This Miami-based band satisfies that need for hard and heavy in all of us. With a sludgy undertone and a mid-tempo groove that adds to the skull crush, Torche is an unrelenting sonic menace. Their videos are disturbing to say the least. What stands out is the lower register harmony that adds a touch of humanity within all the heavy guitar doom. This stuff has teeth, man.

Torche plays with King Buffalo and Dais on Wednesday, October 4, at The Historic German House, 315 Gregory Street. 7 p.m. $20-$22. historicgermanhouse.com; torchemusic.com.