Torment
Pain Is Transient, Failure Forever ()
Wydane przez Diabolical Constellation RecordsRok wydania Kraj BelgiumNapisał Wouter8
Belgian death metal group Torment is somewhat on an enigma. Forming in 1999 they released a pair of surprisingly accomplished demos, with 2002's "Hate Fulfilled" being an early peak. In 2005 Torment released its debut "Forgive the Ignorant" and now some 6 years later returns with "Pain Is Transient". Not a lot of Belgian acts accomplish what Torment has done in their lifetime. "Pain Is Transient" is chockfull of US death metal in the tradition of Immolation ("Here In After", "Failures For Gods"), Incantation ("Mortal Throne Of Nazarene"), spiced up with some light moody electronics and minor progressive and psychedelic elements. Underneath the riffs current flows a vibe reminiscent of Doug Cerrito-era Suffocation which adds greatly to the density and heaviness. What makes this band different from a lot of their contemporaries is the ghastly and unearthly atmosphere that Torment is able to create through out their music. Seldom does a band today manage to sound as brooding, as evil and as dark as Torment does on this record. In that sense they are reminiscent of the old US death metal masters that combined monolithic songstructures with evil riffing and an atmosphere of darkness and gloom. Dynamically, "Pain Is Transient" is a lot like (early) Immolation – one moment Torment is blasting like there's no tomorrow, the other moment they are dissonant and brooding, only to force the pace down to almost doom-esque dirge tempos. The riffs occasionally border into black metal territory, which only adds to the intensity. If France's Blut Aus Nord played US death metal this is what they would sound like. The fold-out booklet consists of two medieval paintings by local artist Pieter Bohanon, who are stylistically similar to the work of Hans Memling, whose work graced the debut album of Hate Eternal. Hands down the best Belgian death metal album since Aborted's break-out record "Engineering the Dead".
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