Excruciation

Excruciation is a long-running Swiss metal group whose sound straddles the nexus of death, doom, and thrash and whose songwriting evokes themes of emotional, physical, and existential despair. Founded in Zurich in 1984, the group's early incarnation drew heavily from the extreme metal scene, maintaining a lethal pace and an uncompromising commitment to brutality, as heard on 1987's Chainsaw Murder-issued Last Judgement. 1988's self-released Prophecy of Immortality and the EPs Abyss of Time (1989) and Act of Despair (1990) -- a 2024 remaster and reissue of Prophecy of Immortali...