SEVERE TORTURE - Torn from the Jaws of Death
Season of Mist
It's been a while since I've heard something from the more brutal side of Dutch Metal aka: SEVERE TORTURE. Basically it's been quite a few years since their last full length. Yeah we're talking fourteen fuckin years. So yes I am a fan of this Dutch Death Metal legacy which mean cue bias alert. I mean come on, Feasting on Blood from 2000 is mandatory for any death metal fan. The rest of their albums are all decent. 2005's Fall of the Despised was probably their last one which I'll go back to and play very loud because it's fuckin killer.
Of course after 2010 the band went silent. Then a couple of years ago they came out with the Fisting the Sockets EP (on Season of Mist). You got a three song teaser which was OK since it was not much different then what they last did. But here we have this new ten song full length and I'm pretty much going fuckin nuts over this hate filled beauty. Yeah Torn from the Jaws of Death fuckin rules!
Obviously this is the comeback album of the year for me. Aside from the brutal sound, which I'll get into later, it's the return of key players. SEVERE TORTURE is almost the same line-up from their past hate filled days of yore. Dennis Schreurs (the Dutch Glen Benton) is still belting out blaspheme vocals. The guitar duo of Thijs van Laarhoven and Marvin Vriesde (who joined in 2003) still puts forth savage riffs with the usual hypnotic solo action.
Still here is bassist Patrick Boleij who's been the back drop of thunder in this band since the late 90's. Finally there's newbie Damien Kerpentier on drums who joined in 2018. The guy likes his triggers and snare pounding black metal runs. Be that as it may the guy works well with his battery of pounding drum work.
For an average come back album SEVERE TORTURE could've played it safe but no. This release is a reminder of the band's unrelenting savagery when it comes to brutalism in death metal. All of these ten tracks are a full on beat down which is welcome in today's death metal climate. I won't say this is my favorite because there's two earlier releases by them that rule. But this one joins em equally.
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