA. He also got involved with Leaves' Eyes.
Discography
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Demos
- 1988: Instigators ( MC ; self-distribution)
EPs
- 1989: Blue Blood ( 7 ”vinyl ; Nuclear Blast)
- 1996: The Hunt (CD / 10 "; Massacre Records)
- 2017: Masters Of Darkness (CD / 7 "; Massacre Records)
- 2019: Spell of Blood (7 "; Massacre Records)
Studio albums
- 1990: Hallucinations (CD / 2xCD / LP / 2xLP / MC; Nuclear Blast )
- 1992: Todessehnsucht (CD / LP / MC; Roadrunner Records / Warner Music Group ) Released in the USA under the name Longing for Death .
- 1994: Blood (CD / 2xLP / MC; Massacre Records )
- 1996: Willpower (CD / 2xCD / LP / MC; Massacre Records)
- 1997: Werk 80 (CD / 2xCD / 2xLP / MC; Swanlake Records / Massacre Records)
- 2000: Gemini (CD; Motor Music )
- 2004: Atlantis (CD / 2xLP; Napalm Records )
- 2008: Werk 80 II (CD / 2xCD / LP; Napalm Records)
- 2013: Occult (CD / LP; Napalm Records)
- 2018: Okkult II (CD / 2xCD / LP; Massacre Records )
Collaborations
- 1995: Love with Das Ich (CD / LP / MC; Swanlake Records / Massacre Records)
- 1995: Calling the Rain with Yasmin Krull (CD; Swanlake Records / Massacre Records)
- 2010: After the Storm with Yasmin Krull (CD / 2xCD; Napalm Records)
Concert albums
- 2012: The Godless Years (CD + 2xDVD / CD + 2xDVD-V; Napalm Records)
Compilations
- 1996: Kraft & Wille (Video Collection + The Hunt EP)
- 1999: Non Plus Ultra: 1989-1999 (2xCD / 2xMC; Swanlake Records / Massacre Records)
- 2008: Two Originals (3xCD; Massacre Records)
Singles
- 1997: Tainted Love (CD; Swanlake Records / Massacre Records)
- 1997: Shout (CD; Swanlake Records / Massacre Records)
- 1998: The Last Time (CD; Swanlake Records / Massacre Records)
- 2000: Sounds of Silence (CD; Motor Music)
- 2000: Taste of Sin (CD; Motor Music)
- 2004: Cold Black Days (CD; Napalm Records)
- 2008: Smalltown Boy / Relax (CD; Napalm Records)
Other publications
- 1996: The Definition of Force and Will
- 1997: Split EP with Righteous Eyes (CD; Nuclear Blast)
Music videos
- 1994: blood
- 1995: Calling the Rain
- 1995: Love (with Das Ich)
- 1996: Love is Dead
- 2000: Taste of Sin
- 2004: Cold Black Days
- 2008: The Sun Always Shines on TV
- 2009: Fade to Gray
- 2013: Pandaemonium
- 2018: Shadowtaker (Director: Rainer "Zipp" Fränz)