REVIEW: TORTURE SQUAD - THE UNHOLY SPELL

 

TORTURE SQUAD - THE UNHOLY SPELL (Destroyer Recs., 2001)

Produced by Ciero and Amilcar Christofaro

Recorded at Da Tribo Studio

Artwork by Joan Delville

Tracks: 1- The Unholy Spell, 2- Warmonger, 3- Spiritual Cancer, 4- Abduction Was the Case, 5- The Host, 6- Area 51, 7- Welcome Home, 8- Under the Wings of the Empire, 9- A Soul in Hell

This CD starts with hyper brutality with the title track....a track designed to bang your head against a wall with the rhythm of the killer drums here. Everything here is made in order to make this brutal death metal in a really effective way. In fact the riffs are devastating and the vocals are guttural (one of them) and saming (the other). I liked a lot the shifts from one rhythm to the other that this guys make. They are technically proficient and they have interesting thrash metal influences. Speed is one element here that can not be left out when describing this band´s music. It is fundamental. Lovers of brutality, here is Torture Squad !! Favorite tracks: "The Unholly Spell", "Abdusction Was the Case", and "Welcome Home". Contact: www.destroyer.com.br