A Vision of Misery

1992 studio album by Sadus

A Vision of Misery

Studio album by

Sadus

Released

March 27, 1992

Recorded

Hollywood, California, January–February 1992

Genre

Thrash metal, technical death metal

Length

37:03

Label

Roadrunner

Producer

Sadus, Bill Metoyer

Sadus chronology

Swallowed in Black
(1990)

''A Vision of Misery''
(1992)

Elements of Anger
(1997)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

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

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

All tracks are written by Sadus

No.	Title	Length
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

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

2007 reissue bonus DVD

"Through the eyes of greed (Oakland '92 live)"
"Valley of dry bones (Oakland '92 live)"
"Facelift (Oakland '92 live)"
"Certain death (Oakland '92 live)"
"Deceptive perceptions (Oakland '92 live)"
"Hands of fate (Oakland '92 live)"
"Echoes of forever (Oakland '92 live)"
"Throwing away the day (Oakland '92 live)"
"Machines (Oakland '92 live)"
"In your face (Oakland '92 live)"
"Sadus attack (Oakland '92 live)"
"Slave to misery (Oakland '92 live)"
"Live clips and behind the scenes (NY '90)"

Credits

Darren Travis – guitar, Vocals
Rob Moore – guitar
Steve Di Giorgio – bass
Jon Allen – drums

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

Monthly

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

References

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