| Eternal Nightmare | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Vio-lence |
| Cover: | Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare Front.JPG |
| Released: | June 27, 1988[1] |
| Recorded: | February–April 1988[2] |
| Genre: | Thrash metal |
| Length: | 35:23 |
| Label: | Mechanic Records |
| Producer: | John Cuniberti |
| Next Title: | Oppressing the Masses |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Eternal Nightmare is the debut album by the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band Vio-lence. It was released on June 27, 1988 through MCA Records' Mechanic sublabel. A limited 10" promo single was released, with two tracks "Eternal Nightmare" and "Phobophobia"; the release was quite unique, as it came in a "vomit pack", a sealed plastic cover containing fake vomit.[3] Shortly after, thrash metal innovators Slayer released a single in a similar format but with fake blood, and rock band The Revolting Cocks released a single with fake semen.
The 2005 re-release of the album includes a bonus CD of the Thrash of the Titans concert (benefit for Testament singer Chuck Billy), recorded August 11, 2001.[4] As of 2023, other than the EPs Torture Tactics and Let the World Burn, this is the only Vio-lence studio album to have been made available on digital streaming services.
All songs written by Sean Killian, Phil Demmel and Robb Flynn.
Production