Torture Squad

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Torture Squad
Torture Squad in 2008
Torture Squad in 2008
General information
origin São Paulo , Brazil
Genre (s) Thrash metal , death metal
founding 1989
Website http://www.torturesquad.net/
Current occupation
Castor
Amílcar Christófaro
Electric guitar , later also vocals
André Evaristo
Mayara "Undead" Puertas
former members
Electric guitar
 Fulvio Pelli
Electric bass, vocals
 Marcelo Dirceu
Drums
 Marcelo Fusco
Electric guitar
 Cristiano Fusco
singing
 Vitor Rodrigues
Electric guitar
 Mauricio Nogueira
Electric guitar
 Augusto Lopes

Torture Squad is a Brazilian death and thrash metal band from São Paulo that was formed in 1989.

history

The band was founded in 1989 and consisted of bassist and singer Marcelo Dirceu and the brothers Cristiano (electric guitar) and drummer Marcelo Fusco. In the following year, however, the line-up around Cristiano Fusco changed completely, so that he and the guitarist Fúlvio Pelli, the singer Vitor Rodrigues, the bassist Castor and the drummer Amílcar Christófaro. Rodrigues, Pelli and Chistófaro had previously worked together in the band Reasons to Heaven. Then the band recorded the demo A Soul in Hell in 1993 . Pelli left the band in the same year; since then Torture Squad only has one guitarist.

In 1998 the debut album was released Shivering , which had a circulation of 1,000 copies and had been taken in 1995, which in 1999, the second under the name of Asylum of Shadows followed that in Mr. Som Studio of Marcello Pompeu and Heros Korzus been added was. Before the release, Torture Squad had done a tour through Germany with the German band Grin. The publication was followed by seven appearances in Germany. The band also played at the Extreme Metal Fest in São Paulo. In early 2001 the band contributed the song Mandate for Freedom for the sampler William Shakespeare's Hamlet from Die Hard Records . After that, the band recorded at Da Tribo Studios under the direction of Ciero and Tchelo Martins. After the third album The Unholy Spell was released that same year, the band shot their first music video for the song Abduction Was the Case . The video was also broadcast on MTV in Brazil. In the following year, Christiano Fusco separated from the band and was replaced by ex- Krisiun member Mauricio Nogueira. Fusco had previously decided to start a career as an insurance agent.

In 2003 the album Pandemonium was released . After the release, the band led the Brasil Metal Union Fest along with Krisiun and Angra . In November of the same year the band played together with Incantation, among others . In 2004 and 2005 the band played other concerts and released their first live CD and DVD under the name Death, Chaos and Torture Alive . The releases were recorded on October 25, 2003, a concert that also included disasters . The band played with Dimmu Borgir in April 2004 and with Kreator , Krisiun and Tristania in March . In 2005 the band played with Shaman, among others . In 2006 the band played again in Europe with appearances in Germany and Austria , with the band also playing at the Frankfurt Music Fair . Then the band returned to Brazil and played in front of 10,000 people at the Porão do Rock Fest in Brasília . In addition, the band played for the third time at the Brasil Metal Union Fest. After that, the band went on a tour of Latin America with performances in Paraguay , Chile , Peru , Ecuador , Colombia and Panama . At a gig in Colombia, the group played together with Dark Funeral . In the meantime the band was writing new material.

In November 2006 the EP Chaos Corporation was released , the two new songs Chaos Corporation and The Beast Within , as well as three more songs that came from the demo A Soul in Hell . In June 2007 the band was chosen through a metal battle to play at the Wacken Open Air in August. At the festival, the band took part in another metal battle, which the band also won. As a result, the group reached a contract with Wacken Records , about which the album Hellbound was released in 2008 . In January 2008 Mauricio Nogueira left the band and was replaced by the guitarist Augusto Lopes. In the same year the group held a European tour that included 60 gigs, including another appearance at Wacken Open Air. Another tour of Europe took place in 2009, where the band played with Overkill and Exodus . The band began in London in February and completed twelve gigs in Spain , Germany, the Netherlands , Switzerland and the Czech Republic . The last appearance took place in the Czech Republic together with Soulfly , where Max Cavalera invited Vitor Rodrigues to sing the Sepultura song Roots Bloody Roots with him. The band also plays at the SWR Barroselas Metalfest in Portugal , which took place April 30th to May 2nd, 2009. Bands like Origin , Akercocke , Absu , Gama Bomb , The Haunted , Dornenreich and Urgehal also took part in this festival . Towards the end of the year the band played at the Zombie Ritual Festival, which Korzus and Ratos de Porão also attended. In January 2010 the band went to Argentina and played five concerts in Gran Buenos Aires . The album Equilibrium was released via Wacken Records in August . As a bonus, a newly recorded version of the song The Unholy Spell could be heard under the title The Unholy Spell 2010 . The album was recorded in São Paulo at Norcal Studios under the direction of Brendan Duffey and Adriano Daga .

