Band:	Broken Torso
Album:	The Ultimate Abhorrence
Style:	Brutal death metal
Website:	https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/3082623-broken-torso
Release date:	2000
Guest review by:	Ch'ti

01. Buried Alive
02. Tormented
03. Homicide
04. Thrill Of Terror
05. Unforgotten Sins
06. Hours Of Pain
07. The Ultimate Abhorrence

A hidden underground death metal gem just waiting to be discovered.

I have a hard time knowing how The Ultimate Abhorrence can be so unknown; it's a short but very effective album that gets straight to the point, and Broken Torso decided to release this banger before disappearing. It's a shame that a band with such great potential disappeared as quickly as they appeared.

Brutal death metal is not my favorite genre, but when the music is excellent, you can enjoy any style of music without problem. For brutal death metal, the best albums are a little shorter than in other genres but very impactful; Broken Torso succeeds well in the sense that for only half an hour, almost the length of an EP, we still have the impression of having listened to an LP because the album is complete. Listeners feel that the band has followed through on its ideas and used them wisely.

The drums in this album are punchy, satisfying and as angry as the vocals, which are very greasy and incomprehensible as has come to be expected for the genre. The guitars have a very classic sound from this era; it makes you nostalgic for an era that is already distant.

The Ultimate Abhorrence is short, but that is to its advantage, because it makes it almost more memorable. It is only composed of very effective music with no fillers, only killers.

I don't have much else to say; it's a devilishly good album that is unfairly unknown to the general metalhead public, while it could easily be placed next to the greats in the death metal genre without problems.

The band only released one album and I'm already a big fan; I think that The Ultimate Abhorrence can compete with the best brutal death metal albums, in particular the likes of None So Vile by Cryptopsy. A powerful album, we want it to attack us for 30 minutes before leaving as quickly as it arrived, leaving listeners on their asses.

An impromptu discovery that introduced me to one of my favorite death metal albums, The Ultimate Abhorrence is a huge slap in the face from a band that was too quickly forgotten and would have been a great success if they produced more albums, I'm sure. The sole purpose of this review is to make you listen to this album, which, for me, is well worth the effort to form your own opinion. So finish reading these lines and go give the album a chance.