Genre(s):
Speed/Black Metal (early), Experimental Metal/Rock
Lyrical Theme(s):
Darkness, Satanism, Torture, Dark Ages, Legends
Origin:
Hungary (Budapest)
Formed In:
1986
Status:
On hold
Last Known Line-Up:
Zeno Galoca - Bass
Machat St. Zsoltar - Drums
Mugambi Zoldun Bwana - Guitars
Attila Csihar - Vocals, Guitars (Burial Chamber Trio, Grave Temple, Mayhem, NunFuckRitual, Sunn O))) (live), ex-Pentemple, Void ov Voices, ex-Aborym, ex-Keep of Kalessin, ex-Korog, ex-Plasma Pool)
Former/Past Member(s):
György Farkas - Bass (Moratorium, ex-Watch My Dying)
Márton Dubecz - Drums
Attila Szigeti - Guitars
Tamás Buday - Guitars
Additional Notes
The band split-up in 1991 but became active again in 1999.
The band's record-covers usually credit the band-members' names in the traditional Hungarian way, i.e. with the surname first, and then the given name (example - Csihar Attila).
Other releases (bootlegs):
Tormentor - Live In Budapest [bootleg] (1986)
Live In Hell (Live, 1999)
Live in Damnation (EP, 2000)
Not to be confused with:
Tormentor (DE) - Thrash Metal from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (pre-Kreator)
Tormentor (MX) - Death/Thrash Metal from Mexico City, Mexico (pre-Shub Niggurath)
Tormentor (NL) - Death/Thrash Metal from Rhoon, South Holland, Netherlands
Tormentor (US) - NS Black Metal from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Tormentor (DK) - Heavy Metal from Copenhagen, Denmark
Tormentor (CZ) - Thrash Metal from Nová Paka, Czech Republic
Tormentor (US) - Power/Thrash Metal from Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Tormentor (BE) - Traditional/Power Metal from Bruxelles, Belgium
Tormentor (US) - Thrash, Speed Metal from Massachusetts, United States
Tormentor (PL) - Thrash Metal from Kłobuck, Poland
Tormentor (DE) - Thrash Metal from Siegburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Tormentor (MX) - Power/Thrash Metal from Monterrey, Mexico
Tormentor (DE) - Thrash Metal from Plauen, Saxony, Germany
Tormentor (JP) - Thrash Metal from Kanagawa, Japan
Tormentor (DE) - Thrash Metal from Guben, Brandenburg, Germany
Tormentor (ID) - Brutal Death Metal from Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
Tormentor (CO) - Thrash Metal from Popayan, Colombia
The band's record-covers usually credit the band-members' names in the traditional Hungarian way, i.e. with the surname first, and then the given name (example - Csihar Attila).
Other releases (bootlegs):
Tormentor - Live In Budapest [bootleg] (1986)
Live In Hell (Live, 1999)
Live in Damnation (EP, 2000)
Not to be confused with:
Tormentor (DE) - Thrash Metal from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (pre-Kreator)
Tormentor (MX) - Death/Thrash Metal from Mexico City, Mexico (pre-Shub Niggurath)
Tormentor (NL) - Death/Thrash Metal from Rhoon, South Holland, Netherlands
Tormentor (US) - NS Black Metal from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Tormentor (DK) - Heavy Metal from Copenhagen, Denmark
Tormentor (CZ) - Thrash Metal from Nová Paka, Czech Republic
Tormentor (US) - Power/Thrash Metal from Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Tormentor (BE) - Traditional/Power Metal from Bruxelles, Belgium
Tormentor (US) - Thrash, Speed Metal from Massachusetts, United States
Tormentor (PL) - Thrash Metal from Kłobuck, Poland
Tormentor (DE) - Thrash Metal from Siegburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Tormentor (MX) - Power/Thrash Metal from Monterrey, Mexico
Tormentor (DE) - Thrash Metal from Plauen, Saxony, Germany
Tormentor (JP) - Thrash Metal from Kanagawa, Japan
Tormentor (DE) - Thrash Metal from Guben, Brandenburg, Germany
Tormentor (ID) - Brutal Death Metal from Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
Tormentor (CO) - Thrash Metal from Popayan, Colombia
Discography:
Tormentor - The Seventh Day Of Doom [demo] - 1987
Tormentor - Anno Domini [demo] - 1989
Tormentor & Diktátor & Atomic & Trepán - Black And Speed Metál [split] - 1989
Tormentor - The Sick Years [best of/compilation] - 2000
Tormentor - Recipe Ferrum! 777 [full-length] - 2001
Tormentor - The Tyrant Of Transylvania [ep] - 2008
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Official Site:
Tormentor @ Myspace
Attila Csihar @ Myspace
