#485. Demolition Hammer - Tortured Existence

Genre: Thrash Metal
Origin: USA
Release Date: 1990
Label: Century Media

Now, this is a slab of pure destruction! Tortured Existence is slayer, if they were slower and heavier. Much, much heavier. The brutality is turned up to 11 on this release, and the band knows that fact, and do everything they can to emphasize it.

The riffs on here are just incredible. They will bang your head, and they will send your stereo system through the wall. They have a sort of groove to them, which is fantastic, though might turn some people off. The furious drumming, mixed with almost technical sounding basslines adapt to the riffs, and the vocals are a furious spitting. This sounds almost death metal, but retains it's thrash influences enough to still be considered thrash.

The production is as heavy as the riffs. Scott Burns is to blame for the heavy as fuck (for lack of a better term) production. This really needs to be heard to be believed.

1.	.44 Caliber Brain Surgery	04:28
2.	Neanderthal	05:04
3.	Gelid Remains	05:23
4.	Crippling Velocity	05:45
5.	Infectious Hospital Waste	05:01
6.	Hydrophobia	03:10
7.	Paracidal Epitaph	05:30
8.	Mercenary Aggression	03:25
9.	Cataclysm	05:52
Total playing time		43:38

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