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THE
MIGHTY SAW IS BACK! In 2009
the chainsaw hits hard again! Torment are back with their new studio
album Tormentizer to celebrate the band´s 25th anniversary. Even 25 years
after the band was formed, the unique sound of Torment remains
unaffected. On the debut album ”Bestial Sex“ from 1987 it
started with 100% Thrash Metal, but on the following albums the
influence of dirty Rock
’n’ Roll grew larger – Thrash ’n’ Roll was born... The live performances
of Torment are always mindblowing which has already been
demonstrated four times at the Wacken Open Air amongst others; So
watch out for the 25th anniversary live shows 2009! TORMENT
was founded in 1984 in the spirit of the first generation
Thrash-Metal bands. In 1987 the first strike hit the metal scene
with the 5-track EP “Bestial Sex” which was produced by the band
itself. Without any distribution and promotion more than 2,000
copies were sold. The single is still wanted by collectors. The
second single “Das Neue” (1989) was released for promotional
purpose only, because the record label Steamhammer took the chance
to sign the cult band. So TORMENT entered the studio again to record
their first full-length album with the perhaps longest title in
music history: “EXPERIENCE A NEW DIMENSION OF FEAR. THE HORRORS OF
THE PAST WERE JUST A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME. PAST EVENTS HAVE BEEN
MERE HINTS OF FUTURE TERRORS. EVERYTHING SO FAR HAS ONLY BEEN A
WARNING…” (released in 1991). Even the band has serious problems
to remember the whole title. Now
our beer-lovers went out to present their material to a grown
audience. 10,000 people at the Millerntor-Festival (Hamburg) enjoyed
the new THRASH´N´ROLL of TORMENT. This was followed by a
successful tour with “Messiah” and “Assorted Heap” where the
clubs were as full as the beer mugs. Immediately
after this tour the live-burner “SIE KAM ZU MIR AM MORGEN” was
released as the third single in 1992, followed by a split-CD with
“Minotaur” and “Desert Storm” in 1993. The
next years were spent with extensive touring inc. shows at the
Wacken Open Air 1993 and `94. In
1997 TORMENT had lots of beer and some recording sessions in the
Lautmeister studios. The result was “SPERMATIZED” and included
four new songs and four cover versions. The release party was
celebrated live at the Wacken Open Air right after “Hammerfall”
where the already injured bangers were totally blown away by a
devastating pyro-show. The
“SPERM OVER EUROPE TORTOUR” was continued to the beginning of
1999. After
a contribution to the Unbroken Metal sampler with the track “We
Still Die” the 15-years-anniversary of TORMENT was marked by
another release with the fitting title “NOT DEAD YET”. And again
destruction and violence were supposed to be seen on the stages all
over Europe, being highlighted by the Headbanger`s and Wacken Open
Airs 1999. TORMENT
contributed to the “New Generation Of Rock”-sampler with the
track “NATURE`S REVENGE” in the year 2000 and recorded four “Motörhead”-coverversions
for the Motörmorphösis – A Tribute To Motörhead Part 1 + 2
("Ace of Spades" + "Stone Dead Forever" for Motörmorphösis
Part 1 and "No Voices in the Sky" + "Orgasmatron"
for Motörmorphösis Part 2). To promote the sampler, TORMENT
performed several shows as MOTÖRMENT and played only Motörhead
classics on these gigs. The
20th band anniversary was celebrated with a headliner show at the
Metal Bash Open Air 2004 including everything the real metal fan´s
heart desires like tons of pyros, Go Go Girls, firespitting,
chainsaws, flamethrowing and Thrash´n´Roll all night. After that,
the band went directly into the studio to record 19 songs for the
next album with the perfectly fitting title „Tormentation“ plus
"Denim and Leather" for the Saxon Tribute “Eagleution”
and "Prisoners of our time" for the Running Wild Tribute
“The Revivalry”. After a phase of
recreation TORMENT are back to celebrate the band´s 25th
anniversary with their new studio album Tormentizer,
which is to be released in July 2009. |