Impalement is the penetration of a human by an object, often as a method of torture or execution. Impalement or impaled may refer to: Impaled (illusion), a magic trick simulating impalement Impaled (band), American death metal band Impalement, accidental injury, torture or execution Impalement arts, a group of performing arts that includes knife throwing Impalement (heraldry), a way of combining two coats-of-arms See also Impalefection, gene delivery method