violent old school death metal

http://www.myspace.com/orboftorture

Onze demo "STEREOLITH" kan besteld worden door een mail te sturen naar:

contact@orboftorture.be

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prijs is 6€/8US$ + shipment & handling is 2€ voor België en 4€/5US$ voor andere landen.

first reviews

ORB OF TORTURE
Stereolith (MCD)
(self-financed)
17:20min

From the capital of Belgium, the city of Brussels, now arrive some ripping brutal early ‘90s styled Death Metal! Finally! Some seriously sick Death Metal for these ears to enjoy! ORB OF TORTURE are right in the cut of bands like GORGUTS circa “…And then comes Lividity“ / “Considered Dead“ meets SUFFOCATION “Effigy of the Forgotten“ with a bit of PURULENCE “Inverted Decay“ styled Death mixed in. Yet all the while retaining enough of their own creativity to keep the listener occupied through all three tracks on this CD EP. Of those three tracks, the opener ‘Ten Billion Unique Monoliths‘ is my definite favorite song. Classic and to the point, if this rager doesn’t have you by the balls by the first pounding riffs…You might as well wear a dress! Featuring a solid, almost album-like recording that absolutely compliments the blazing riffs and cool song structures herein. Had this EP been put out in 1991, the only thing different about it I think, would be the fact that it would have had a Roadrunner Records stamp on the back instead of just being put out by the band themselves. Buy Now! Contact: contact@orboftorture.be or www.orboftorture.be or www.myspace.com/orboftorture

Wes Rhodes

MASTERFUL MAGAZINE

Orb Of Torture (bel) "Stereolith"
Self-financed

On their first internationally spread promo Belgian technical death metallers Orb Of Torture display why they possibly are that country's best kept secret in the genre.The three tracks ('Ten Billion Unique Monoliths', 'Death's Solemn Aura' and 'The Pathetic Selector') of this promo are an agile, ever progressive and epic display of classic US death metal mixed with a Canadian pummelling slant and a European sense of structural melody. Influences are many, but mainly towards Sylvain Houde era Kataklysm and (early) Suffocation (song structures remind a lot of "Sorcery" and "Breeding the Spawn"), Monstrosity (the percussive drive) and (early) forward thinking Swedish death metal such as Unanimated (sense of eerie melody). The riffing here is dense but varied, taking cues from both death – and black metal. The atmosphere is generally bleak and in that sense reminiscent of Immolation. Drummer Jense Philips is the highlight of this record, providing "Stereolith" with a lethal yet varied foundation. In all, his work is in the vein of Lee Harrison (Monstrosity) or Flo Mounier's earliest work with Cryptopsy. Vocally, Orb Of Torture reminds a lot of Belgian death metal export Aborted, circa "The Purity Of Perversion". Artwork, design and lay-out are quite informative and post-modern in concept and execution. The booklet offers only the needed info thus avoiding the usual cliché's of unreadable logos, endless thanklists and the involvement of the expected genre artists (Jon Zig, Tony Koehl, Studio Sho and the likes) for the cover art. While still a bit rough around the edges "Stereolith" is a definite stand-out release from the Belgian scene and single-handedly proves that besides (semi-)established acts such as Aborted, Emeth, In-Quest, Prejudice and Suhrim; there still are plenty of young acts ready to do something entirely unique with the oversaturated death metal genre. In the perfect world forwarding thinking acts like this one should get a well-deserved and respectable record deal. Be sure to pick this one up.

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Orb intierview with Masterful Magazine

http://masterful-magazine.com/interview.php?wyw=559