Torment (Six Feet Under album)

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Torment
Six Feet Under - Torment cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)
Recorded2016
Studio
Genre Death metal
Length46:59
Label Metal Blade
Producer Chris Barnes
Six Feet Under chronology
Crypt of the Devil
(2015)
Torment
(2017)
Nightmares of the Decomposed
(2020)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cutting Edge  [ nl ]Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Exclaim! 5/10 [2]
Inferno  [ fi ]Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Laut.de Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Legacy  [ de ]8/10 [5]
Powermetal.de  [ de ]8.5/10 [6]
Revolver 3/5 [7]
Rock Hard 7.5/10 [8]
Soundi  [ fi ]Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Torment is the twelfth studio album from American death metal band Six Feet Under, released on February 24, 2017 by Metal Blade Records. [10] [11] It is the first album to feature drummer Marco Pitruzzella. It is the first album since 2013's Unborn to feature bassist Jeff Hughell, whom also plays all guitars on the album.

Contents

Background

Vocalist Chris Barnes gives an explanation about the album:

"Our new album does not sound like any of our previous albums. Just as Haunted didn't sound like Tomb of the Mutilated (from Barnes's previous band Cannibal Corpse), just like Maximum Violence didn't sound like Warpath , just like Undead didn't sound like 13 . If you are expecting it to sound like one of our other albums, you will be disappointed. Saying that, the new music we have recorded is fucking insane. it is the most brutally intense, groove-laden masterpiece we've ever put together!" [12]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Chris Barnes; all music is composed by Jeff Hughell [13] .

No.TitleLength
1."Sacrificial Kill"3:55
2."Exploratory Homicide"2:45
3."The Separation of Flesh from Bone"4:52
4."Schizomaniac"3:54
5."Skeleton"3:43
6."Knife Through the Skull"3:40
7."Slaughtered as They Slept"4:55
8."In the Process of Decomposing"3:50
9."Funeral Mask"3:28
10."Obsidian"4:14
11."Bloody Underwear"3:41
12."Roots of Evil"4:02
Total length:46:59

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [13]

Six Feet Under
Miscellaneous staff

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14] 54
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 113
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] 98

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