TORQUE -COLOURED-

IT WAS 1994 WHEN ONE OF THE LEADERS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA THRASH SCENE, VIO-LENCE, CALLED IT QUITS FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF VOCALIST SEAN KILLIAN, AND GUITARIST ROB FLYNN WHO WENT ON TO FORM MACHINE HEAD. FROM THE ASHES OF VIO-LENCE AROSE THE RIFF HEAVY AND GROOVE INFUSED THRASHERS, TORQUE, WHOSE 1996 SELF-TITLED RECORD IS BEING REISSUED ON JANUARY 18TH, 2019 VIA MASCOT RECORDS AND WILL BE AVAILABLE ON CD, LP AND DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.??FRONTING TORQUE, MACHINE HEAD'S GUITARIST PHIL DEMMEL TOOK ON LEAD VOCALS WHILE TEAMING UP WITH GUITARIST RAY VEGAS, BASSIST DEEN DELL AND DRUMMER MARK HERNANDEZ TO FORM A CRUSHING FOUR-WAY VOCAL ASSAULT THAT BURNT BRIGHTLY, BUT BRIEFLY. RELEASING THREE DEMOS BETWEEN 1994 AND 1997, THE SELFTITLED ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON MASCOT RECORDS AND STANDS ALONE AS THE SOLE STUDIO RELEASE FROM THE BAND THAT CAME AND WENT IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.??INCLUDING ALL 11 ORIGINAL SONGS, PLUS 4 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMOS THIS RECORD IS A RELENTLESS RIDE THROUGH TOPICS RANGING FROM ADDICTION, TO DOMESTIC ABUSE, AND REVENGE. IT'S A HARD-HITTING ALBUM THAT IS SURE TO PIQUE THE INTEREST OF METAL FANS EVERYWHERE. SPEAKING ON THE ORIGINAL INCEPTION OF THE ALBUM, DEMMEL EXPLAINS, WHILE WRITING AND CREATING THE MUSIC, EACH OF US WERE WILLING TO TRY EACH OTHER'S IDEAS. WE WANTED TO STAY TRUE TO OUR CORE AND SHARE IT WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. HE CONTINUES, I HAVE NOTHING BUT FOND MEMORIES OF MY TIME SPENT WITH THESE GUYS AND PLAYING THESE SONGS. IT WAS A TOUGH TIME TO BE IN A METAL BAND IN THE MID-90S AND I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN THAT TIME.??1. H.L.S?2. AGAIN?3. NOTHING?4. SHOOTER?5. DEAD YOU LAY?6. CHOKING?7. FORGOTTEN?8. PULLED?9. WILL OF STONE?10. BREED?11. HAND OVER FIST?(BONUS TRACKS)?12. CIRCLING?13. ERASED?14. SERVER?15. ISOLATION / ANGER MINE