A Vision of Misery is the third full-length album by the thrash metal band Sadus, released in 1992.

A Vision of Misery
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 27, 1992
RecordedHollywood, California, January–February 1992
GenreThrash metal, technical death metal
Length37:03
LabelRoadrunner
ProducerSadus, Bill Metoyer
Sadus chronology
Swallowed in Black
(1990)
''A Vision of Misery''
(1992)
Elements of Anger
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Reissued by Displeased Records 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

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All tracks are written by Sadus

No.TitleLength
1."Through the Eyes of Greed"4:17
2."Valley of Dry Bones"2:22
3."Machines"3:52
4."Slave to Misery"4:01
5."Throwing Away the Day"3:43
6."Facelift"7:00
7."Deceptive Perceptions"3:35
8."Under the Knife"2:11
9."Echoes of Forever"6:00
Total length:37:03

2006 reissue bonus tracks

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No.TitleLength
10."Hands of Fate"4:15
11."Number One"5:42
Total length:47:00

2007 reissue bonus DVD

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  1. "Through the eyes of greed (Oakland '92 live)"
  2. "Valley of dry bones (Oakland '92 live)"
  3. "Facelift (Oakland '92 live)"
  4. "Certain death (Oakland '92 live)"
  5. "Deceptive perceptions (Oakland '92 live)"
  6. "Hands of fate (Oakland '92 live)"
  7. "Echoes of forever (Oakland '92 live)"
  8. "Throwing away the day (Oakland '92 live)"
  9. "Machines (Oakland '92 live)"
  10. "In your face (Oakland '92 live)"
  11. "Sadus attack (Oakland '92 live)"
  12. "Slave to misery (Oakland '92 live)"
  13. "Live clips and behind the scenes (NY '90)"

Credits

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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

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Monthly

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Year Chart Position
2007 Poland (ZPAV Top 100) 44[2]

References

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  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. A Vision of Misery at AllMusic. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Związek Producentów Audio-Video :: Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry". February 23, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-02-23.