On behalf of the entire Törment organization, we’d like to say a belated thanks to everybody who helped make our 10 year anniversary bash such a great event! Teufelskerle, Expendables, The Guv’nors, all of you award winners, and all of you people who showed up in your metal best. We hope you had just as swell a time as we did! Vielen danke schön!

In other news, the guys are shooting a video for Heavy Metal this week – just another exciting event in the life of the metal and infamous. The net is swarming with rumours that the long awaited Rockumentary for the Eastern European and Asian markets (where art thou, media conglomerates of the West?) will finally be shot, backstage and behind the mise-en-metal-scene – perhaps the guys can lay their hands on some bootlegs for the viewing pleasure of the rest of Europe!

Metal on!

Törment Anniversary Celebrations Comin’ Up!!

We hope to see every single Armü berzerker and amazon at the Törment Mega-bash this upcoming Saturday, May 17.

The address: “The Egg”, Monorama, Tomsagervej 10.

The time: 7 pm - 3 am

Program updates:

19.00 Grillhygge, meet’n'greet

19.30 Teufelskerle gi’r den gas

20.00 CS Nielsen

21.00 Törment Award Ceremony

21.30 Rene fra Robudo

22.00 Expendables

23.00 The Guv’nors

24.00 Insidiöus Törment

Remember to dress for the occasion! Guests will be asked to nominate each other in the categories “Best Rockin’ Outfit, Dude” and “Best Rockin’ Outfit, Dame”.

Sausages, drinks, new t-shirts and tons of beer will be available at the bar, so bring only your metal madness, your makeup and your money!

We hope to see every single one of you blood-crazed Armü berzerkers and amazons at the Metal Mega-Bash of the Decade!

Insidiously
- Törment

www.insidioustorment.com

Decade of Decay: Ten years of Törment!

Yes – it’s untrue! This year, yours trulies celebrate the decennium of their reforming again!
The scene is set at Mono’s new stage “The Egg”, the date is 17.05.2008 at 7 PM, the address is Monorama, Tomsagervej 25, 8230 Aabyhoej, and die lads are planning a mega-bash!All night cheap beer bar! Currywurst bar und grill! Lounge area with rock und heavy metal DJ! Rockin’ live acts! Törment Award show feat. awards with prizes in the following categories:Best rockin’outfit DUDE
Best rockin’ outfit DAME
Most dedicated fan
Most generous groupie
Best Törment song ever
Best Törment manager of all time
Most sorely missed ex-törment

So strap your boots on, let down your hair and put on some tight leather! You may be nominated for best rockin’ outfit yet!

far, scheduled events also include a live performance from the lads themselves, prolific guest stars, meet’n’greet with former members, heavy drinking contest, video-shooting, photo-taking, photo-ops, guided tours of the rehearsal room where classics such as “Your ass belongs to me” and “Riff saved for later” were conceived, immense merchandise stall, groupie-clinic, a chance to hitch a ride in one of the tourbusses (“Fiat of Fear”, “Toyota of Terror” or the “VW of Violence”).

X marks the spot in your calendar – no entrance fee for members of Insidiöus Armü – dkr 20,- for non-members.

If you posses some sort of musical inclination and would like to pay tribute to the most monumental möments of Danish metal, let the boys know and we’ll set what can be done…

Fäecesbuch, Der Website und Youtube Updates!
The net is positively riveting with Törment spam following a much needed update of the good ole website, a host of video material available on TV Törment and the creation of an Insidiöus Armü facebook ring. You can now get to know new-comer Laszlo “Donkey” Wickitz, learn what keeps Redrock asleep at night, join the Ring of Törment in The Wörld of Wärcräft, and stay connected to other ÏT-heads on facebook. Get with the flow of information – now!

