Torture Squad is a Brazilian death/thrash metal band. The band has been around since 1990 and to this date they have released four studio albums and one live album. Currently the band is recording a new album to be intitled Hellbound and it is scheduled to be released in February 2008.The band's "professional" line-up (MK II) started sometime in 1993 with founder Cristiano Fusco playing guitar, Wagner "Castor" as the bass player, Amilcar Christofaro as drummer and Vitor Rodrigues as the frontman and vocalist. This more stable configuration allowed them to rehearse and dedicate their time to find places where to play. Their touring circuit started in and around São Paulo and soon they composed enough material for a demo, released in the same year (A Soul in Hell). Their influences include musicians like Rush, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, AC/DC, ZZ Top, Motörhead, Slayer, the avant-garde Swiss metal band Coroner, and other acts like Sadus, Death, Terrorizer, Morbid Angel, N
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