| Violent by Nature | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Atrophy |
| Cover: | atrophy_violent.jpg |
| Released: | March 26, 1990 |
| Recorded: | 1989 |
| Studio: | Track Record, North Hollywood, USA |
| Genre: | Thrash metal |
| Length: | 40:28 |
| Label: | Roadrunner |
| Producer: | Bill Metoyer Atrophy |
| Prev Title: | Socialized Hate |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Asylum |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
Violent by Nature is the second album from Arizona thrash metal band Atrophy, released in 1990 on Roadrunner Records. Like their previous album Socialized Hate, it was co-produced by prolific producer/engineer Bill Metoyer, and recorded in Los Angeles. The band followed up the album with tours of the US and Europe with the likes of Sacred Reich, Coroner and Forced Entry. However shortly after, Chris Lykins left the band to pursue a medical school course and the band split up after Roadrunner Records lost confidence in the band due to the departure of one of its leading songwriters; http://www.metalwhore.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=135&Itemid=58 as such, Violent by Nature would be Atrophy's final album for 34 years, until the release of their third album Asylum in March 2024. The model for the artwork was Richie Bujinowski (now Cavalera), who would later become Max Cavalera's adopted stepson and the frontman of Incite.