Torture+Wheel | th

Since forming in 2007 near Oslo, Norway, THE WHEEL have been recording their debut album while building a name in the live circuit. Playing alongside UFO, Ken Hensley and The Quireboys at festivals has gained them a reputation of a rock solid live band in Scandinavia. Their self-titled CD was initially presented last year, and now with a better distribution company behind them, The Wheel are ready to show the world their sonic combination of the '70s, '80s and '90s. .

Melding together numerous genres and adding a discipline of their own fury, Torturer make melodic speed metal not dissimilar to a more technical and articulate Metallica with a vocal track that matches the treble peak of shriek which Swedish death/black metal bands currently use. Their essential approach is to cluster riffs and knead them together over iterations, and the diversity and structural intent stamp the output which while rolling across the spectrum returns to its fundamental parts. Heavy metal riffs with a muffled strum technique covering either buckling power chord staccato blasts or electric lances of lead guitar playing, played...

Saw Wheel is RJ Cresswell, who plays acoustic guitar, harmonica, sings, and, in doing so, sounds a fuck of a lot like Rumbleseat. .

Australian deathgrind outfit Insidious Torture formed in late 2008. Current line-up: Storma - Vocals Dan O'Grady - Guitar (Damaged (Aus), Terrorust) Matt "Skitz" Sanders - Drums (Damaged (Aus), Abramelin (Aus), Invocation (Aus), Hellspawn (Aus), Deströyer 666, Cemetery Urn, Terrorust, Humonic, Sadistik Exekution) Discography: - "Lust and Decay" EP (2010, self-released) Insidious Torture @ MySpace .