TORTURE SQUAD Releases “Magnum Chaos” Music Video, Transforming Climate Change Into Heavy Metal
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On the day the world debates the future of the planet at COP30, Brazil’s Torture Squad unites activism and metal, releasing a song that translates the same cry for survival with weight and urgency.
This release is a trilogy comprised of the last three tracks from the band’s Devilish album – “Gaia”, “A Farewell To Mankind” and “The Last Journey”. Torture Squad expresses a plea for help from the planet to humanity.
Recorded and produced by Maycon Roberto Avelino, of Starchip Video, the video is released on the same day that Brazil hosts COP30, in Belém do Pará. COP30 is the main annual UN conference on climate change and will take place between November 10th and 21st. The combination of releasing a song that shares the same ideals as a UN conference, warning humanity about the need to care for the planet, seems obvious and perfect for Torture Squad.
The instrumental and acoustic track “Gaia” is the introduction to the trilogy, featuring AI-generated images and shocking, realistic information about the planet’s deterioration, with text by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Regarding the production, drummer Amilcar Christófaro comments: “The video has a counterpoint of beautiful images such as the first photo of planet Earth seen from the Moon, the so-called ‘Earthrise’, taken by astronaut William Anders, from the American Apollo 8 mission, on December 24, 1968. As well as images of the four vital elements of life, Earth, Air, Fire and Water, generated by AI and meticulously chosen by Maycon Avelino and myself. The concept is to show the beautiful side of the Earth and what we are losing if we continue without giving due attention to the planet.”
“A Farewell to Mankind” has lyrics by bassist Castor, and harmonies created by vocalist Mayara Puertas. The video features footage captured at Torture Squad’s iconic show in September 2024, as the opening act for Sepultura’s farewell tour, Celebrating Life Through Death, at Espaço Unimed in São Paulo. The show included a performance by cosplayer Slovakia, in an iconic portrayal of Lilith.
Completing the trilogy, “The Last Journey” is the final track from the album Devilish, and the music video features vocalist and composer Mayara Puertas in a captivating piano performance in front of the band, recorded at Dissenso Studio in São Paulo.
(Source: www.bravewords.com)
