30 Years Ago: ATROCITY release The Art of Death

Daily Noise - / 2022

30 Years Ago: ATROCITY release The Art of Death

US grindcore, ATROCITY released their second album - The Art of Death! - on this day in 1992 through British label Metalcore.

At 1st we had a deal with Deaf Records, which at the time was a new label under Peaceville Records. We were signed to do a split Lp/CD with Cadaver(Poland). Well being a start-up label things were going very slow and we were getting impatient. At the same time we had the interest of Black Box Records, which was a part of Plastichead. They wanted us to do a full length for their offshoot label called Metalcore. So, long story, short. We canceled our deal with Deaf, went with Metalcore and signed for three albums(the 3rd never happened). Metalcore wasn't very supportive here in the states.Yes, that Deaf Records is the same label that put out At The Gates, Impaler, Pitchshifter..ect.. I think we screwed up!

Rich Flint / Atrocity interview, Tough Riffs, 2015

The Art of Death! was the last release by ATROCITY until their reformation in 2006.

In 1993 the band broke up. That was the reason why we never did that 3rd album for Metalcore. After a while we lost touch with one another. I didn't even know were Rob (vox) was. I didn't play in a band for a long time.

Rich Flint / Atrocity interview, Tough Riffs, 2015