Polish death metal band Trauma is a long-running extreme music project, stretching out in various incarnations from its roots in the mid-'80s well into the 2010s. From early on, their sound focused on technical precision and inventive approaches to guitar, which made for varied shades of metal, ranging from speedy thrash to more intense brooding sludge, sometimes over the course of one song. With a myriad of members coming and going over the years, the band perfected their brand of metal on standout albums like 2003's Imperfect Like a God.
Before they were Trauma, the band sp...