Interview to Castor of Torture Squad

Interview by Luis Landeo
Hails Castor is a pleasure have an interview with you, I have 7 years listening the band, so I am a fan, but well I would like starting this interview asking, what happened with the line up of the band? Why Vitor Rodrigues left the band? And how Andre Evaristo take the vocals in Torture Squad?
Hail Luis, it´s also my pleasure dude! Well, Vitor decided to take another path in his life, that´s why He left the band. André used to sing in his previous band so, we tried him first. We all enjoyed how He sounded on our songs then we decided to hired him as Singer besides playing guitar too. He´s doing a great work with Torture Squad!

Last year the band released the seventh full lenght entitled: "Esquadrão de Tortura", how was work this album? And why are you re releasing this álbum with a different label?
In Brasil it was relesed by Substancial Recs. Which hás re released our álbums “Asylum of Shadows” and “The Unholy Spell”. This álbum will be re-leased also in Mexico by Oz Production, in the U.S. by the label End of the Light and also in Peru by GOH. We are negociating its release in Europe with some labels out there now. We´ll spread the News as soon as we get this all confirmed!

After the release of this new production, what are theoppinions of fans about the new vocalist of your band: Torture Squad?
So far so good bro! They are enjoying the new lineup as well as the new álbum! This new álbum is bringing lots of good vibe to us by the fans all over!

How do you see the progress and evolution in the sound of your band in all this years? 
Very natural as Always! This new álbum is sounding heavy and agressive as Torture Squad used to be!

Well this cover is in color Green have and interesting art, but what represent all specially the news paper it say: "1964 brasilian coup d etat"? and in what are inspiring the lyrics for this album? 
Thanks man! This cover art was madeby João Duarte and He had captured the exact feeling of the álbum! Talking about the lyrics, in fact this is our first concept álbum and it talks about the time when Brazil was ruled for the military regime from 1964 to 1985. We reported each period in the álbum. The lyrics was inpired by reading some articles from that period, books, documentaries, films, etc...

Are you thinking for a tour this year? And what countries do you think visit? 
Yes, sure! We are booking a South Amercan tour to the second half of this year between July/ August! We are gonna have all dates confirmed pretty soon!

Tell me about special guest members how was work with all them? Specially with Joao Gordo (Ratos do Porao) 
We are honored to have all these people and friends participating in our new álbum! João Gordo and Ratos de Porão have a huge influence on Torture Squad! We all grew up listening to their abums and going to their concerts here! It was fucking awesome to have him singing the song “Patria Livre” in the new album! We also had our former guitarrist Augusto Lopes doing one solo on the middle of the track “War dance”, which it was a solo He wrote before He left Torture Squad, the percussionist Paulinho Sorriso in “Architecture of Pain”, The Sphaera Roch Orchestra doing strings on “Conspiracy of Silence” and “For the Countless dead”, Fernanda Lira ( bassist and vocalist of Nervosa) with Tommy Morrielo ( band´s manager) doing a speech on “For the Countless Dead” and our producer Brendan Duffey speaking on “Fear to the World”.

Well to end this interview do you have a last message for your fans and Arsenal Del Metalero readers?
I´d like to thank you Luis and Arsenal Del Metalero for the opportunity and hope to see you all on our South American tour hermanos!

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