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COCK AND BALL TORTURE BIOGRAPHY
Cock And Ball Torture was formed by three ex-members of Carnal Tomb. The band's style may be compared with their countrymen Gut, the German legend of grindcore, as it is mid-tempo grindcore with pitch-shifted vocals and lyrics based on porno. Their style has scarcely changed since the beginning, through porngrind to brutal death metal.
CBT appeared as a trio in early 1997 and after six months of rehearsals visited a local studio to record a promo tape "Cocktales" which appeared in several underground zines, getting very good reviews. Two years later, after several splits and EPs, the tape was re-released on CD by Shredded Records, and a year after followed the debut CD "Opus(sy) VI" which was released by the same label. The second full-length "Sadochismo" came out as another great success for the band.
So in 2004 the trio has apparently decided, with the release of the third album "Egoleech", that their gore/porn image isn't their thing anymore. The vocals on the new album are not always pitch-shifted, to take advantage of the change.
COCK AND BALL TORTURE GENRES Grindcore (early), Groovy Death Metal (later)
COCK AND BALL TORTURE LYRICAL THEMES BDSM
COCK AND BALL TORTURE ORIGIN Germany, formed in 1997
COCK AND BALL TORTURE CURRENT RECORD LABEL Unsigned
COCK AND BALL TORTURE STATUS Active
COCK AND BALL TORTURE CURRENT LINE-UP Tobias Augustin - Guitars/Live Vocals (Carnal Tomb)
Timo Pahlke - Bass/Live Vocals (Carnal Tomb)
Sascha Pahlke - Drums/Studio Vocals (Carnal Tomb)
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