I found them yesterday at a local cd store. The cover looked interesting and the guy there lets me listen to some of the cds before I buy them. Its the album "The Force". In the first minute i decided to buy them, and the rest of the cd is just as impressive, IMO. Who's heard them? Do you like any of their stuff. Im probably going to get some more of their stuff but i dont know how they sound now. Does anyone know how they are now, compared to the style on "The Force".

EDIT: If you havnt heard of them heres the site

www.mazeoftorment.com

The link doesn't work.

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I fixed the link. I dont know why that other one was there. It was the address at the time . Anyway, would someone tell me what they think. And just because you know i like black metal, dont hesitate, its not black metal... IMO.

The name gives me hope that there is a strong Morbid Angel influence.

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Chris: im usually pretty bad at making those kind of comparisons. But I can say, at least, that there are some amon amarth style riffs, not the tremolo kind. You know, the palm mute riffs amon amarth bases a lot of their sound on. There are some tremolo riffs, but overall i think theres less then ten on this cd. I i think these vocals are superb. so is someone going to check them out or what!!!!

I just downloaded 8 of their tracks (the 9th linked me to a 404). I've listened to 7 of the tracks to far, I'm about halfway through the 8th right now. I don't like it, really. No offense, I just don't like it. I like Amon Amarth much better, although your comparison to them is legitimate. I don't know... if I want death metal, I'd prefer something that's either brutal or insanely complex, preferably both. If I want some metal that's melodic, I usually listen to Emperor or Fates Warning, both complex bands.

This comes down to personal preference for me, and I just don't dig the whole simplistic melodic death thing.

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oh well, haha, nobody likes what i do
thanks for having a listen though, and discussing

They are a reasonably good band, nothing to great or to good, just old school Deathrash

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Another band named after a Morbid Angel song.

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i was gonna say that also. its the first thing i pictured is some morbid angel wannabe band

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if they wanted to be like morbid angel, dont you think they would sound similar.

All im getting at is who gives a fuck if a band name has arleady used in a song title. Think about it, there are usually 8+ song titles per cd for every 1 band name. The same ideas for names are going to happen, so what. Lots of song/band names/album titles are repeated. get used to it.

I think that they are pretty good. I have one of their cds downloaded

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I like this band a lot,glad i listened.

which one do you have?

I own their "Death Strikes" album, it has some descent songs (playing-wise brilliant) though that album eventually sinks to the swamp of mediocreness and boredom. I haven't heard their other material.