Interviewing another hardcore band a few months ago, I asked if the experiences of the last 18 months would see a new wave of more angry and aggressive hardcore when we emerge from the shitstorm of the last two years. Surprisingly, the response was no but listening to Torture World, seemingly nobody sent that memo to Boston hardcore ragers Great American Ghost who, judging by these four tracks, are absolutely fucking seething. A crunching mix of metal and hardcore, the anger and frustration burning throughout these four tracks is pure hardcore, but the sludgy, guttural breakdown during the title track is more Dying Fetus than anything remotely close to anything a band like say, Hatebreed would put out. In fact, there are many moments throughout these four tracks where you could be listenin...