Billut - the movie!
Old time friend of the Törments, Belorussian movie-maker and visual documentor Gregor Gihantchev is currently shooting a prequel to his world famous “Billut drives to Minsk”. The film – working title “I say Billut – you say Dibilidut” – is set in the dreary red-light district of Kraptokorsk. Here, struggling jizz-slinger Ivan “Röccö” Masturbajewicj is trying to make ends meet. Part-timing as an auto mechanic, he finally manages to build a car that can help him escape his fate. Unfortunately for him, Billut steals the car and begins his epic backwards drive to Minsk. To promote the movie, Gregor needs a thrilling soundtrack to the high point of the movie, where Billut starts the car and heads out on the roads that will take him to the freedom of Minsk. See the movie here and submit your musical output here: insidious.torment@gmail.com. Gregor will splice the two together and the results will be shown at the Decade of Decay – Ten years of Törment-event described above.
We hope to see you all in your very most metal moods and award-winning outfits!!

Insidiöusly
- Törment

www.insidioustorment.com

2007 was a tumultuous year for the champions of the blade - your very own heavy metal ensemble, Insidiöus Törment. A quarter of the year was spent with only one guitarist, and a new drummer had to be found as warranty issues concerning critical components meant that Gamboa had to be withdrawn. However, following successful live appearances as the year drew to a close, there is no reason not to expect great things from 2008.

Soon, new drummer László “the latin donkey” will have his profile on-site and available, so you can get to know this new face. A host of Törment goodies has been uploaded to YouTube - live songs from the last gig in Randers as well as backstage revelations and antics (search for “TV Törment”). This year will bring a select number of live appearances, almost certainly a recording session, possibly a video-shoot, and preferably a lot of metallic fun.

We will try to keep everybody posted as the updates trickle in… to give you a small teaser, it appears that László has a connection in Hungary with a small store of original tour t-shirts from 1989’s Wrecking Balls tour - we hope to make these available to our die-hard fans this Spring. Stay tuned to das steel!

After a long and cold summer of discontent, the boys are back in town. The summer was spent in a high altitude heavy metal training camp in Andorra, where the young strapping lads kept each other busy honing their metal edges and experimenting with blood doping and epo — new drugs that may allow metal musicians to play even faster!
But now they are back and ready to take on the world and anything it may throw at them (no bottles, please!)
First stop is Von Hatten in Randers where the boys will play live on Saturday 13th October. The gig is called Metal Monster Night. It’s free, and it’s bound to be filled to the brim with young sweaty men. Just the way we like it.

On that fateful night Insidiöus Törment will be playing some old fan favourites and two brand new tracks plus the Metal Monster Night Anthem.

New Mystery Drummer Revealed!

The summer started on an unfortunate note when long-time IT drummer and protocol android Boa suddenly imploded leaving only a few circuits and a goodbye note. For a while he was replaced by another drum machine, but it didn’t really work out … the machine was simply too tight to rock, hence the boys had to let it go.
But now the drum replacement has been found! Part man, part machine, part donkey! This guy is all animal sexiness and no talk, just the way mother nature intended drummers to be. He looks so good but he’s bad to the bone, so naturally the lads are very happy about this addition to the family.
Meet the mystery drummer at the Von Hatten concert.

New Track Online and Upcoming Concert in Aarhus!!

Check out the recent recording feat. Redrock’s amazing lead guitar at the Insidiöus Törment myspace page. Also check out the concert calendar for Törment’s upcoming Aarhus gig.

Insidiously

- Törment

www.insidioustorment.com

Each week during this summer we will post one previously unreleased Törment song here for your listening pleasure. Thus The Summer of True Metal has begun. Along with the songs we will publish lyrics and in-depth background stories.Keep them comments coming and please vote for your favourite Törment song in the comment box below!

Click to play The Kraken

The Kraken Remembered - An Exclusive Interview with Killer

By Vanessa Warhead

Kraken, the Kraken, friend foe or vessel? … And how do we pronounce it?

