Atrocity (band)
Encyclopedia
Atrocity is a German
Heavy Metal
band
formed in Ludwigsburg
.
and playing grindcore
, Atrocity arose as a death metal band with their debut EP, Blue Blood, in 1989
, followed soon by Hallucinations, a concept album about drug use. Their second album, Todessehnsucht ("longing for death"), ventured into death metal, with a cover of "Arch Angel" by the band Death. Their musical scope broadened over the years, incorporating medieval and horror influences on their 1994 Dracula
-based concept album Atrocity's Blut, (styled after the successful film Bram Stoker's Dracula). Atrocity's Blut was followed by Calling The Rain, an MCD with female vocals by guest singer Yasmin Krull and acoustic themes.
The 1996 release Willenskraft introduced industrial elements, with the special bonus CD of the album's special edition (Kraft und Wille) including electronic remixes of the songs. The later releases were less and less metallic; Werk 80 featured versions of 1980s disco hits and the band had no apparent direction for the following few years. Unusual MCD-releases and experimental songs like Lili Marlene-covers (featured on Gemini) estranged many of their original metal fans.
The entire Atrocity line-up (plus Alex Krull's wife Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull) also functions as Leaves' Eyes
. Liv did live vocals for Atrocity as well. With the release of the eleventh album After the Storm (Release: September 1, 2010) started the band a new era in the Ethno Metal genre. Yasmin Krull returned a second time as guest singer and instrumentalist for the project.
After 2000, nothing had been heard from Atrocity and seemed to have disbanded. However, they returned after four years with a new concept album, Atlantis, centered around the myths
of the sunken continent of Atlantis
. The album also features the vocals of Alexander's wife, Liv-Kristine Espanaes Krull
(formerly in Theatre of Tragedy
). The band members also formed the atmospheric metal band Leaves' Eyes
, which features Liv Kristine as lead singer.
On 11 November 2007, Atrocity announced that bassist Chris Lukhaup was leaving the band for personal reasons and that drummer Moritz Neuner was taking another turn in his working career. Seven Antonopolous was named as the new drummer in late October 2008.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Heavy Metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
formed in Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg urban district with about 87,000 inhabitants...
.
History
First started in 1985 as InstigatorsInstigators
Instigators were an anarcho-punk band from Dewsbury, England, formed in 1980. The original line-up split up in the mid-1980s, but the band carried on into the 1990s.-History:...
and playing grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
, Atrocity arose as a death metal band with their debut EP, Blue Blood, in 1989
1989 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...
, followed soon by Hallucinations, a concept album about drug use. Their second album, Todessehnsucht ("longing for death"), ventured into death metal, with a cover of "Arch Angel" by the band Death. Their musical scope broadened over the years, incorporating medieval and horror influences on their 1994 Dracula
Dracula
Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...
-based concept album Atrocity's Blut, (styled after the successful film Bram Stoker's Dracula). Atrocity's Blut was followed by Calling The Rain, an MCD with female vocals by guest singer Yasmin Krull and acoustic themes.
The 1996 release Willenskraft introduced industrial elements, with the special bonus CD of the album's special edition (Kraft und Wille) including electronic remixes of the songs. The later releases were less and less metallic; Werk 80 featured versions of 1980s disco hits and the band had no apparent direction for the following few years. Unusual MCD-releases and experimental songs like Lili Marlene-covers (featured on Gemini) estranged many of their original metal fans.
The entire Atrocity line-up (plus Alex Krull's wife Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull) also functions as Leaves' Eyes
Leaves' Eyes
Leaves' Eyes is a German-Norwegian symphonic metal band from Stavanger, Norway and Ludwigsburg, Germany. They were formed in 2003 by Liv Kristine, the former lead singer of Theatre of Tragedy and the entire line-up of Atrocity...
. Liv did live vocals for Atrocity as well. With the release of the eleventh album After the Storm (Release: September 1, 2010) started the band a new era in the Ethno Metal genre. Yasmin Krull returned a second time as guest singer and instrumentalist for the project.
After 2000, nothing had been heard from Atrocity and seemed to have disbanded. However, they returned after four years with a new concept album, Atlantis, centered around the myths
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
of the sunken continent of Atlantis
Atlantis
Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC....
. The album also features the vocals of Alexander's wife, Liv-Kristine Espanaes Krull
Liv Kristine
Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull , better known as Liv Kristine, is the former vocalist for the band Theatre of Tragedy and current vocalist for the band Leaves' Eyes.- Career :...
(formerly in Theatre of Tragedy
Theatre of Tragedy
Theatre of Tragedy was a Norwegian band from Stavanger, active between 1993 and 2010. They are best known for their earlier albums, which provided a great deal of influence to the gothic metal genre.-Biography:...
