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)
Welcome Home
Torture Squad Lyrics
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Spirits imprisoned to that living inferno
Feel the carried air pressing your chest
Listen to the groans of the souls without rest
Nightmares flowing with facility
This is a terrible prison inside of me
House of the evil, violence is the law
Chaotic reality touching on the open raw
Welcome home (the house of eternal night)
Welcome home (you'll never see the light)
Freedom's a forbidden word in this place
Evil lives here, hell face to face
Harmful thoughts and dark emotions
Spirits in black in eternal distortion
Another world dominated by pain and by hate
Abysmal wish to flee, marked by lack of fate
A lost look inside these frozen walls
Your dignity, it will falls
Extreme repugnance rules your sickening souls
Impious minds in disgust like a viper in your hole
Land of depression where the human life isn't
Worth what you eat
Torture through the fear and pain!
Rebellions are so easy to unleash!
Hell on the earth, home of maledictions
A lot of people living in terryifing condictions
Locked inside the walls of the fear and afraid
Bad omens warning about a great disgrace
Slaughter in the name of defense
A perfect example of lack of sense
Bloody stories ready to tell
Faces of death march to the rising hell
Extreme repugnance rules your sickening souls
Impious minds in disgust like a viper in your hole
Land of depression where the human life isn't
Worth what you eat
Torture through the fear and pain!
Rebellions are so easy to unleash!
The lyrics to Torture Squad's song "Welcome Home" paint a vivid picture of a nightmarish and hellish place. The opening lines describe a place where the night is eternal, filled with imprisoned spirits and a heavy atmosphere that weighs down on the chest. The haunting groans of restless souls can be heard, and nightmares flow freely in this terrible prison that exists within the singer.
The song explores themes of evil, violence, and chaos. The house in which the singer finds themselves is a symbol of this chaotic reality, where violence is the law and the touch of reality is raw and open. Freedom is forbidden, and the evil that resides there brings forth harmful thoughts and dark emotions. The spirits within are trapped in eternal distortion and the lack of fate marks their abysmal wish to escape.
The lyrics also suggest a wider social commentary. The house of eternal night represents a world dominated by pain, hate, and depression. It is a place where human life is devalued and where torture and fear reign supreme. The oppressive conditions and the lack of dignity within these walls drive the inhabitants to rebellion.
Overall, "Welcome Home" presents a chilling and haunting depiction of an infernal existence, where darkness, violence, and despair consume everything in its grasp.
Line by Line Meaning
There's a place where the night is eternal
There exists a location where darkness prevails continuously
Spirits imprisoned to that living inferno
Soulful beings trapped in an ongoing hellish existence
Feel the carried air pressing your chest
Sense the suffocating atmosphere constricting your breathing
Listen to the groans of the souls without rest
Hear the agonizing moans of restless spirits
Nightmares flowing with facility
Night terrors easily plaguing the mind
This is a terrible prison inside of me
Within me resides a dreadful confinement
House of the evil, violence is the law
A dwelling of malevolence where brutality prevails
Chaotic reality touching on the open raw
An unruly existence relentlessly touching upon raw vulnerability
Welcome home (the house of eternal night)
Embrace your entrance into a perpetual nightmarish abode
Welcome home (you'll never see the light)
Embrace your arrival where illumination shall forever elude you
Freedom's a forbidden word in this place
The concept of freedom is prohibited within this realm
Evil lives here, hell face to face
Malevolence thrives here, encountering pure damnation
Harmful thoughts and dark emotions
Destructive thoughts and sinister feelings
Spirits in black in eternal distortion
Blackened souls exist in an everlasting state of distortion
Another world dominated by pain and by hate
A parallel reality controlled by anguish and animosity
Abysmal wish to flee, marked by lack of fate
An overwhelming desire to escape, marked by a sense of hopelessness
A lost look inside these frozen walls
A gaze of despair within these imprisoning barriers
Your dignity, it will falls
Your sense of dignity will crumble away
Extreme repugnance rules your sickening souls
Intense disgust governs your nauseating spirits
Impious minds in disgust like a viper in your hole
Irreverent thoughts filled with disgust, akin to a venomous snake in its den
Land of depression where the human life isn't
A realm of despair where human life holds no value
Worth what you eat
Of the same value as the sustenance you consume
Torture through the fear and pain!
Infliction of torment through fear and agony
Rebellions are so easy to unleash!
Revolt is effortlessly incited
Hell on the earth, home of maledictions
A terrestrial inferno, a dwelling for curses
A lot of people living in terrifying conditions
Numerous individuals existing in horrifying circumstances
Locked inside the walls of the fear and afraid
Confined within the walls of terror and apprehension
Bad omens warning about a great disgrace
Negative signs foretelling a significant downfall
Slaughter in the name of defense
Carnage perpetrated under the guise of protection
A perfect example of lack of sense
An impeccable illustration of irrationality
Bloody stories ready to tell
Accounts of bloodshed prepared to be recounted
Faces of death march to the rising hell
Visages of death advance towards the emerging inferno
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