Demise
Torture Garden (2005)
Album

Reviewed: 9/19/2007

Polish extreme metal, that doesn't sound Polish! 'Torture Garden' is Demise's third full-length album so far and it can be heard. But sadly, more in performances than in songwriting... Demise have collected quite a bunch of elements on this album, but when digging into the core, it is death metal and post-thrash riffage mixed, and punchy fast drumming covered with melodious guitars. And nothing is too straight, not too rock 'n' roll. Think about Darkane hitting the same rehearsal room with HateSphere. There's better than average synthesizer work scattered all around 'Torture Garden' (even though 'Grieve no Longer' sounds like a rip-off from the game "F.E.A.R."). At first glance, there's nothing wrong with the music if you like this kind of stuff, but soon it becomes clear that Demise, alb...

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