What is "Tormentor"?
Q: What is "Tormentor"?
A: "Tormentor" is a 1983 single by the American band Slayer from their album Show No Mercy.
Q: What is the style of "Tormentor"?
A: "Tormentor" has classic tunes of thrash metal and riffs derived from the punk trend.
Q: Why is "Tormentor" recognized as one of Slayer's most emblematic songs?
A: "Tormentor" is recognized as one of Slayer's most emblematic songs because of its popularity and is one of the best known in which the epithet is used.
Q: Who else has a song called "Tormentor"?
A: The band Kreator also has a song called "Tormentor", created two years after Slayer's song.
Q: Who produced Slayer's "Tormentor"?
A: Brian Slagel produced Slayer's "Tormentor".
Q: What is the story behind "Tormentor"?
A: Like other Slayer songs, "Tormentor" has a dark and lugubrious tone and tells a story, sometimes in the first person, with a supernatural theme, Noir story, or simply Satanism.
Q: Which songs are most criticized for resembling the Modus Toccata of Mercyful Fate or Iron Maiden?
A: Both "Tormentor" and Metal Storm/Face the Slayer are the most criticized for resembling the Modus Toccata of Mercyful Fate or Iron Maiden, especially considering that the latter is one of the bands that were immersed in what would be known as NWOBHM.
