Torture Killer

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Torture Killer
Origin Finland, Europe
Genre(s) Death metal
Years active 2002 – Present
Label(s) Metal Blade Records
Karmageddon Media
Members
Juri Sallinen
Tuomas Karppinen
Jari Laine
Kim Torniainen
Tuomo Latvala
Former members
Chris Barnes
Matti Liuke
Taneli Hatakka

Torture Killer is a death metal band from Finland which started out in 2002 as a Six Feet Under cover band, but soon began composing and performing original material in the same vein. Chris Barnes, the original vocalist for Cannibal Corpse and current vocalist for Six Feet Under, officially joined Torture Killer as lead vocalist in November 2005. He left the Band in January 2008. The other members of the band are Tuomas Karppinen (guitar), Jari Laine (guitar), Kim Torniainen (bass), and Tuomo Latvala (drums).

The band first started out as a fun project during the spring of 2002, when the guys hung out at their rehearsal rooms drinking beer and playing their favourite Six Feet Under and Obituary songs. After a couple of months a sudden possibility to play live at a local metalshow rose out of nowhere and after a small discussion they agreed to perform a set of SFU cover songs. The band name was chosen after a track they were to play that night: Torture Killer. After that weekend they decided to try writing similar material of their own.

6 months later, Torture Killer were in the studio recording 9 tracks to be released on Severe Music, the label of one of the Torture Killer members. The final result for this low budget recording (recorded, mixed and mastered in 30 hours) was their debut album. They decided to try their luck and sent promo-copies to a small amount of respectable metal labels. Hammerheart and Torture Killer signed a deal in spring 2003.

The Debut album "For Maggots To Devour" was released through Karmageddon Media in October 2003. After the release the band did a tour in Finland supporting Vader and shortly after that embarked on their first small European tour with Cropment and Poppy Seed Grinder. The line-up changed just a few days before the European trip and Sallinen (Funeral Feast) stepped in to save the day and the band continued to use his help after the tour with random live dates. In September 2005 Torture Killer shares a release with a fellow Finnish death metal murdermachine Sotajumala, the split ep carries out two new T-K tracks with Sallinen on vocals and is released as 7"-vinyl and as a CD single.

While Torture Killer was on the "Blast Your Violence" European tour, the band was approached by former Cannibal Corpse frontman, Chris Barnes, who now leads death metal band Six Feet Under.

The name Torture Killer caught Barnes's attention and he was intrigued enough to check them out - finding them in a difficult situation with the line-up. During the year 2005 a lot of preparations were made and on November, 2005, it was official: Chris joined Torture Killer and Torture Killer was signed to Metal Blade records. The second album "Swarm!" was recorded earlier on that year with Barnes writing more than half of the songs on the album.

On January 31th, 2008 Six Feet Under posted a Bulletin via their MySpace page, saying the following:

Legendary death metal vocalist Chris Barnes has officially parted ways with the Finish death metal band Torture Killer, who took their name from a Six Feet Under song back when they were a SFU and Obituary cover band. “I am no longer involved with, or a member of the band Torture Killer. The split is mutual; it was just time for me to move forward. I wish the band well in all future plans and musical endeavors” comments Chris Barnes.

Juri Sallinen will be taking over vocal duties permanetly for Torture Killer.

Contents

[edit] Discography

  1. Flesh Breaks to Open Wounds
  2. Sadistic Violation
  3. Motivated to Kill
  4. Necrophag
  5. Fuck Them When They Bleed
  6. No Time to Bleed
  7. Torture to Death
  8. Gore Terror
  9. Strangulation
  1. 8:15
  2. Bind, Torture, Kill
  3. Day of Cadavers
  4. Defiled and Dead
  1. Swarm!
  2. Forever Dead
  3. A Funeral for the Masses
  4. Multiple Counts of Murder
  5. Obsessed With Homicide
  6. Sadistic
  7. Cannibal Gluttony
  8. I Killed You
  9. Heading Towards the Butchery
  10. A Violent Scene of Death

[edit] Members

  • Juri Sallinen: Vocals (2008-present)
  • Tuomas Karppinen: Guitars
  • Jari Laine: Guitars
  • Kim Torniainen: Bass
  • Tuomo Latvala: Drums

[edit] Former Members

  • Chris Barnes: Vocals (2005-2008)
  • Matti Liuke: Vocals
  • Taneli Hatakka: Guitar

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