h33t - Torture Killer- 2009 - Sewers [rockbox]

Torture Killer is a death metal band from Turku, Finland which started out in 2002 as a Six Feet Under cover band, but soon began composing and performing original material in the same vein. Chris Barnes, the original vocalist for Cannibal Corpse and current vocalist for Six Feet Under, officially joined Torture Killer as lead vocalist in November 2005.

In 2007 Chris left Torture Killer, and returned to SFU with full force. The current vocalist is Juri Sallinen, and the other members of the band are Tuomas Karppinen (guitar), Jari Laine (guitar), Kim Torniainen (bass), and Tuomo Latvala (drums).

The band first started out as a fun project during the spring of 2002, when the guys hung out at their rehearsal rooms drinking beer and playing their favourite Six Feet Under and Obituary songs. After a couple of months a sudden possibility to play live at a local metalshow rose out of nowhere and after a small discussion they agreed to perform a set of SFU cover songs. The band name was chosen after a track they were to play that night: Torture Killer. After that weekend they decided to try writing similar material of their own.

The tracks turned out to be total killers with a massive sound and groove. From the first chord they played together it was obvious that Torture Killer would not remain as a “weekend boozing” project, it sounded way too good for that…6 months later, Torture Killer were in the studio recording 9 tracks to be released on Severe Music, the label of one of the Torture Killer members. The final result for this low budget recording (recorded, mixed and mastered in 30 hours) was perfect. Exactly what they were after and decided to try their luck and sent promo-copies to a small amount of respectable metal labels. Hammerheart and Torture Killer signed a deal in spring 2003.

The Debut album “For Maggots To Devour” was released through Karmageddon Media in october 2003. After the release the band did a tour in Finland supporting Vader and shortly after that embarked on their first small european tour with Cropment and Poppy Seed Grinder. The line-up changed just a few days before the european trip and Sallinen (Funeral Feast) stepped in to save the day and the band continued to use his help after the tour with random live dates. In September 2005 Torture Killer shares a release with a fellow finnish death metal murdermachine Sotajumala, the split ep carries out two new T-K tracks with Sallinen on vocals and is released as 7”-vinyl and as a CD single.

While Torture Killer was on the “Blast Your Violence” european tour, the band was approached by former Cannibal Corpse frontman, Chris Barnes, who now leads another legendary death metal band Six Feet Under.

The name Torture Killer caught his attention and was intrigued enough to check us out - finding us in the difficult situation we were at with the line-up. During the year 2005 a lot of preparations were made and on November, 2005, it was official: Chris joined Torture Killer and Torture Killer was signed to the legendary Metal Blade records. The second album “Swarm!” was recorded earlier on that year with Chris writing more than half of the songs on the album.

Current line-up :

Juri Sallinen - Vocals
Jari Laine - Guitar
Tuomas Karppinen - Guitar
Kim Torniainen - Bass
Tuomo Latvala - Drums

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Torture Killer are the very epitome of what you expect from death metal. Frenzied guitar onslaught, migraine inducing drums and a lead vocal that may possibly never be decipherable, even by the most competent voice coach! I’ve never actually come across a vocal like it in all my time of reviewing. It’s quite indescribable - but I guess that’s how it’s to be in these times of genre mutilation. One thing Torture Killer are is the genuine article. Once you’ve heard them you aint ever going to dispute them! The song titles do seem to be a bit generic though, if it’s okay for me to even mention that? With monikers like ‘I Bathe In Their Blood’, ‘Rats Can Sense The Murder’ and ‘The Art Of Impalement’ it’s all a little too unoriginal in that sense. Mind you, I have absolutely no idea what vocalist Juri Sallinen is actually saying - so I really have to take the word of the press release with regards song titles. They are, as already mentioned, Finland’s most successful death metal band, so I guess they are doing this stuff rather brilliantly. It’s a touch too heavy for my tastes but I can see the appeal - a bit!

Torture Killer - 2009 - Sewers

1.Crypts 04:21
2.I Bathe In Their Blood 04:11
3.The Art Of Impalement 03:48
4.By Their Corpse 03:38
5.Coffins 03:21
6.Rats Can Sense The Murder 02:48
7.Scourging At The Pillar 03:48
8.Sewers 03:14

Total playing time 29:09

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