He’s feared by mariners, scuba divers and astronauts alike. He dwells in the sea but comes from space. Apart from being huge beyond human reckoning, he is also part squid and part polypi, with a touch of genius! His powers of mind control surpass even those of the Jedi masters, and once, in a chess game with Yoda, the little fellah came up short. About the true nature of his intentions there has been much debate, and opinions about his political aspirations fill seven volumes at the Köngeliches Bibliteches den Haaargh in Den Haaargh, Holland. In recent years, a rogue conglomerate of academics have formed the theory that Kraken is in fact a vessel. Is Kraken good or evil and will he float? We can’t answer that, but one thing’s for sure. Size does matter.

 

I recently hooked up with the man behind the Törment classic to ask him a few questions about the creation of the song.

Vanessa: I am very happy you could find the time to see me. I know you have a quite busy schedule.

Killer: Ja, wir are being real busy right now.. in attempt to make der reconstruction of lost recordings for 1987 hair metal album “Kaltes Nacht, Heiser Würstchen”. Original recording war lost in die explosion of studio, hech hech! Wir are using der neues technologie und auch our memory … it’s not easy.

Vanessa: How do you feel about Boa quitting the band?

Killer: Sad, but also strong. Strong und sad.

Vanessa: I see…

Killer: You don’t really… Der strength ist in die numbers … und auch in der Stahl!

Vanessa: OK … I want to ask you about the writing of your classic song “The Kraken”. You wrote it pretty much on your own, right?

Killer: True! I make das sketchen auf die electro-lute back in Schwarzdorf … Und dann I was meeting up with poet for making of introductory poetry … Alfred hast by die wörter gecharged. Das war nicht cheap, I tell you, hech, hech!I was having dieser vision of how I could like das song to be und I try to describe to Alfred … Lots of die tentaklen und einer gloomy mood … how to describe … fishy! Fishy, wet gloom … und auch das doom, of course! Lots of doom … und then we add water! He did great job, der Alfred! Grossartig! You know, Kraken ist being die enemy of der mankind! He hast been sitting at sea-floor seit always …und always watching und waiting, waiting und watching … excercizing und controlling us from the Deep. Und das war die feelings I try to create. Timeless schreck und mind-control.

Vanessa: What about the rest of the lyrics?

Killer: Well, I do some, Scream do some. Ist alles happy metal melting pot. For an example: I say off top of das kopf: “Kill! Kill!” … und Scream kommt with die great rhymes like … Will, steel or smell! … Or bill! That part is easy! Und great fun!

 

Vanessa: When did you record the song?

Killer: Ach… Ich glaube es war 2005. Das previous recording from vieleicht 1987 was lost. I believe O.J. pawned only copy for half a bottle of schnapps, ja? Hech, hech! This time we all went out to Seidenburg, at the Long Lake shoreline… Studio Götterdämmerung – It means in Englisch, Dam of the Gods… Or Damn The Goths…I don’t know for sure.. These things are difficult. Language und stuff.. You bist with das studio familiar?

Vanessa: No, not really…

Killer: Well, I tell you, it’s something else! Im mitte of forest, on top of das hill. Big place… Scream used to doing work there, so we get die studio time for peanuts. Hech, hech! … But das recording equipment was really crappy … Not tight at all.

Vanessa: What was the band lineup at that time?

Killer: Me on lead guitar, Scream auf die screams und das singing, Rostock on backing vocals, O.J. on das bass, Boa on die kettles, und of course Gölem was there, too. This was before he left for das Icy Wasteland. He did a great job with vocals and additional guitar-tracks… His anger really shows on das final mix. The recording ist raw und strong … just the way we are liking it!

Vanessa: Any closing comments to your fans out there?

Killer: Ja! Stay strong und healthy! Build up your characters with das metal music und weights! Stay true, stay real, stay metal! … Stay hungry! Drink beer, not wine! Don’t whine! Stay strong … keep it real!… Rock hard … er … have I been forgetting anything?

