In the seventh music video released to promote the album explora, the band explores the use of Artificial Intelligence for the first time.
Torture Squad, one of the greatest Brazilian metal bands, releases this Friday, July 11th, the music video for the track “Thoth”. This is the seventh promotional video for the acclaimed album ‘Devilish,’ released in September 2023 by the Italian label Time to Kill.
With this release, the band explores the use of Artificial Intelligence for the first time, with the music video created entirely by AI. The images are original, edited by producer and editor Daniel Berrettini of DB Criação & Design, and constructed based on information from the composer of the lyrics, Rene Simionato. The idea is to use AI resources to recreate the Egyptian theme.
Guitarist Rene Simionato comments:
“his song talks about Thoth, who carries all the ancestral wisdom of Ancient Egypt, and who in ancient Greece was known as Hermes Trismegistus. It all became a true mystical journey, bringing the mystery of the Seven Hermetic Laws, which appear in the video in a symbolic and powerful way, and which align directly with the weight of death metal.”
Daniel Berrettini of DB Creative Studio also shared his thoughts on the work:
“Producing the Thoth music video was a fascinating journey to Ancient Egypt with all its cultural and visual richness. Using Artificial Intelligence, I created images of the exuberant pyramids, temples, desert landscapes, art and Egyptian writing. I also used visual effects to create the mystical atmosphere surrounding the god Thoth. An enriching job that I did with great pleasure!””
Torture Squad will soon announce more European tour dates, and recently confirmed their participation in Wacken Open Air, the largest heavy metal festival in the world, which takes place in Germany. The band will perform on July 30th, Wednesday, a fact that makes Torture Squad the only Brazilian band to play four times at the festival. The band performed in 2007, as winners of the Metal Battle, with the ‘Chaos Corporation Tour’, in 2008 with the ‘Hellbound Tour’, 2011 with the ‘Aequilibrium Tour’ and is now leading the ‘Devilish Tour’.
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
