TORTURE SQUAD releases music video for “Thoth”, from the acclaimed album 'Devilish'
- Jason Hesley
- Jul 15, 2025
- 2 min read
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'.
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