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Kraken (lyrics)

Below the thunders of the upper deep

Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea

His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep

The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee

About his shadowy sides; above him swell

Huge sponges of millennial growth and height

And far away into the sickly light

From many a wondrous grot and cell

Unnumbered and enormous polypi

Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green

There hath he lain for ages, and will lie

Until the latter fire shall heat the deep

Then once by man and angels to be seen

In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die

(Sir Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1830)

 

 

Deep, deep, deep below the keel

The monster sleeps its wicked sleep

High, high, high upon the tide

The sailor knows it lies below

Fear, fear, fear has claimed his heart

But yet he sails into its wicked arms

Ohh, oh, oh! beneath the waves

Our unmarked graves await us!

 

 

Oh, Kraken, Kraken! A wicked name that haunts my dreams!

Oh, Kraken, Kraken!His mind is calling out for me!

Black, black, black eternal void

among the stars from whence he came

Cold, cold, cold and cruel mind

That ruled the earth long before our time

Still, still, still he reaches out

He claims control of mind and soul

No, no, no! I’ll never be

Your slave again Oh, wicked Kraken!!

 

 

 

Oh, Kraken, Kraken! A wicked name that haunts my dreams!

Oh, Kraken, Kraken!His mind is calling out for me!

 

 

NOW! I walk the streets of twilight ruins, Kraken pulls my strings, I’m a puppet in a trance

NOW! I’ve lured the innocents straight to him, Kraken rules my thoughts, I am damned forevermore

NOW! Madness is my refuge, Kraken has no use for a drooling, babbling fool

NOW! My mind has cracked I am free,Kraken, I escaped, but I’m a mental case

 

 

 

Oh, Kraken, Kraken! A wicked name that haunts my dreams!

Oh, Kraken, Kraken! His mind is calling out for me!

By Vanessa Warhead 07-06-26

After eight years behind the steaming Törment kettles, Boa has announced that his engagements elsewhere have forced him to part ways with the boys.

Last week Törment’s gifted drum-and-web android announced his resignation. During his long stint in the band he never failed to show his mettle as a calm and cool eye of the storm in the ever-raging tempest of alcoholism and abuse that surrounded him.

He never flinched though he was exposed to extensive bullying, i.e. his nickname, Ronnie “No Metal” Gamboa. The band now wish to apologize and acknowledge that nickel is in fact a metal, though not the heaviest, nor the sturdiest of all metals.

Boa has stated that henceforth he wishes to be “made of buildings” and has undergone extensive surgery to have all his nickel parts replaced by brick substitutes.

Rumours have it that Boa’s decision to split was the result of his inability to find the band’s new rehearsal room, but this is not true. He wasn’t looking for it. His decision to leave the band has sent him on a soul-searching journey on a train bound for nowhere.
The exact location of nowhere is still unknown, but Boa promises to stay in touch and let us know where nowhere is when he gets there.

He will be sorely missed.

Törment features as an appetizer on the PULS-festival blog. If you also have the Törment hunger, check it out. If you dont’t know where and when the Törments are playing, now would probably be a good time to join the army!

After a rather long snooze, insidioustorment.com is getting a spring cleaning. There is so much stuff on the site already that it can be hard to track it all down. So as you can probably tell the frontpage and the menu has been tweaked to bring forth all of the available Törment online glory. But thats not all! You can now post comments here on the news page! Yea, the dayz of the annoying little guestbook are over. A lot of the old stuff still needs to be uploaded, and stay glued for a few upcoming treats.

Ps. If you havent already seen the new band introduction page, we very much suggest you do

Following the release of “The Rock, the Claw and the Steel” the site has a pack of new additions which are more or less related. First the images from the release are here. Secondly the vault has been expanded with a hall of fame featuring all the x-törments, so be sure to brush up on your Törment lore! RedRock has made this artistic feature internet artmovie inspired by the Törment textual universe… Stay tuned for a new shop and new band member bio’s!