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Tormented
Rock · 1996 · 11 tracks

Tormented

A bleak, unpolished descent into mid-90s aggression. Heavy on sludge-inspired bass and raw, screaming vocals that predate the band's melodic radio era.

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It's the Staind album that sounds like it was recorded in a haunted basement by people who were genuinely losing it.

A relentless, claustrophobic descent into psychological darkness and unrefined aggression.

Tormented · vs · Staind
Lo Fi+3.9σ

The production is built around lo fi than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Tolerate
4:39
02
Come Again
3:50
03
Break
3:59
04
Painful
3:30
05
Nameless
3:30
06
Mudshuvel
4:34
07
See Thru
4:28
08
Question?
3:30
09
No One’s Kind
4:47
10
Self Destruct
3:36
11
4 Walls / Funeral
33:08
Moments Worth Waiting For
The mechanical click of a gun being cocked that opens the record, setting a grim, cinematic stakes for the noise to follow.
The transition into the original Mudshuvel where the bass line feels significantly more distorted and predatory than the later radio version.
The harrowing thirty minute finale of 4 Walls which dissolves into a disturbing hidden track of a funeral service.
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