So how does Severe Torture fare during this complex demonstration, you ask? Very good at first glance, because you're quickly tossed into mechanical riffs, digging barks, cranking bass lines, punishing blastbeats, and solos that sting like shrapnel without warning; and it's all layered together quite nicely as well. I think the pure bloodthirstiness of it all is entirely obvious, but there are a few moments of solid breaking into chopping mid-paced sections of sturdy instrumentation with cringing death metal overtones. Severe Torture will definitely rip out your intestines if you aren't careful, and anyone that's looking at this relentless walloping should be appropriately armed in case these maniacal madmen get too destructive.

But when diving further into Sworn Vengeance, you'll find it a lot like an attractive member of the opposite sex: good looks with a vacant head. Besides mathematical arrangements and furious altitudes, we have ten songs that are essentially very similar when stacked together as so. Basically, The Netherlands' fierce crusaders apply pounding violence without adding a single quality that's remotely vibrant or colorful; it's just brutal death metal lacking needed variety. After this whole listening affair, it becomes really clear other things are needed aside from blasting or insane shredding, and you'll also notice how predictable it gets toward the end due to cycling the same path endlessly. Severe Torture's special blade might have the power to puncture like a jackhammer, yet the wielders of such power experience devastating injuries themselves; quite a double-edged sword they brought into battle.