Oppressing the Masses

Oppressing the Masses
Studio album by Vio-Lence
Released 1990
Recorded December 1989
Genre Thrash metal
Length 41:28
Label Megaforce/Atlantic
Producer Alex Perialas
Vio-Lence chronology

Eternal Nightmare
(1988)
Oppressing the Masses
(1990)
Torture Tactics
(1991)
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Oppressing the Masses is second album recorded by the San Francisco Bay Area thrash band Vio-lence. It was released originally in 1990 on Megaforce Records. The original print (20,000) contained the song "Torture Tactics," but all copies were destroyed because of Atlantic's objection to the lyrical content. The re-release version contains the tracks from "Torture Tactics" EP.

Megaforce/Atlantic reportedly destroyed 25,000 copies of the CD which contained the song “Torture Tactics”; the song can be found on promotional advance cassettes but as of 2009 a finished original CD containing this song has yet to surface.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "I Profit"  Flynn, Demmel - Killian 7:04
2. "Officer Nice"  Demmel, Flynn - Killian 5:23
3. "Subterfuge"  Flynn, Demmel - Killian 4:38
4. "Engulfed by Flames"  Demmel, Flynn, Killian - Killian 3:55
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "World in a World"  Flynn, Demmel - Killian 4:11
2. "Mentally Afflicted"  Flynn, Demmel, Killian - Killian 5:49
3. "Liquid Courage"  Demmel, Flynn, Killian - Killian 5:27
4. "Oppressing the Masses"  Demmel, Flynn - Killian 4:58

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