''A Vision of Misery'' is the third full-length album by the
thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...
band
Sadus
Sadus is an American thrash metal band from Antioch, California, active from 1985 to 2015, and reunited in 2017. Originally a quartet, the band's sound fuses thrash metal with death metal, featuring highly technical musicianship. They are kno ...
, released in 1992.
Reissued by
Displeased Records
Displeased Records was a Dutch independent record label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterp ...
in 2007 with a bonus DVD, also reissued in January 2007 by Metal Mind Productions as a Deluxe digipak gold-disc edition with two bonus Demo tracks taken from the 1987 Demo album Certain Death Demo as well as liner notes.
Track listing
2006 reissue bonus tracks
2007 reissue bonus DVD
#"Through the eyes of greed (Oakland '92 live)"
#"Valley of dry bones (Oakland '92 live)"
#"Facelift (Oakland '92 live)"
#"Certain death (Oakland '92 live)"
#"Deceptive perceptions (Oakland '92 live)"
#"Hands of fate (Oakland '92 live)"
#"Echoes of forever (Oakland '92 live)"
#"Throwing away the day (Oakland '92 live)"
#"Machines (Oakland '92 live)"
#"In your face (Oakland '92 live)"
#"Sadus attack (Oakland '92 live)"
#"Slave to misery (Oakland '92 live)"
#"Live clips and behind the scenes (NY '90)"
Credits
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Darren Travis – guitar, Vocals
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Rob Moore – guitar
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Steve Di Giorgio
Steve Di Giorgio (born November 7, 1967) is an American bass guitarist. He is known for working with numerous heavy metal bands such as Sadus (of whom he was one of the co-founders), Death (metal band), Death, Testament (band), Testament, Megade ...
– bass
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Jon Allen – drums
The cover art was done by Jason Garvin, and the photos were done by Jeff Moore and Joe Giron. The drumkit used on the record was provided by John "Hexx" Shafer.
Charts
Monthly
References
Sadus albums
1992 albums
Roadrunner Records albums
Technical death metal albums
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