Torche (band)
| Torche | |
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 Torche 2013 Live in Carrboro |
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| General information | |
| origin | Miami , USA |
| Genre (s) | Sludge , alternative rock , stoner rock |
| founding | 2004 |
| Website | www.torchemusic.com |
| Current occupation | |
Drums |
Rick Smith |
Vocals, guitar |
Andrew Elstner (since 2011) |
Vocals, guitar |
Steve Brooks |
Electric bass |
Jonathan Nuñez |
| former members | |
Vocals, guitar |
Juan Montoya (until 2008) |
Torche is a sludge band from Miami founded in 2004 .
history
Torche was founded in 2004 by former Floor members Steve Brooks and Juan Montoya together with drummer Rick Smith, who had previously played in various grindcore groups, and bassist Jonathan Nunez. The band released their self-titled debut album on Robotic Empire the following year, followed by nationwide touring with The Sword , Mouth of the Architect , Jesu , Isis and Mogwai . In 2007 the band released the EP In Return designed by John Baizley ( Baroness ) . After the release of the second studio album Meanderthal in 2008, Juan Montoya announced his departure from the group due to artistic differences between him and the band. For the time being, the group stayed as a trio and toured with Harvey Milk and Coheed and Cambria in this constellation . Another EP was released in 2010 via Hydra Head under the title Songs of Singles . The following year Andrew Elstner joined the band as the second guitarist, with whom the third, critically acclaimed and published via Volcom Entertainment studio album Harmonicraft was recorded. In the years that followed, the band toured and released various singles and EPs. The fourth studio album Restarter followed in 2015 via Relapse Records .
style
The Internet portal Whiskey-Soda compares the group with Baroness, Red Fang and the Queens of the Stone Age . For the Metal Hammer Melanie Aschenbrenner locates the group between Mastodon , Fugazi and Baroness.
Meanwhile, the band's style is a continuation of the style mixture of pop , stoner rock and sludge established by Brooks with Floor . According to Arne Ebner, the melodies are “more poppy, the sound more differentiated and the songs a little faster” compared to the previous group. The sound would still be preserved. Guitar playing is described in music reviews as heavy and heavily distorted sludge riffing, which is contrasted with pop melodies. Drumming is referred to on stonerrock.eu as metallic threshing, while bass playing is described as monotonously distorted shredding. Meanwhile, Brooks' high vocals are atypical for comparable music groups.
Discography
- Albums
- 2005: Torche (Robotic Empire)
- 2008: Meanderthal (Robotic Empire)
- 2012: Harmonicraft (Volcom Entertainment)
- 2015: Restarter (Relapse Records)
- 2019: Admission (Relapse Records)
- EPs, singles
- 2007: In Return (EP, Robotic Empire)
- 2009: Healer / Across the Shield (EP, Hydra Head)
- 2009: Meanderthal Demos (EP, Rotting Chapel)
- 2009: In Return (EP, Robotic Empire)
- 2009: Torche / Boris - Chapter Ahead beeing Fake (Split EP, Hydra Head)
- 2010: Songs for Singles (EP, Hydra Head)
- 2010: King Beef (EP, Hydra Head)
- 2011: UFO (EP, Hydra Head)
- 2011: Part Chimp / Torche (Split EP, Chunklet Magazine)
- 2012: Kicking (single, Volcom Entertainment)
- 2012: Harmonslaught (single, Amnesian Records)
- 2012: Pow Wow (single, Decibel Magazine)
- 2013: Keep Up / Leather Feather (Single, Volcom Entertainment)
Web links
- Official website
- Torche at Allmusic (English)
- Torche at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gregory Heaney: Torche Biography. Allmusic, accessed June 20, 2016 .
- ↑ DanielF: Torche: Restarter. (No longer available online.) Whiskey Soda, archived from the original on June 20, 2016 ; Retrieved June 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Melanie Aschenbrenner: Torche: Restarter. Metal Hammer. Retrieved June 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Arne Ebner: The Aesthetics of Doom . S. 177 .
- ^ Norman R .: Torche: Restarter. Music reviews, accessed June 20, 2016 .
- ↑ MPH: Torche: Harmonicraft. (No longer available online.) Stonerrock.eu, archived from the original on June 20, 2016 ; Retrieved June 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
