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. They followed up with tours of the US and Europe with the likes of Sacred Reich, Coroner and Forced Entry, but 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 because of the departure of one of its leading songwriters; as such, Violent by Nature would be Atrophy's final album before their 22-year breakup from 1993 to 2015. The model for the artwork is Richie Bujinowski (now Cavalera), who would later become Max Cavalera's adopted stepson and frontman of Incite.

Violent by Nature
Studio album by Atrophy
Released	March 26, 1990
Recorded	1989
Studio	Track Record, North Hollywood, USA
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	40:28
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Bill Metoyer Atrophy
Atrophy chronology
Socialized Hate (1988) Violent by Nature (1990)

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Track listing

1. "Puppies and Friends" (Chris Lykins, Rick Skowron, Tim Kelly) – 3:32
2. "Violent By Nature" (Lykins, Kelly) – 3:54
3. "In Their Eyes" (Lykins, James Gulotta, Skowron, Kelly) – 5:02
4. "Too Late to Change" (Lykins, Gulotta) – 5:29
5. "Slipped Through the Cracks" (Lykins) – 5:28
6. "Forgotten But Not Gone" (Brian Zimmerman, Gulotta, Kelly) – 5:00
7. "Process of Elimination" (Zimmerman, Gulotta, Kelly) – 4:46
8. "Right to Die" (Zimmerman, Gulotta, Kelly) – 4:00
9. "Things Change" (Lykins) – 4:05

Credits

• Brian Zimmerman – vocals
• Chris Lykins – guitar
• Rick Skowron – guitar
• James Gulotta – bass
• Tim Kelly – drums
• Kevin Sparks – 12-string guitar on "Too Late to Change"
• Recorded and mixed at Track Record, North Hollywood, California, USA
• Produced by Bill Metoyer and Atrophy
• Engineered and mixed by Bill Metoyer
• Second engineered by Ken Paulakovich
• Mastered by Eddie Schreyer at Futuredisc, Hollywood, USA
• Cover art by Paul Stottler

External links

• Roadrunner Records band page
• BNR Metal discography page
• Encyclopaedia Metallum album entry