Country of origin: Germany Location: Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg Status: Active Formed in: 1988 Genre: Various Lyrical themes: Depression, Death (early); Emotions, Fiction (later) Current label: Massacre Records Years active: 1985-1988 (as Instigator), 1988-present Not to be confused with Atrocity from Bamberg, Bavaria (changed their name to Atrocity Exhibition). The band originally played grindcore under the name Instigator. Upon changing their name to Atrocity, they changed to a death metal sound, as heard on 1990's Hallucinations and 1992's Todessehnsucht. On the 1994 album Blut, they started to incorporate influences from other genres like hardcore, goth rock, folk, and industrial. Later releases saw the band continue to experiment with varying genres on each release until 2013's Okkult where the band largely returned to a death metal sound. Origin Ludwigsburg, Germany Genres Gothic metaldeath metalindustrial metalfolk metalsymphonic metal (later)technical death metal (early) Years active 1985–present Labels Nuclear BlastRoadrunnerMassacreMotorNapalm