BR: Franco Noir 10 21 24 AM Preserved In Torment finds Mortiferum 501192116323 Preserved In Torment finds Mortiferum expanding on the ominous atmospherics of their past work while simultaneously pushing and refining their work into even more vile and oppressive sonic territories the listener is laid to waste with the band's monolithic siege and impossibly heavy riffs with relentless mid tempo drum barrages creating the aural equivalent of being trampled beneath the hooves of some unstoppable army Tracks are culled from across the band's 40 plus year career that saw them release an album for each letter of the alphabet violence and revenge featuring smoky jazz compositions by Franco himself Set in New Orleans and based on a novel by the authors of VERTIGO