Longing for Death

by Atrocity

Longing for Death cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1992
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 43:48
  • Community rating: 3.42/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Before their later pivots into gothic metal and electronic experimentation, the German outfit released this dense, highly cerebral sophomore effort. The album is characterized by wildly technical guitar riffs, jarring tempo changes, and existential lyricism, positioning them as uniquely progressive outliers in the early European death metal scene.

Genres

Descriptors: technical, complex, death, existential

Tracklist

  1. Todessehnsucht (3:47)
  2. Godless Years (5:37)
  3. Unspoken Names (5:25)
  4. Defiance (4:56)
  5. Triumph At Dawn (3:59)
  6. Introduction (3:52)
  7. Sky Turned Red (6:21)
  8. Necropolis (4:08)
  9. A Prison Called Earth (6:02)
  10. Todessehnsucht (Reprise) (2:02)

Credits

  • Atrocity - primary artist, Arranged By
  • Mathias R枚derer - Music By
  • Michael Schwarz - Music By
  • Oliver Klasen - Music By
  • Richard Scharf - Music By
  • Chuck Schuldiner - Music By

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