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"In Torment in Hell" is the sixth full-length studio album by US, Florida based death metal act Deicide. The album was released through Roadrunner Records in September 2001. It´s the successor to "Insineratehymn" from June 2000 and the band´s last album on Roadrunner Records. Deicide had long been dissatisfied with their record deal, and combined with internal strife beween the Hoffman brothers and Glen Benton, "In Torment in Hell" ended up being a rushed contractual obligation fulfillment release.
Stylistically it´s pretty much back to the brutal anti-christian/blasphemous death metal roots of the first four releases, after the more adventurous and different sounding "Insineratehymn" had challenged both themselves and their fans. The material doesn´t sound particularly inspired though, and the sound production is also on the thin side, so while there is arguably still a lot of quality here, "In Torment in Hell" does display Deicide in a less favorable light compared to the high quality performances and material on their early releases.
So upon conclusion "In Torment in Hell" is among Deicide´s least interesting releases, but since we´re dealing with Deicide, they are still able to sandblast your face with some brutal death metal and some angry blasphemous lyrics delivered in brutal growling style by Benton. "In Torment in Hell´s" most grave issue is probably that there´s nothing new under the sun, and that the band had done similar things before, which had more impact, power, and memorability. A 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is warranted.