In January 2011, guitarist Augusto Lopes left the band and was replaced by André Evaristo. Further concerts in Brazil followed until July. A month later, the band went on a tour of Brazil, which included a third appearance at Wacken Open Air. The tour included over 40 performances in twelve countries and lasted until the end of October. On July 31, Amílcar Christófaro helped Sepultura at a performance in France as a drummer, as Jean Dolabella was absent due to tendonitis . Both bands had previously played together at two festivals. The band then played in São Paulo with Overkill and then at the Quebramar Festival in Macapá . In March 2012 the singer Vitor Rodrigues left, after which the guitarist André Evaristo also took over the vocals. Then the band took part in the Metal Open Air in São Luiz do Maranhão , played together with Anthrax and the Misfits in São Paulo, and in Palmas at the Tendencies Festival. On August 10th, Torture Squad played at the Quito Fest in Quito , Ecuador, in front of 12,000 visitors.

In 2013 the band celebrated the 20th anniversary of the demo A Soul in Hell , with a tour of Europe that began in May, which also included Artillery , Gama Bomb and Tantara . In June the band played with Annihilator in Brazil. In the same year, the concept album Esquadrão de Tortura was released . The politically oriented album was released on the Brazilian Republic Day .

style

According to the band's biography on torturesquad.net , the band's concept album Esquadrão de Tortura thematized the military regime of Brazil from 1964 to 1985. According to laut.de , the band played crossovers in the style of DRI and The Accüsed . On Asylum of Shadows the band play a mixture of Thrash and Death Metal. According to Marc Halupczok from Metal Hammer , the band on Hellbound plays "incredibly fast Thrash Metal that rarely degenerates into fast stick orgies". Similar to Legion of the Damned , the melodies would only reveal themselves after several runs. Due to the poor production, however, the work does not come close to the works of Legion of the Damned. In his review of Equilibrium , Thomas Strater from Metal Hammer stated that the band remembered the death metal band Benediction on their first albums . Now only the growls are left. He compared the singing with that of Mille Petrozza from Kreator, whereby the lyrics are often too simple, as in the early works of Sepultura. The riffs in the song Holiday in Abu Ghraib are comparable to those of the death metal band Vader .

Discography

  • A Soul in Hell (demo, 1993, self-published)
  • Shivering (album, 1998, Destroyer Records)
  • Asylum of Shadows (album, 1999, Destroyer Records)
  • The Unholy Spell (album, 2001, Destroyer Records)
  • Pandemonium (album, 2003, Mutilation Records )
  • Death, Chaos and Torture Alive (Live album, 2004, Paradox Music )
  • Death, Chaos and Torture Alive (Live-DVD, 2005, self-published)
  • Chaos Corporation (EP, 2007, Wacken Records )
  • Hellbound (album, 2008, Wacken Records)
  • Equilibrium (album, 2010, Wacken Records)
  • Esquadrão de Tortura (Album, 2013, Substancial Music )
  • Far Beyond Existence (Album, 2017, Brutal Records )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on September 6, 2014 ; accessed on September 6, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rockdetector.com
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Biography. (No longer available online.) Torturesquad.net, archived from the original on September 6, 2014 ; accessed on September 6, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / torturesquad.net
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Torture Squad. laut.de , accessed on September 6, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Rafael Sampaio: INCANTATION, TORTURE SQUAD, FUNERATUS E ANCESTRAL MALEDICTION NO FOFINHO'S ROCK CLUB EM SÃO PAULO (22/11/03). metalrevolution.net, accessed September 6, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Shows do Desaster e Torture Squad vão sair em DVD. whiplash.net, accessed September 6, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Thiago Rahal: DIMMU BORGIR NO CREDICARD HALL EM SÃO PAULO COM ABERTURA DA BANDA PAULISTA TORTURE SQUAD (24/04/04). metalrevolution.net, accessed September 6, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Rafael Carnovale: Resenha - Kreator, Krisiun, Tristania (Espaço das Américas, São Paulo, 03/19/05). whiplash.net, accessed September 6, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Vera Kikuti: Torture Squad em show com o Shaaman. whiplash.net, accessed September 6, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Entrevista a Vitor Rodrigues: vocalista de Torture Squad. rockombia.com, accessed September 6, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Vera Kikuti: Torture Squad: participação especial em show do Soulfly. whiplash.net, accessed September 6, 2014 .
  11. ↑ AKERCOCKE, ABSU, ORIGIN Confirmed For Portugal's SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST XII. Blabbermouth.net , accessed September 6, 2014 .
  12. ↑ Zoombie Ritual (w / Ratos de Porão, Korzus, Torture Squad). khrophus.com, accessed September 6, 2014 .
  13. ↑ SEPULTURA Featuring TORTURE SQUAD Drummer: Toulon Footage Available. Blabbermouth.net, accessed September 6, 2014 .
  14. ^ Annihilator: Torture Squad abrirá show in São Paulo. whiplash.net, accessed September 6, 2014 .
  15. ↑ a b Torture Squad: Band Biography 2013. (No longer available online.) Torturesquad.net, archived from the original on September 6, 2014 ; accessed on September 6, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.torturesquad.net
  16. ^ Marc Halupczok : Torture Squad . Hellbound. In: Metal Hammer . June 2008, p. 106 .
  17. ↑ Thomas Strater: Torture Squad . Equilibrium. In: Metal Hammer . September 2010, p. 100 .