In December 1989, Vio-lence entered the studio to record what would be their second album and only release on Megaforce (distributed by Atlantic) "Oppressing the Masses"; however, the album faced multiple delays until its release in the summer of 1990. Although the album's success did not match that of "Eternal Nightmare", it received some positive reviews and a video for the song "World in a World" was released. "Oppressing the Masses" also generated some controversy, when the original album (which reportedly sold only 20,000 copies) was destroyed because of Atlantic's objection to the lyrical content of "Torture Tactics"; as a result, the album was reprinted without this track. Vio-lence toured in support of the album for about a year, with bands such as Overkill, Exodus, Forbidden, Flotsam and Jetsam, Prong, Defiance and Rigor Mortis.