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{{Infobox album
| name       = Eternal Nightmare
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Vio-lence]]
| cover      = Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare Front.JPG
| alt        =
| released   = June 27, 1988<ref name="metallipromo">{{cite web|title=Vio-Lence|url=http://metallipromo.com/vio.html|website=Metallipromo.com|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>
| recorded   = February–April 1988<ref>{{cite web|title=VIO-LENCE - OFFICIAL WEBSITE|url=http://vio-lence.com:80/band_timeline.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811192527/http://vio-lence.com:80/band_timeline.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2013|website=Vio-lence.com|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Thrash metal]]
| length     = 35:23
| label      = Mechanic Records
| producer   = John Cuniberti
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Oppressing the Masses]]
| next_year  = 1990
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/eternal-nightmare-r21277/review | title = Vio-lence Eternal Nightmare review | accessdate = May 22, 2012 | last = Franck | first = John | publisher = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[Blabbermouth.net]]
|rev2score = {{rating|8|10}}<ref name="Blabbermouth" />
}}
'''Eternal Nightmare''' is the debut album by the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] [[thrash metal]] band [[Vio-lence]]. It was released on June 27, 1988<ref name="metallipromo" /> through [[MCA Records]]' Mechanic sublabel. A limited 10" promo single was released, featuring 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.discogs.com/Vio-Lence-Eternal-Nightmare/release/1832715 | title = Vio-lence Eternal Nightmare | accessdate = May 30, 2018 }}</ref> 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 (band)|Testament]] singer [[Chuck Billy (vocalist)|Chuck Billy]]), recorded August 11, 2001.<ref name="Blabbermouth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/eternal-nightmare-reissue/|title=Eternal Nightmare (reissue) review|publisher=[[Blabbermouth]]|author=Keith Bergman|date=May 15, 2005|accessdate=July 17, 2019}}</ref> 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.
== Track listing ==
All songs written by Sean Killian, [[Phil Demmel]] and [[Robb Flynn]].
{{Track list
|title1 = Eternal Nightmare
|length1 = 6:10
|title2 = Serial Killer
|length2 = 2:58
|title3 = Phobophobia
|length3 = 6:31
|title4 = Calling in the Coroner
|length4 = 3:55
|title5 = T.D.S. (Take It as You Will)
|length5 = 5:04
|title6 = Bodies on Bodies
|length6 = 5:47
|title7 = Kill on Command
|length7 = 4:56
}}
;Bonus disc
{{tracklist
|title1 = Liquid Courage [Live]
|length1 = 6:26
|title2 = Ageless Eyes [Live]
|length2 = 4:23
|title3 = Calling in the Coroner [Live]
|length3 = 4:13
|title4 = World in a World [Live]
|length4 = 4:53
|title5 = Officer Nice [Live]
|length5 = 5:21
|title6 = Subterfuge [Live]
|length6 = 4:45
|title7 = Kill on Command [Live]
|length7 = 5:23
|title8 = Phobophobia [Live]
|length8 = 6:38
|title9 = Bodies on Bodies [Live]
|length9 = 7:39
|title10 = I Profit [Live]
|length10 = 7:29
|title11 = T.D.S. (Take It as You Will) [Live]
|length11 = 5:27
|title12 = Paraplegic [Live]
|length12 = 5:08
}}
== Personnel ==
*Sean Killian – lead vocals
*[[Phil Demmel]] – lead guitar, backing vocals
*[[Robb Flynn]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Deen Dell – bass, backing vocals
*Perry Strickland – drums
'''Production'''
*Produced, recorded, engineered, edited and mixed by John Cuniberti
*Second engineers: Casey McMakin and David Plank
== References ==
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{{Vio-lence}}
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[[Category:1988 albums]]
[[Category:Albums with cover art by Ed Repka]]
[[Category:Vio-lence albums]]