Three years after being founded in 1990, the band entered a more professional phase, in a line-up with founder Cristiano Fusco on guitar, Wagner "Castor" on bass, Amilcar Christofaro on drums, and Vitor Rodrigues as frontman and singer. They started touring in and around São Paulo and soon recorded a demo, released in 1993, A Soul in Hell. Their first CD was Shivering (1995); their break-through came with Asylum of Shadows (1999).[citation needed]
Their 2001 album, The Unholy Spell, came right after the band's first tour in Germany. In 2002, Cristiano Fusco left the band, and the band hired Mauricio Nogueira (a seasoned studio musician who played for Krisiun as well as other local bands like In Hell and Zoltar), and went on their first Brazilian tour.[citation needed]
Pandemonium produced by Marcello Pompeu and Heros Trench (Korzus) was released in 2003. The CD was supported by a TV video clip for "Pandemonium" and "Horror and Torture." Again, the band played all over Brazil. Then, in 2006 Torture Squad embarked on a European tour, headlining in 16 towns in Germany and 4 in Austria. Afterward they played in more cities in Brazil until they participated in the Brazilian pre-selection for the famed Wacken Open Air festival. They eventually won the final in São Paulo,[2] and they represented Brazil at Wacken Battle of the Bands 2007, which they won. This victory won them a contract with Armageddon Records (Germany); Mauricio Nogueira also won the "best guitar player" award, which earned him a brand new Dean guitar and a Marshall pre-amp.
Hellbound, was released in May 2008 by Armageddon, not long after Mauricio Nogueira left the band for personal reasons and Augusto Lopes (Eternal Malediction) was announced as the new guitarist. In 2008, Torture Squad embarked on a 60-date European tour, which will include a show at Wacken Open Air.
The year of 2009 started pretty well for Torture Squad. After the release of Hellbound and its excellent repercussion in Brazil, Europe and the United States, it was followed by a European tour with two of the world's major thrash metal bands, Overkill and Exodus. The tour began in mid February in London, where the Brazilian group performed for the first time, and included 12 more shows in countries like Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
Their most recent studio album “AEquilibrium” was released in Europe on August 2010 by Wacken Records / H'art / Zebralution / SAOL. They recorded a new version for the title track of their third album “The Unholy Spell” which is included as bonus track with the title of “The Unholy Spell 2010”. The album was recorded in São Paulo/Brazil, at Norcal Studios with producers Brendan Duffey and Adriano Daga. In January 2011, guitarist Augusto Lopes left the band and André Evaristo replaced him.
In March 2012, the frontman Vitor Rodrigues left the band. Soon after that, the band turned out to be a power trio with André Evaristo taking the lead vocals along with the guitar. With this line up they played with important concerts and festivals in South America, which is held in Quito city, the capital city of Ecuador, for an approximate audience of 25,000 people.
In 2013, the band celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of the demo-tape A Soul in Hell, their first studio recording, which was celebrated in the Twenty Years Torturing People Tour 1993–2013, that started in May in Europe, alongside Artillery, Gama Bomb and Tantara, with 18 concerts in 20 days. From April to August, 2013, the band chose, again, Norcal Studios to record their seventh studio album, Esquadrão de Tortura (Torture Squad in Portuguese), and reprising the association with Brendan Duffey and Adriano Daga as producers. Esquadrão de Torture was the first work recorded by the band as a trio and the first lyrical concept album, narrating, in chronological order, the period in which Brazil was governed by a military regime (from 1964 to 1985), being also the first album to have a title in Portuguese. The official release date was November 15, Brazil's Republic Proclamation Day.
In July and August 2014, the band did their second South American tour with thirteen shows in four countries; Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Paraguay. Finishing the year in their hometown São Paulo / SP on December, 20, recording its show which was released in mid 2015 on DVD and CD and titled “Coup d´État Live”. In September 2015, vocalist / guitarist André Evaristo left Torture Squad to pursue other personal projects, bringing the band back to its traditional line-up as a quartet featuring Mayara Puertas on vocals and Rene Simionato on guitars, continuing the tour of “Coup D´État Live”. Already with their new line up, the band went to studio to record the EP “Return of Evil”, with four songs: the new “Return of Evil”, “Swallow Your Reality” and “Iron Squad”, and the new version of “Dreadful Lies”, originally released in the 1998 first album Shivering. The EP will also had a multimedia track with the video clip of “Return of the Evil” and a mini documentary of the EP recording sessions, and the videos of “Dreadful Lies” and “Iron Squad” exclusively made for the EP, which was released in February 2016.
