Enter Torche, the four-pronged Floridian Riff Colossus who have steamrolled their way across the international underground.
Led by vocalist/guitarist Steve Brooks (formerly of doom dropouts Floor) and featuring the myriad talents of drummer Rick Smith, bassist Jonathan Nuñez and guitarist Juan Montoya, Torche are set to released their stonker of an album Meanderthal on Hydra Head Records in 2008 following their self-titled debut in 2005.
Call it the bands second official full-length and follow-up to last years six-song mini-epic In Return, released exclusively on hallucinogenic vinyl. Call it the latest and greatest bomb-string stoner pop/thunder rock/doom pop classic from Torche mastermind Steve Brooks and his fellow hook heroes. Call it the sweetest, catchiest, hugest riff colossus since Sky Valley. Shit, call it Album Of The Year if you want. Thats what were going with, anyway!
Having had both the underground and mainstream press with their hands halfway down their pants just thinking about listening to Torche, the band have been immediately lauded as giants among men, leaders among sheep, and powerbrokers of a deadly new sonic idiom founded upon Brooks signature bomb-string detonation-detune.
