Atrocities (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Atrocities
Type = Album
Artist = Christian Death


Released = 1986
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Deathrock
Label = Normal Records Cleopatra Records Candelight Records
Producer = Valor

"Atrocities" was Christian Death's fourth album and the first with Valor Kand taking over main duties after Rozz Williams' departure. The album's subject matter deals almost exclusively with the Holocaust including songs about Auschwitz and Josef Mengele. Recorded at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales it also featured the songwriting and arrangement skills of Barry Galvin, who, along with Johann Schumann, would leave the group upon the completion of "Atrocities" - both went on to form Mephisto Walz.

Track listing

"Prologue"
#"Will-o-the-Wisp" (Valor) 3:15
#"Tales Of Innocence" (Valor, B. Galvin) 6:23
#"Strapping Me Down" (Valor, B. Galvin) 2:36
#"The Danzig Walz" (Valor) 3:31
#"Chimere De-ci De-la" (Valor) 4:41"Finale"
#"Silent Thunder" (Valor, B. Galvin) 6:32
#"Strange Fortune" (Valor) 3:52
#"Ventriloquist" (Valor) 4:31
#"Gloomy Sunday" (Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress) 3:01
#"The Death Of Josef" (Valor, D. Glass) 4:41

Personnel

*Valor - vocals, guitar, violin, piano
*Gitane DeMone - vocals, keyboards
*Johann Schumann - bass
*Barry Galvin - guitar, vocals
*David Glass - drums