ATROCITY Covers A-HA's 'The Sun Always Shines On TV'; Audio Available

January 3, 2008

Long-running German metallers ATROCITY have posted an audio sample of their cover version of the A-HA classic "The Sun Always Shines on TV" at this location. The track comes off ATROCITY's long-awaited new album, "Werk 80 II", which is scheduled for release in Europe on February 29, 2008 (March 4 in the U.S.). Like the first "Werk 80" release, which came out in 1997, "Werk 80 II" features ATROCITY's interpretations of hit songs from the '80s.

Asked why he chose to include "The Sun Always Shines on TV" on "Werk 80 II", ATROCITY frontman Alex Krull stated, "It was clear that we will do a song from A-HA this time. It was the number one band from Norway, and so I probably would have a lot of trouble with Liv [Alex's wife Liv Kristine, who hails from Norway] if we ignored her countrymen! To be honest, the song just fits very well to us and our idea to make an ATROCITY song out of an '80s pop song. It was also a good choice for our cooperation with the orchestra and the choir. We just think about doing a videoclip for that song."

Asked if Kristine does guest vocals on "The Sun Always Shines On TV", Krull replied, "Yes, that's right. Liv is with us on 'The Sun Always Shines On TV'. It was kind of natural that she could join us on vocals for that song. On the first 'Werk 80' it was well-received that Liv was taking part on songs like 'Shout', and why shouldn't we do it again? She is doing some guest vocals on some songs, and I think we all had some fun recording it."

"Werk 80 II" track listing:

01. People Are People (DEPECHE MODE)
02. Smalltown Boy (BRONSKI BEAT)
03. Relax (FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD)
04. Don't You (Forget About Me) (SIMPLE MINDS)
05. The Sun Always Shines on TV (A-HA)
06. Hey Little Girl (ICEHOUSE)
07. Fade To Grey (VISAGE)
08. Such A Shame (TALK TALK)
09. Keine Heimat (IDEAL)
10. Here Comes The Rain Again (EURYTHMICS)
11. Forever Young (ALPHAVILLE)
12. Feels Like Heaven (FICTION FACTORY) (bonus track for special edition)

Fans will get a chance to preview the songs on "Werk 80 II" one track at a time every single day on ATROCITY's homepage beginning on January 1, 2008 and ending on the "Smalltown Boy" single's release date (January 11).

World-famous burlesque dancer and Marilyn Manson's estranged wife Dita Von Teese is the cover model on "Werk 80 II". Check out the cover at this location.

Commented Alex Krull: "We took a lot of time for the production to get the best result. All fans of the first 'Werk 80' will like the second one too. This time we have worked together with an orchestra and a choir. So the whole album has gained a bit more of a classical touch, which I personally like a lot. Everything sounds very harmonic and organic. The work on this album has been intense and thrilling. On the first 'Werk 80' album we also used classical elements but we enforced this on the new one. Thus the electronic parts got moved a little bit into the background. We didn't want to do the same on this successive album but including new elements and developing our style. I promise you 'Werk 80 II' is gonna be a class of its own worth waiting for it."

Watch ATROCITY's video for the song "Cold Black Days" (taken from the 2004 album "Atlantis"):

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