Hallucinations (Atrocity album)

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Hallucinations
Atrocity - Hallucinations.jpg
Cover art by H. R. Giger
Studio album by
Released15 October 1990
Recorded Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida, June/July 1990
Genre Technical death metal
Length35:54
Label Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner
Producer Markus Staiger, Scott Burns, Tom Morris, Atrocity
Atrocity chronology
Blue Blood
(1989)
Hallucinations
(1990)
Todessehnsucht
(1992)
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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. It 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, prostitution and eventual death.

Contents

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

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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
Total length:35:54

Personnel

Atrocity

Production

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References

  1. Connolly, Dave. "Hallucinations - Atrocity". AllMusic.