Egoleech

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Egoleech
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Studio album by
Released14 June 2004
Genre
Length36:11
Label Morbid Records
Cock and Ball Torture chronology
Sadochismo
(2002)
Egoleech
(2004)

Egoleech is the third studio album by German goregrind band Cock and Ball Torture. This album shows a shift in the group's style from its trademark pornogrind sound to groove-laden death metal. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Another Arch Abraded"2:36
2."Close Your Eyes And Bear It"2:28
3."Blindfold Bare Submissive"3:11
4."Complex 27"2:10
5."Be Raped Bereaved"2:36
6."She No Longer Cared"2:49
7."Sharp And Slender"2:29
8."Sono Sterile Theory"3:14
9."Thickening"2:23
10."Six Holes Cut"2:59
11."Thirty Degrees Backwards"2:57
12."Contagious"3:49
13."One Inch Left"2:19

Personnel

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