). The band members also formed the atmospheric metal band Leaves' Eyes
Leaves' Eyes
Leaves' Eyes is a German-Norwegian symphonic metal band from Stavanger, Norway and Ludwigsburg, Germany. They were formed in 2003 by Liv Kristine, the former lead singer of Theatre of Tragedy and the entire line-up of Atrocity...
, which features Liv Kristine as lead singer.
On 11 November 2007, Atrocity announced that bassist Chris Lukhaup was leaving the band for personal reasons and that drummer Moritz Neuner was taking another turn in his working career. Seven Antonopolous was named as the new drummer in late October 2008.
Current members
- Alexander KrullAlexander KrullAlexander Krull is the lead vocalist for the German metal band Atrocity, as well as a backing-vocals in the band Leaves' Eyes.- Biography :...
- vocals - Alla FedynitchAlla FedynitchAlla Fedynitch is a German-Russian born bassist.- Biography :She currently plays in Eyes of Eden, Atrocity , and Leaves' Eyes...
- bass - Thorsten Bauer - guitar
- Mathias Röderer - guitar
- Roland Navratil - drums
- Peter Hornung - drums
Former members
- Oliver Klasen - bass
- Markus Knapp - bass
- Chris Lukhaup - bass
- René Tometschek - bass
- Frank Knodel - guitars
- Richard Scharf - guitars
- Nicholas BarkerNicholas BarkerNicholas Howard Barker is an extreme metal drummer .- Biography :He was the original drummer for British metal band Cradle of Filth, playing on the first three albums. After leaving in 1999, he joined Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir...
- drums - Mortiz Neuner - drums
- Martin Schmidt - drums
- Michael Schwarz - drums
- Seven Antonopolous - drums
- Yasmin Krull - vocals
EPs & demos
- 1988: Instigators (Demo)
- 1989: Blue Blood (EP)
- 1996: The Hunt (EP)
- 1996: The Definition of Kraft and Wille (EP)
- 1997: Werk 80 (EP)
- 1997: Tainted Love (EP)
- 2000: Sounds of Silence (EP)
- 2000: Taste of Sin (EP)
- 2004: Cold Black Days (EP)
Studio albums
- 1990: HallucinationsHallucinations (Atrocity album)Hallucinations is the debut album by the German death metal band Atrocity. It was released in 1990 by Roadrunner Records.The CD includes the Blue Blood EP...
- 1992: TodessehnsuchtTodessehnsuchtTodessehnsucht is the second album by Atrocity. At the time the band still played death metal with a technical edge.-History:The album was released in some countries with the title Longing for Death, which is a translation of the original German title...
- 1994: Blut
- 1995: Calling the Rain (acoustic album)
- 1995: Die Liebe (in collaboration with Das IchDas IchDas Ich is a German electronic music group formed in 1989. The group, fronted by Stefan Ackermann and Bruno Kramm, were one of the prominent founders of and contributors to "Neue Deutsche Todeskunst" a musical movement in the early 1990s...
) - 1996: Willenskraft
- 1997: Werk 80Werk 80Werk 80 is the fifth full-length album by German industrial gothic metal band Atrocity and was released in 1997. It's the bands first full length album with cover versions of popular 1980s songs. Atrocity released a sequel, Werk 80 II, in 2008.-CD:...
- 2000: Gemini (blue and red versions)
- 2004: Atlantis
- 2008: Werk 80 IIWerk 80 IIWerk 80 II is the eighth full-length album by German industrial gothic metal band Atrocity, released on February 29, 2008 and their 2nd full length cover album after the original Werk 80 album released in 1997...
- 2010: After the Storm
Videos
- "Blut" (taken from Blut album 1994)
- "Calling The Rain" (taken from Calling the Rain mcd 1995)
- "Die Liebe" (with Das Ich) (taken from Die Liebe mcd 1995)
- "Love is Dead" (taken from Willenskraft album 1996)
- "Taste Of Sin" (taken from Gemini album 2000)
- "Cold Black Days" (taken from Atlantis album 2004)
- "The Sun Always Shines on TV" (taken from Werk 80 IIWerk 80 IIWerk 80 II is the eighth full-length album by German industrial gothic metal band Atrocity, released on February 29, 2008 and their 2nd full length cover album after the original Werk 80 album released in 1997...
album 2008)
External links
- Atrocity at Napalm RecordsNapalm RecordsNapalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock.Originally, Napalm Records focused mainly on black metal acts such as Abigor and Summoning and folk metal bands such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg....