Brazilian drummer Amilcar Christófaro played in one of the main stages of the Musikmesse 2006 International Music Fair with his band, Torture Squad. They also won the Wacken Metal Battle at Wacken Open Air 2007 in Germany, and returned to the festival in 2011.
In July 2011 Amilcar Christófaro also stepped in for Sepultura drummer Jean Dolabella who suffered from the onset of tendonitis.