Water torture - Pillbox (2014)

On most albums the noise instrumentals and the sludgy parts would sound bleak and oppressing. on Pilbox, Water torture's first LP it nearly sounds like some quiet moments, letting you breathe a bit before the grind storm strikes again. it helps also to bring some diversity to the album and strenghten the intensity of the grinding parts. not that they would need help to sound brutal and scary intense. and not just intense as any grind, it's also intense by grind standards. on it's grinding moments the two bass and drums trio is really battering  the listeners like a sledgehammer on a full speed destruction rampage. with Pillbox, Warter torture easily satisfy the high expectations we had for it.

listen, and be destroyed : the BC page.

Six brew bantha / Water torture split (2013)

Here we have two of the more noticed new grind band reunited on a split record on the occasion of their US tour together. Cool!

Six brew bantha hit hard last year with their self titled first album.  Are they confirming the quality of their music on this split? Yes they are! Their five songs are faultless exercises of pure grind, agressive and catchy in the grindiest way. I really recommend it! (Note that they also releases a split with Agitate).

On this split I'm still not completely convinced by Water torture's music. The six new songs, of the bass and drum duo aren't bad but I just can't get into it. The songs are maybe too simple and stripped out, it could be a good thing and it's the idea behind a bass and drum duo, but I feel that they don't success in transforming their noise into songs or even into a memorable sonic experience. I just find it a bit anoying and a bit boring. But I suppose it's better to see them performing live.

You can listen to Six brew bantha side of the split on their BC page.

I don't know where you can stream the Water torture side.

Water torture / Thedowngoing split EP (2012)

when you team a destructive noisy fastcore bass/drum duo with a punishing noisegrind duo what do you get?
yes, something that's not for your grandma...the ruined buildings pics on the cover artwork of this record works well as a good evocation of what happens in your brain when you listen to this split.
who are the guilty parties?
two rising stars of the PV noisegrind scene : Water torture from Buffalo US and Thedowngoing from Australia (HERE's the reviews and interviews I did related to Thedowngoing). they are touring together the US and I let you imagine the path of destruction they are leaving on their wake...
Nervealtar records is the third culprit releasing this split vinyl/digital EP as a tesimony of the damages done.

Water torture plays eleven songs in 3 minutes. I have mixed feelings about their part of the split. I like short and fast songs but this time I feel that these tracks are to short to be songs. its more bursts of noise. in itself it's not a problem, can be cool, but maybe here it's too short to be really interesting. it starts blasting and you start getting into it and then it stops. it's a bit frustrating...but as a teaser for their live shows it's not bad because I think chances are their live shows are a way more effective and interesting experience than these tracks.

Thedowngoing part of the split is one long track (nearly five minutes, do you believe it?), but it's a collection of songs so it's a bit the same stop and go experience than wih Water torture. but in my opinion it works a lot better. it manages to grab you and stuck you into their whirlwind of audio fury, maybe because there's more heaviness and grooves in the songs (but maybe they're a bit cheating, you know the songs even have riffs! compared to water torture its bordering prog rock!).

as a whole it's a cool split, the Thedowngoing part being more effective and impressive in my opinion.

but the more important thing is that if you can see them destroying your city during their tour, don't miss it!

bandcamp page of the split
Nervealtar blog