Torture Squad Share "Mabus" Video - New Album Coming This Fall

Brazil’s Torture Squad are gearing up for their next full-length of brutal Death-Thrash. Due out September 22nd, Devilish will be released by Time To Kill Records. The band have already put out the first single/video, “Mabus”, which you can watch below, along with pre-order links, and more from Torture Squad.

The band comments: “The lyrics were inspired by the prediction of the prophet Nostradamus about the arrival of Mabus, the third antichrist. It is a fast, powerful, and aggressive tune“.

Devilish is an album surrounded by a dark atmosphere, its lyrics show urges experienced in our century, such as the constant degradation of the Amazon rainforest and the population increasingly affected by psychological illnesses such as anxiety and depression. At the same time, it opens windows of escape for an imaginary world inspired by games, series, and fiction books.

In their second album with the new lineup, Mayara Puertas (Voice), Rene Simionato (Guitar), Castor (Bass), and Amilcar Christófaro (Drums) transcend the sound of extreme metal with maturity, incorporating progressive metal, influences from Brazilian music and symphonic elements.

The album also honors Brazilian heroes with participation of Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) in the track “Buried Alive”, and a tribute to Rickson Gracie the resilient fighter of Jiu-Jitsu considered one of the greatest legends in this sport, the theme of the track “Warrior”. The band also mobilized several musicians related to indigenous causes in their country to collaborate on the song “Uatumã”, making an appeal for the preservation of the Amazon in a song that flows in a powerful way with the speeches of the indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire and tribal rhythms.

For the cover art, the band had Marcelo Vasco, a Brazilian illustrator who has already created artworks for Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Soulfly among others.

Devilish tracklisting:

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