In September 2016, the band made a historic tour in Brazil playing 28 gigs in 32 days throughout the country from north to south. Soon after the Brazilian tour, the band did a European tour comprising 19 gigs in seven countries. The Return of Evil tour finished in February 2017, doing 13 shows during 16 days in the country side of São Paulo and Paraná.
In April 2017, the band started the recording of their eighth album entitled Far Beyond Existence released on July 13 (World Rock Day). In August 2017, they started the Far Beyond Existence Tour as headliner, alongside Brazilian bands Hatefulmurder, Warcursed and Reckoning Hour, performing 26 shows in 30 days all over Brazil. In November, after seven years, the band returned to Buenos Aires / Argentina for a mini tour of four dates.
Starting the year 2018, the band returned to the road. The "Zumbis Squad Tour" undertook eight shows in the country side of São Paulo in February. In March, the band made another South American tour, playing in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile.
DIscogs
A Soul in Hell (1993) - Demo
Shivering (1995)
Asylum of Shadows (1999)
The Unholy Spell (2001)
Pandemonium (2003)
Death, Chaos and Torture Alive (2004) - Live
Chaos Corporation (2007) - EP
Hellbound (2008)
Æquilibrium (2010)
Esquadrão de Tortura (2013)
Possessed by Horror (2015) -EP
Coup D´État Live (2015) - Live
Return of Evil (2016)
Torture Squad (2017) - Compilation
Far Beyond Existence (2017)
Torture Years (2019)
Unknown Abyss (2021)
Pandemonium
Torture Squad Lyrics
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Turns to black like death
Clouds of suffering and screams of pain:
This is the last breath
Battlefield is the only thing to see before
The hell strikes back again
All his life is consumed in an attack
Bloody fight in his brain
He's agonizing in fear
Staggering walk looking for something to
Saciate his burning tears
When his body screams he close his eyes to
Support the mortal pain
Countries at war, genocide is here
The reaper is laughing with disdain
Pandemonium (4 times)
On the TV I see the news about wars
Ignorance is back again
One more time blood! Death! Tragedy!
Peace is a word in vain
I try to understand this kind of situation
But it's difficult for me
To live in the world, heaven or hell
Eternal paradox is all that I see
Machine guns, tanks, soldiers
Ready to unleash the war
Throwing lives into the hellish fight
Here comes much gore
Brothers killing brothers in the name of a
Sickening power desire
Revelations from the final battle say:
Set the world on fire!!!
Pandemonium (4 times)
Terrorism warning genocide
Fear and pain walking side by side
Dancing on a minefield you are
And I see peace: but it's so far!
This genocide
It's by your side
Dancing you are
But peace: is so far!!!
The lyrics to Torture Squad's song Pandemonium paint a bleak picture of war and conflict, with vivid descriptions of suffering, pain, and death. The opening verses describe the moment when the fighting begins, with the sky turning black and screams of pain filling the air. The singer is consumed in the attack, with his life playing out before his eyes during a bloody fight in his brain. He staggers forward, looking for something to quell his burning tears, but finds only more destruction and chaos.
The second half of the song moves beyond the personal experience of war to a more global perspective. The lyrics touch on the perpetuation of war through ignorance and the prevalence of machines of war like guns and tanks. The brother-against-brother fighting in the name of power is highlighted, and the final verse reveals a bleak prophecy of fires and destruction, with peace remaining far off. The repeated chorus of "Pandemonium" serves as a haunting reminder of the chaos of war and the devastation it brings.
Overall, the lyrics to Pandemonium are a powerful condemnation of war and violence. They emphasize the tragedy and senselessness of conflict, and the ways in which it perpetuates itself through greed, power, and ignorance.
Line by Line Meaning
When the time starts to close and the sky
As the end draws near and darkness falls,
Turns to black like death
The sky turns ominous, like death itself,
Clouds of suffering and screams of pain:
Clouds of suffering and screams of pain fill the air,
This is the last breath
This is the final moments of life,
Battlefield is the only thing to see before
All that can be seen is the battlefield, just before
The hell strikes back again
The onslaught of war begins again,
All his life is consumed in an attack
His entire life led up to this moment of attack,
Bloody fight in his brain
His mind is consumed by the bloody fight,
Lost and confused a silent cry to the stars
He is lost and confused, his silent cries reaching to the stars,
He's agonizing in fear
He is in agony and fear,
Staggering walk looking for something to
He stumbles on, searching for something to
Saciate his burning tears
Quell the burning of his tears,
When his body screams he close his eyes to
As his body screams out in pain, he closes his eyes to
Support the mortal pain
Endure the mortal pain,
Countries at war, genocide is here
Nations are at war, and genocide looms,
The reaper is laughing with disdain
The Grim Reaper is laughing with contempt,
Pandemonium (4 times)
Chaos and madness reign,
On the TV I see the news about wars
Watching the news, I see stories of wars,
Ignorance is back again
As always, ignorance rears its ugly head,
One more time blood! Death! Tragedy!
