Torture Killer is a Finnish death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band from Turku

Turku

Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, formed in 2002. The band consists of four members, Jari Laine (guitar), Tuomas Karppinen (guitar), Kim Torniainen (bass), and Tuomo Latvala (drums). The band was originally a Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under (band)

Six Feet Under is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1993. The band was originally a side project by Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes with guitarist Allen West of Obituary...

 cover band adopting their moniker from a Six Feet Under song, but soon began composing and performing original material in the same vein. Chris Barnes

Chris Barnes (musician)

Chris Barnes is an American singer-songwriter, best known as a death metal vocalist recognized for his very low guttural vocals and explicitly violent lyrics...

, the original singer for Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York. Formed in 1988, the band has released eleven studio albums, one box set, and one live album...

 and current singer for Six Feet Under, officially joined Torture Killer as lead singer in November 2005. He left the band in January 2008.

Members

Current members

• Jari Laine - guitar (2002–present)
• Tuomas Karppinen - guitar (2002–present)
• Kim Torniainen - bass (2002–present)
• Tuomo Latvala - drums (2002–present)

Former members

• Juri Sallinen - vocals (2005–2011)
• Chris Barnes
  Chris Barnes (musician)
  Chris Barnes is an American singer-songwriter, best known as a death metal vocalist recognized for his very low guttural vocals and explicitly violent lyrics...
  
   - vocals (2005–2008)
• Matti Liuke - vocals
• Taneli Hatakka - guitar

Discography

Albums

• For Maggots to Devour
  For Maggots to Devour
  For Maggots to Devour is the first album by the Finnish death metal band Torture Killer.-Track listing:# "Flesh Breaks To Open Wounds" - 3:41# "Sadistic Violation" - 3:37# "Motivated To Kill" - 4:03# "Necrophag" - 4:00...
  
  (Karmageddon Media
  Karmageddon Media
  Karmageddon Media was a Dutch independent record label specializing in death metal, black metal, doom metal and folk metal bands from around the world...
  
  , 2003/Firebox Records, 2009)
• Swarm!
  Swarm!
  Swarm! is the second album by the Finnish death metal band Torture Killer, released on February 24, 2006. The album is the only album by Torture Killer to feature vocalist Chris Barnes.-Track listing:# "Swarm!" - 2:49 # "Forever Dead" - 5:44...
  
  (Metal Blade, 2006)
• Sewers
  Sewers (album)
  Sewers is the third studio album by the death metal band Torture Killer. It was released on February 25, 2009, through Dynamic Arts Records.-Track listing:# "Crypts" - 4:21# "I Bathe in Their Blood" - 4:11 # "The Art of Impalement" - 3:48...
  
  (Dynamic Arts Records, 2009)

EPs

• Torture Killer / Sotajumala (split EP
  Split album
  A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
  
   w/ Sotajumala
  Sotajumala
  Sotajumala is a Finnish death metal band from Jyväskylä, formed in 1998. The band has released two full-length albums, two mcds, one single and one split EP . They have played a lot of shows in their home country, including Tuska, Jalometalli, Nummirock, Lutakko Liekeissä and Pellavarock festivals...
  
  )