This is the return of the brutal death metal gods Cannibal Corpse with their 12th studio album. Because of that many would ask if they could still be creative after 11 albums and if this one would sound different than the last one. By the time that the listeners will start listen to that album, they will realize that Cannibal Corpse will never let down anyone of their fans. And hell yeah when “Demented Aggression” the first track of “Torture” starts you ll start headbanging to it rhythm. It’s the best way to start a Cannibal album if you ask me of course,with crazy speeding drums and heavy guitar riffs filled by the master of bass Alex Webster.
As the record goes on you can find some more mid tempo groove songs like “Sarcophagic Frenzy” , “scourge of iron”, “Intestinal crank” and “Followed Home Then Killed” and some faster like “As Deep as the Knife Will Go”. There is also a change in CC riffing style. The songs of “Torture” are much heavier than the ones in “Evisceration Plague” , drums are the fastest that Paul ever played with Cannibal Corpse and all songs based on a standard groove each time mixed with extreme fast parts without forgetting the attitude of the band of course. Groove parts taking the spotlight of the songs most of the times along with the technical solos taking part more this time and giving away the “Slayer” type of them that were played in “Evisceration Plague”. “Torture” closes up with “Torn Through” a really fast and aggressive song that all of the hard core fans of Cannibal Corpse will fall in love with. It’s the best way to close that album because it gives you the sence of lust for the next one! There is also a Bonus German edition of “torture” including three live songs “Death Walking Terror”, “Make Them Suffer” and “Disfigured”.
Clearly Cannibal Corpse with that “Torture” showing us that they still have creativity and they still have more to give us ! Its really a must buy for everyone that is into Death Metal!