Once more, bloodshed, death, and tragedy,
Peace is a word in vain
The word 'peace' seems futile,
I try to understand this kind of situation
I attempt to fathom this situation,
But it's difficult for me
But it proves difficult,
To live in the world, heaven or hell
To exist in this world, whether it be heaven or hell,
Eternal paradox is all that I see
All I see is an eternal paradox,
Machine guns, tanks, soldiers
Machines of war - guns, tanks, and soldiers,
Ready to unleash the war
Are preparing to unleash this war,
Throwing lives into the hellish fight
Lives are thrown into the hellish battle,
Here comes much gore
Here comes lots of bloodshed,
Brothers killing brothers in the name of a
Brothers kill one another in the name of a
Sickening power desire
Sickening lust for power,
Revelations from the final battle say:
Revelations from the final war state that,
Set the world on fire!!!
The world will be set ablaze,
Terrorism warning genocide
Warnings of terrorism and genocide,
Fear and pain walking side by side
Fear and pain go hand in hand,
Dancing on a minefield you are
You're dancing on a minefield,
And I see peace: but it's so far!
I see peace, but it feels so far away,
This genocide
This act of genocide,
It's by your side
It's happening right beside you,
Dancing you are
You continue to dance,
But peace: is so far!!!
But peace remains so far away,
Contributed by Connor D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Lucas Santos
When the time starts to close and the sky
Turns to black like death
Clouds of suffering and screams of pain:
This is the last breath
Battlefield is the only thing to see before
The hell strikes back again
All his life is consumed in an attack
Bloody fight in his brain
Lost and confused a silent cry to the stars
He's agonizing in fear
Staggering walk looking for something to
Saciate his burning tears
When his body screams he close his eyes to
Support the mortal pain
Countries at war, genocide is here
The reaper is laughing with disdain
Pandemonium [4 times]
On the TV I see the news about wars
Ignorance is back again
One more time blood! Death! Tragedy!
Peace is a word in vain
I try to understand this kind of situation
But it's difficult for me
To live in the world, heaven or hell
Eternal paradox is all that I see
Machine guns, tanks, soldiers
Ready to unleash the war
Throwing lives into the hellish fight
Here comes much gore
Brothers killing brothers in the name of a
Sickening power desire
Revelations from the final battle say:
Set the world on fire!!!
Pandemonium [4 times]
Terrorism warning genocide
Fear and pain walking side by side
Dancing on a minefield you are
And I see peace: but it's so far!
This genocide
It's by your side
Dancing you are
But peace: is so far!!!
Augusto
Nem 10 mil visualização temos ! precisamos valorizar o metal brasileiro !! TORTURE SQUAD ROCK IN RIO 2019 !!!
Rodrigo Tiago de Oliveira
Só acontecer um novo BMU
joso rock
Excelente metal..pesado y duro... saludos desde México
Edson rodolfo de andrade Andrade
saudações aqui do Brasil
Lucas Santos
When the time starts to close and the sky
Turns to black like death
Clouds of suffering and screams of pain:
This is the last breath
Battlefield is the only thing to see before
The hell strikes back again
All his life is consumed in an attack
Bloody fight in his brain
Lost and confused a silent cry to the stars
He's agonizing in fear
Staggering walk looking for something to
Saciate his burning tears
When his body screams he close his eyes to
Support the mortal pain
Countries at war, genocide is here
The reaper is laughing with disdain
Pandemonium [4 times]
On the TV I see the news about wars
Ignorance is back again
One more time blood! Death! Tragedy!
Peace is a word in vain
I try to understand this kind of situation
But it's difficult for me
To live in the world, heaven or hell
Eternal paradox is all that I see
Machine guns, tanks, soldiers
Ready to unleash the war
Throwing lives into the hellish fight
Here comes much gore
Brothers killing brothers in the name of a
Sickening power desire
Revelations from the final battle say:
Set the world on fire!!!
Pandemonium [4 times]
Terrorism warning genocide
Fear and pain walking side by side
Dancing on a minefield you are
And I see peace: but it's so far!
This genocide
It's by your side
Dancing you are
But peace: is so far!!!
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