Review by Alex on June 3, 2018.

Torture Rack delivers 27 minutes of rightfully titled Malefic Humiliation. It's an offering that has great moments but eventually looses its stronghold on the listener early on.

The disgusting yet delightful opener “Festering Castration” has that swarming riffing where one gets the sense he/she is being chased by a 1000 locusts. It's one of the catchier and memorable songs on Malefic Humiliation . It has some tempo changes and pinch harmonics along the thrashing leads and low gutturals. "Masked in Leeches" follows a similar path to the opening track but takes a big step into the doom and "war metal" territories with slow drumming that escalates into steady monotonous blasts. The pace of its ending section is a good lead into the next and lengthiest serving being “Corpse Revenge”. I liked the way it started and wished that it had kept that tempo throughout its running time. The momentum became more invigorating as it approached the beginning of the middle section.

Here is the problem, for just 27 minutes, much of the music is too repetitive. Each track sounds like a precursor of individual entries on the record. There wasn't enough diversity in the song structure and musical elements to keep me interested in the remainder of the album. Though the music following "Corpse Revenge" were relatively short pieces, they sounded very identical to the opening segments of the record due to the lack of innovation. What also contributed to the downside of Malefic Humiliation is the placement of the guitar solos; in which most are towards the ending of the tracks, such as on “Destined For Dogmeat” and “Sweltering Into Gore". Even worse, some of the solos come across as filler which is a bad thing especially for such a short record.

Malefic Humiliation could have been a much better full length album if the music didn't sound lazy past the half way mark. It started very convincing but the lack of contrast made 27 minutes feel much longer.

Rating: 5.9 out of 10

Review by Alex on June 3, 2018.

Torture Rack delivers 27 minutes of rightfully titled Malefic Humiliation. It's an offering that has great moments but eventually looses its stronghold on the listener early on.

The disgusting yet delightful opener “Festering Castration” has that swarming riffing where one gets the sense he/she is being chased by a 1000 locusts. It's one of the catchier and memorable songs on Malefic Humiliation . It has some tempo changes and pinch harmonics along the thrashing leads and low gutturals. "Masked in Leeches" follows a similar path to the opening track but takes a big step into the doom and "war metal" territories with slow drumming that escalates into steady monotonous blasts. The pace of its ending section is a good lead into the next and lengthiest serving being “Corpse Revenge”. I liked the way it started and wished that it had kept that tempo throughout its running time. The momentum became more invigorating as it approached the beginning of the middle section.

Here is the problem, for just 27 minutes, much of the music is too repetitive. Each track sounds like a precursor of individual entries on the record. There wasn't enough diversity in the song structure and musical elements to keep me interested in the remainder of the album. Though the music following "Corpse Revenge" were relatively short pieces, they sounded very identical to the opening segments of the record due to the lack of innovation. What also contributed to the downside of Malefic Humiliation is the placement of the guitar solos; in which most are towards the ending of the tracks, such as on “Destined For Dogmeat” and “Sweltering Into Gore". Even worse, some of the solos come across as filler which is a bad thing especially for such a short record.

Malefic Humiliation could have been a much better full length album if the music didn't sound lazy past the half way mark. It started very convincing but the lack of contrast made 27 minutes feel much longer.

Rating: 5.9 out of 10

Review by Alex on June 3, 2018.

Torture Rack delivers 27 minutes of rightfully titled Malefic Humiliation. It's an offering that has great moments but eventually looses its stronghold on the listener early on.

The disgusting yet delightful opener “Festering Castration” has that swarming riffing where one gets the sense he/she is being chased by a 1000 locusts. It's one of the catchier and memorable songs on Malefic Humiliation . It has some tempo changes and pinch harmonics along the thrashing leads and low gutturals. "Masked in Leeches" follows a similar path to the opening track but takes a big step into the doom and "war metal" territories with slow drumming that escalates into steady monotonous blasts. The pace of its ending section is a good lead into the next and lengthiest serving being “Corpse Revenge”. I liked the way it started and wished that it had kept that tempo throughout its running time. The momentum became more invigorating as it approached the beginning of the middle section.

Here is the problem, for just 27 minutes, much of the music is too repetitive. Each track sounds like a precursor of individual entries on the record. There wasn't enough diversity in the song structure and musical elements to keep me interested in the remainder of the album. Though the music following "Corpse Revenge" were relatively short pieces, they sounded very identical to the opening segments of the record due to the lack of innovation. What also contributed to the downside of Malefic Humiliation is the placement of the guitar solos; in which most are towards the ending of the tracks, such as on “Destined For Dogmeat” and “Sweltering Into Gore". Even worse, some of the solos come across as filler which is a bad thing especially for such a short record.

Malefic Humiliation could have been a much better full length album if the music didn't sound lazy past the half way mark. It started very convincing but the lack of contrast made 27 minutes feel much longer.

Rating: 5.9 out of 10

Review by Adam M on August 10, 2009.

A really spastic approach highlights this band styles quite well. They certainly have the raucous element of their music playing quite in tune. This leads them to play in a number of different directions that could be seen as slightly off-kilter to some and this makes it difficult to follow along with exactly what they are trying to portray as effectively as one would entirely want to.

The sound isn’t exactly the most poignantly impressive type I’ve heard as the band go through a very odd styling that’s difficult to pin down although the hardcore overtones overrun all here. They make things really difficult to listen to with a compassionate standpoint as the music just permeates around too frequently. They still come across with an energetic outpouring, to some extent, its just not allowed to take full fruition as they delve into mediocre territories with their style. One would expect a more controlled version of the chaos to be found, but the band are dead set on their particular techniques. The album is slightly more effective when looked at from the perspective of a straight up hardcore work, where the crazy natures are more suited to what you might expect from that genre.

People looking for an album where they can come to high grips with the riffs and thoughts that are present may want to look elsewhere as this album is a big difficult to appreciate thoroughly from a style point of view. Perhaps those interested in the hardcore genre might have slightly more to get from this album then.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 5.5
Atmosphere: 5
Production: 6
Originatlity: 5.5
Overal: 5.6

Rating: 5.5 out of 10

Review by Adam M on August 10, 2009.

A really spastic approach highlights this band styles quite well. They certainly have the raucous element of their music playing quite in tune. This leads them to play in a number of different directions that could be seen as slightly off-kilter to some and this makes it difficult to follow along with exactly what they are trying to portray as effectively as one would entirely want to.

The sound isn’t exactly the most poignantly impressive type I’ve heard as the band go through a very odd styling that’s difficult to pin down although the hardcore overtones overrun all here. They make things really difficult to listen to with a compassionate standpoint as the music just permeates around too frequently. They still come across with an energetic outpouring, to some extent, its just not allowed to take full fruition as they delve into mediocre territories with their style. One would expect a more controlled version of the chaos to be found, but the band are dead set on their particular techniques. The album is slightly more effective when looked at from the perspective of a straight up hardcore work, where the crazy natures are more suited to what you might expect from that genre.

People looking for an album where they can come to high grips with the riffs and thoughts that are present may want to look elsewhere as this album is a big difficult to appreciate thoroughly from a style point of view. Perhaps those interested in the hardcore genre might have slightly more to get from this album then.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 5.5
Atmosphere: 5
Production: 6
Originatlity: 5.5
Overal: 5.6

Rating: 5.5 out of 10