TORTURE SQUAD Makes History: First Brazilian Band to Perform Four Times at WACKEN!

 

The band will perform on the first day, becoming the first Brazilian band to play four times at the iconic German festival

Torture Squad, one of the great Brazilian metal bands, returns to Wacken Open Air, the largest heavy metal festival in the world – which takes place every summer in the surroundings of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

The band will perform on Wednesday, July 30th, making Torture Squad the only Brazilian band to play the festival four times. The band performed in 2007, as winners of the Metal Battle, with the 'Chaos Corporation Tour', in 2008 with the 'Hellbound Tour', in 2011 with the 'Aequilibrium Tour' and is now taking on the 'Devilish Tour'.

This will be the first time with the new lineup, which features Rene Simionato on guitar and Mayara Puertas on vocals. "2025 will be a big year for us, we are completing 10 years with this lineup and there is nothing more special than celebrating by returning to the largest metal festival in the world!" Mayara comments, "Since I joined the band, it was my goal to get on stage at Wacken, because I know how much this festival contributed to Torture Squad's career since they were champions of the battle of the bands in 2007. Almost 20 years later, we will return with more energy than ever, very proud to represent Brazilian metal!"

Drummer Amilcar Christófaro comments: "I'm happy that Torture Squad is performing for the fourth time at one of the biggest metal festivals in the world, WOA. I'm also happy for Mayara Puertas and Rene Simionato for having the opportunity to experience the unique atmosphere of this festival together on the tour of one of the most important albums in Torture Squad's career. And to our fifth member Beto Bisca, who says the more we work, the more our dreams of conquering the world together grow. Wacken Open Air?? Just a warning... HELL IS COMING"

Wacken Open Air 2025 will take place between July 30th and August 2nd and will feature Guns N'Roses as headliner and bands from different styles and generations, such as Machine Head, Gojira, Within Temptation, Saxon and Grave Digger. Tickets are already sold out.

Torture Squad will soon announce more European tour dates, and will continue to promote their recent album 'Devilish', available on digital platforms and in CD & LP.

TORTURE SQUAD is seen by extreme music fans as one of the most visceral and powerful metal bands in action today.


With almost three decades of experience, with excellent live performances including at the most important metal festivals in the world, the Brazilian group gathered legions of fans playing throughout the country, Latin America and Europe.


In 2019, while preparing the new album, Torture Squad arrived at one of the biggest music festivals in the world, the Brazilian Rock in Rio, where they performed for an audience of 120,000 people. In a cast full of metal legends like Anthrax, Slayer, Sepultura, Scorpions and Iron Maiden, the show was epic alongside Chuck Billy (Testament) and the Brazilians of Claustrofobia on the Sunset stage, with the set covering songs from their entire career TS and Testament Classics.


After Rock in Rio, came the long-awaited tour of Central America, passing through Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. The highlight was the show at Mexico Metal Fest which Torture Squad was one of the headliners.


In 2020 they released a new single and video called “O Doutrinador”, inspired by a Brazilian comic book character that also became a movie and TV series. The English version of the single and video called “The Awakener” is also available.


In 2021 the band celebrated twenty years since the release of their third album “The Unholy Spell” (2001) playing the entire album in Lives and live shows.


In 2022, the band performed at “La Iglesia” in São Paulo, giving rise to the live album “Torture at La Iglesia En Vivo”, and also the single “The Fallen Ones” with exclusive debut in the American magazine Decibel Magazine. Ending the year doing a show alongside one of the thrash metal legends in the world “Exodus” at the Carioca Club, in São Paulo.


LISTEN / STREAM NEW ALBUM 'DEVILISH' HERE!

Genre: Thrash/Death Metal


Label: Time To Kill Records


Tracklist:

01 Hell is Coming
02 Flukeman
03 Buried Alive
04 Warrior
05 Sanctuary
06 Uatumã
07 Thoth
08 Mabus
09 Find My Way
10 Gaia
11 Farewell To Mankind
12 The Last Journey



Lineup:
Mayara “Undead” Puertas – Vocals
Rene Simionato – Guitar
Castor – Bass
Amilcar Christófaro – Drums


Artwork: Marcelo Vasco


Photo: Heitor Shevchenko


TORTURE SQUAD online:

Website: https://www.torturesquad.com.br/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/torturesquad
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/torture_squad/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3S8rjXa