ATROCITY: Sample Of FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD Cover Posted Online
January 1, 2008Long-running German metallers ATROCITY have posted an audio sample of their cover version of the FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD classic "Relax" at this location. The track comes off ATROCITY's long-awaited new album, "Werk 80 II", which is scheduled for release on February 29, 2008. 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 what he liked about the song's original version, ATROCITY frontman Alex Krull stated, "I really liked the song, the provoking lyrics and the scandalous video that FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD did at that time though I was a 100% metalhead and I normally only listened to hard music back then. It is a cult song of the Eighties, we had to do it! The whole visual image even on the first 'Werk 80' is based on this classic piece."
"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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