The North diligently grinds on and on. Gothenburg’s OBLIGATORISK TORTYR isn’t an exception and they take the same line on their second release Återförödelse. Considering that this band was founded back in 1998, it attests to a studio phobia instead of get the urge to grind our bones to the ground. Ok, this isn’t the right motivation for this. After releasing the debut album Obligatorisk Tortyr (released by Osmose) they split with their drummer. A long lasting search for a qualified drummer ended in 2005; the trio completed again with Stefan. Originally a guitarist he picked up the grind quickly – hats off! ? The line-up to record Återförödelse was found. 26 tracks in 38 minutes, hats off again! Unfortunately the songs tend to flash by. OBLIGATORISK TORTYR play good grind indeed but it opens up too little highlights for my taste. But when they come up with something just like that, it’s like a slap in the face. The opener Död & Förintelse with its crooked guitar play like Macabre does sometimes or Life Is Fucked are songs, which go straight through the core. The Swedish hit my musical nerve 100% with Ett Anständigt Liv. This is a fucking awesome Punk-Grind killer. I love this song! The Speed Metal influence in Mellan Hopp & Förtvivlan also knows to make people interested in. The aggressive shouted Swedish and English vocals of Jens and Viktor are steady all over this album and fits quite well to the Grind. It’s a pity that there are only a few highlights like these. Every song in its own special focus is well done and high standard but the complete works could be more detonating. Anyhow, OBLIGATORISK TORTYR intrigues me and I will keep an eye of them.