Torment – Forgive the Ignorant – Digi CD




After two demos, Sickening Obsessions from 2000 and Hate Fulfilled from 2002, the band has now released their first full length containing excellent slow to mid paced Death Metal with blast parts in the vein of Morbid Angel ( Formulas), polish masters Decapitated & Sceptic and Canadian gods like Gorguts and the likes ( Quo Vadis, Necronomicon). Vocal diversity, ranging from the traditional grunts to minor clean parts add to the originality of the bands sound. The interludes that keep the whole thing interesting are just a minor example of the bands song writing skills. Professionally recorded and mixed in CCR studios resulting in a blasting production and a very brutal yet clear sound. Released as an digipack with lyrics printed in the innersleeve.

Unmastered Version of one of the more fast, straightforward songs.

http://tormentbe.bravepages.com/new%20cd/Torment%20-%204%20-%20AudioTrack%2004.mp3

Prices incl. Airmail Postage are

Holland € 10
Europe € 11
World $ 13

Payment through Banktransfer (IBAN BIC ) PayPal and Cash in a letter.

The Metal Deadness is next. Cds are already pressed, the artwork has been worked over for cd release. Linernotes are being worked on, wil be released as a digi too. Out in about a month or two, meanwhile you can still listen to your LP 8)



More info on www.diabolical-constellation.com

Amai, de hoop vd Belgische scene! SUPER!!!

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Op 13 juli 2005 11:47 schreef Gorath het volgende:
Amai, de hoop vd Belgische scene! SUPER!!!

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Hij is erg goed geworden al zeg ik het zelf

Review from Metal Nightmare Zine


TORMENT
FORGIVE THE IGNORANT
2005 DIABOLICAL CONSTELLATION
Don't confuse this TORMENT with the German thrash maniacs. This one plays somewhat technical death metal that hits the ground running immediately. Don't let that word "technical" put you off.... TORMENT may have a modern sound, but they're not technical for the sake of being so. Their songs do not sound like random collections of riffs. TORMENT have a strong American styled sound, drawing from the likes of MONSTROSITY, later MORBID ANGEL, and a little MALEVOLENT CREATION. At the same
time, they also draw off of parts of early SINISTER, VADER and DECAPITATED. They also know when to slow down and when to play fast, never falling into the trap of maintaining just one speed for an entire song. The simple fact of the matter here is that while TORMENT have a modern kind of sound going, as I listen to them, I'm also having the kind of feeling of excitement that I haven't had very much since the early 90s. That's really all I ever ask of a band, that they bring back those days with what they do. TORMENT deliver that to me spades. TORMENT are the
kind of band that you have to listen to if you call yourself a fan of death metal. If you don't, you're doing yourself a disservice.






VOICES FROM THE DARKSIDE
www.voicesfromthedarkside.de


TORMENT
Forgive The Ignorant
(Diabolical Constellation)
47:15min

The choice of their moniker wasn't necessarily TORMENT's most clever decision as we already have the unstoppable TORMENT from Germany for ages now... And as far as I can recall there was (is?) also at least one TORMENT overseas. Oh well, time will tell whether this is gonna cause some problems and / or confusion or not. Fact is, that the band we're dealing with here, is a five piece from Oostrozebeke (near Kortrijk) in Belgium, that got together in 1999 and released two demos ever since ("Sickening Obsessions" and "Hate Fulfilled" in 2000 and 2002 respectively). In 2003 they ended up being the winners of a band contest which gained them the support slot for DESTRUCTION and ALTAR and in 2004 they got the opportunity to play at the London Deathfest alongside VADER, CANCER, CADUCITY und CADAVEROUS CONDITION. All those experiences are pretty much evident on TORMENT's debut full length "Forgive The Ignorant", which is a very impressive musical statement to kick things off with on a more professional level after all! The nine featured, brandnew tracks on offer have a very strong MORBID ANGEL overtone in the writing, which obviously means that we're dealing with rather brutal, US styled Death Metal on a high technical level here. The similarities to Trey Azagthoth's unholy horde are clearly shining through in the vocal department (frontman Ullie Vandendriessche delivers a very David Vincent influenced, yet convincing way of singing) and the songstructuring offers slow to midpaced riffing combined with several blasting parts and sick soloing. The main difference to the Florida bunch can be found in a couple of quite moody / atmospheric parts, that were basically used in order to end songs with and that surprisingly fit into the overall very brutal offering incredibly well. The precise playing of drummer Nicolas Hernandez is rather scary though as it often comes incredibly close to a drum machine (especially his fast double bass parts sound quite unnatural to me) while the album's last song (a very Spanish sounding instrumental guitar piece entitled 'Ritmo Del Gringo'), is another impressive proof for the incredible musicial skills of the band. An excellent, crystal clear, yet totally crushing production and a simple, but totally fitting sleeve design complete the overall very positive impression. So, next to their fellow-countrymen SUHRIM, EMETH, HEADMEAT and ORB OF TORTURE, TORMENT is without a doubt another great young band from Belgium to keep an eye on in the future! More info: www.torment.be, label contact: www.diabolical-constellation.com

Frank Stöver



Review from Aardschok Mag

This Belgium band has either spend some years on another planet or has a rock solid belief in their own capacities. There are quite some bands on this earth called Torment, but to be honest this probably the best. The band mixes influences of better American Death metal ( Morbid Angel, Suffocation) with doomy passages, resulting in a good varied CD with recognizable songs. The production, done by the band itself, is very good and makes this album an excellent listen. Torment is hard and technical enough to satisfy lovers of US Death Metal but offers more variation then most bands in the genre. Belgium is slowly becoming a strong Death metal Country.

82 / 100 Points

Stefan Gebedi

Hoor je het eens van een ander

Ok. Allesbehalve slecht.

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Op 27 augustus 2005 10:02 schreef Slechtheid het volgende:
Ok. Allesbehalve slecht.

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Kort samengevat maar inderdaad zo zou je het ook kunnen zeggen

Om mijn zegje dan maar weer even te doen: GVD!!!!! Wat fucking HAMMERED deze band!!!

Dzze heren hebben pas hun 2de cd uit. Veel internetpromo ga je niet vinden, maar het is een juweeltje! Dit is Europese top! En dat is geen grootspraak. Denk Immolation, maar dan eigenzinniger. Super album!

http://www.myspace.com/tormentbelgium



[Dit bericht is gewijzigd door Gorath op 12-02-2011 17:41]