Industrial-metal favorite Genitorturers comes home for Easter weekend concert

In early 1990s Central Florida, Genitorturers was a band that went all in on the S&M thematics that most industrial bands only flirted with at the time, with the group’s leader/dominatrix Gen Vincent usually attired in full-on vinyl and/or leather and meting out punishment to the unworthy (or worthy, or everyone, really), alongside live piercings and other dark antics, against a sonic backdrop of heavy industrial metal.

Despite almost breaking through big with OTT performances and the still-lethal record 120 Days of Genitorturers, the band never quite made a dent in a mainstream that desperately needed it. Vincent, a former and infamous WPRK DJ, has reconvened her shock troops for a “Scars and Stripes” tour that has a hometown show in North Tampa before Easter weekend, which makes us cackle at the endless possibilities of “… has risen” riffs.

Last year was one of justice and new beginnings for Rorschach Test. Following years of radio silence, the Denver-bred industrial metal band reemerged with a new lineup (still including frontman James Baker), its first new album since the Clinton administration, and the copyright to its sophomore album Unclean back home.

Things have changed for sure, but if this opening set for hometown hero Genitorturers sounds anything like the band’s 2024 release Fallen, it’ll be like no time has passed at all.

A version of this post first appeared at our sibling publication, Orlando Weekly.

Tickets to see Genitorturers play Brass Mug in Tampa on Friday, April 18 are still available and start at $25.

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This article appears in Apr 10-16, 2025.