Violent New Breed

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Violent New Breed
Violent New Breed (cover).jpg
Studio album by
Released28 September 1993
Recorded Atlantis, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre Industrial metal, hard rock
Length43:43
Label Relativity
Producer Ulf "Cybersank" Sandquist
Shotgun Messiah
Shotgun Messiah chronology
Second Coming
(1991)
Violent New Breed
(1993)
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Violent New Breed is the third and final album by Swedish rock band Shotgun Messiah, released in 1993 on Relativity Records. Breaking from their previous albums, Violent New Breed features a more industrial rock/metal sound.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I'm a Gun" - 3:29
  2. "Come Down" - 3:12
  3. "Violent New Breed" - 4:57
  4. "Enemy in Me" - 4:05
  5. "Revolution" - 3:38
  6. "Monkey Needs" - 3:22
  7. "Rain" - 3:46
  8. "Jihad" - 3:53
  9. "Side F/X" - 2:08
  10. "Sex" - 4:17
  11. "Overkill" - 3:14
  12. "I Come in Peace" - 3:43

Personnel

Produced, arranged and performed by Ulf "Cybersank" Sandquist and Shotgun Messiah (Harry Cody & Tim Skold.)

Recorded at Atlantis Studios, Stockholm.

Mixed by Stefan Glaumann at M.V.G. Studios, Stockholm.

Cover by Michael Lucero (?UC-Is-?U-Get) and Shotgun Messiah.

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References

  1. "Violent New Breed - Shotgun Messiah". Allmusic.