Brazilian death/thrash titans Torture Squad have officially unleashed the full routing for their massive upcoming European tour today, Wednesday, May 27. Marking the grand finale of the ‘Devilish European Tour,’ this punishing 17-date trek will tear through Europe’s most legendary metal strongholds. The band will be hitting the road as special guests, opening for a powerhouse lineup featuring Sepultura, Venom Inc. and Crypta.
This stands as one of the most monumental international runs in Torture Squad’s storied career. Crisscrossing the continent throughout June and July, the tour is set to invade major venues and high-profile festivals. Across nearly a month on the road, the onslaught will hit countries including Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Belgium, bringing the sheer ferocity of their latest studio album, Devilish (2023), to European audiences and cementing their dominance in the global extreme metal scene.
The band shared their excitement for the upcoming ‘Devilish European Tour’:
“This will be one of the most important tours in our history. Sharing the stage with bands that helped forge global metal and reconnecting with the European crowd is a massive honor. We are bringing an incredibly heavy live set, and we can’t wait to experience every single one of these nights.”
Torture Squad is currently firing on all cylinders with the final cycle for Devilish, which is available across all digital streaming platforms and on physical formats. Concurrently, the band is already gearing up for their next chapter, preparing to unleash a brand-new studio album slated for late 2026 via the Italian label Time To Kill Records.
‘Devilish European Tour 2026’ dates:
09.06 – ITALY / Milan w SEPULTURA
10.06 – ITALY / Rome w SEPULTURA
13.06 – DEUTSCHLAND / Erfurt w VENOM INC
14.06 – DEUTSCHLAND / Würzburg w SEPULTURA
15.06 – DEUTSCHLAND / Heidelberg w SEPULTURA
18.06 – NETHERLANDS / Zwolle w VENOM INC
19.06 – DEUTSCHLAND / Kassel w VENOM INC
20.06 – AUSTRIA / Salzburg w VENOM INC
23.06 – DEUTSCHLAND / Oberhausen w SEPULTURA
24.06 – DEUTSCHLAND / Potsdam W SEPULTURA
26.06 – SWEDEN / Huskvarna w SEPULTURA
27.06 – CHECZ REPUBLIC/ Spalene Porici – BASINFIREFEST
29.06 – DEUTSCHLAND / Vechta w VENOM INC
30.06 – NETHERLANDS / Hengelo
01.07 – BELGIUM / Charleroi
02.07 – DEUTSCHLAND / Osnabrück w CRYPTA
03.07 – DEUTSCHLAND / Hamburg w CRYPTA
Torture Squad is seen by extreme music fans as one of the most visceral and powerful metal bands active today. Withmore than three decades of experience, including excellent live performances at the most important metal festivals in the world, the Brazilian group has gathered legions of fans playing throughout the country, Latin America, and Europe – breaking the record after performing at Wacken Open Air 2025, becoming one of the only Brazilian bands to play four times at the festival.
In their second album with the new lineup, Mayara Puertas (Vocals), Rene Simionato (Guitar), Castor (Bass), and Amilcar Christófaro (Drums) maturely transcend the sound of extreme metal, incorporating progressive metal, influences from Brazilian music, and symphonic elements.
The album also pays homage to Brazilian heroes with the participation of Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) on the track “Buried Alive,” and a tribute to Rickson Gracie, the resilient Jiu-Jitsu fighter considered one of the sport’s greatest legends, the subject of the track “Warrior,” which also became a single featuring singer Leather Leone from Chastain, as well as Alex Nasser on Arabic percussion in “Hell is Coming.”
The band also mobilized several musicians linked to indigenous causes to collaborate on the song “Uatumã” – Suzane Hecate (Miasthenia), Victor Rodrigues (Tribal Scream), and João Luiz (Golpe de Estado) – making an appeal for the preservation of the Amazon in a song that flows powerfully with the words of indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire and tribal rhythms. The band released seven high-production music videos to promote the album: “Hell is Coming”, “Flukeman”, “Warrior”, “Sanctuary”, “Thoth”, “Mabus” e “Find My Way” “Magnum Chaos” and “Buried Alive”
As a first taste, the band released the first single, titled “Mabus,” accompanied by a lyric video made by Wanderley Perna. ‘Devilish’ was recorded and mixed by Diego Rocha at Bay Area Studios, and mastered by Martin Furia, guitarist of Destruction and famous for working with the bands The Damnnation, Invisible Control, and Eskrota.
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
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
Metal Shock Finland (World Assault ) 