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Pandemic are a brutal death metal band from Puerto Madryn, Chubut, operating in one of Argentina's more isolated regional metal scenes. They released the album Insertion of Thought in 2021, a recording that showcases the relentless low-tuned brutality characteristic of the genre.
Parasitic Carnivorous is a brutal death metal/slam band from Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela, formed in 2014. Their 2016 EP "Maracay Pampero" established their sound, rooted in the city that shares its name with the release, and the band has continued with an updated lineup since 2023.
A fixture of the Belo Horizonte extreme metal underground, Pathologic Noise deal in gore-soaked brutal death metal with a relentless low-end attack and guttural vocal savagery. Their debut full-length "Sodomy and Delight on Flesh" (2003) on Cogumelo Records established their punishing formula, which they sharpened further on "Gore Aberration" (2014).
Pedofagia are a brutal death metal band from Rancagua, Chile, formed in 2009. Their 2015 full-length Torturando la Infancia, released through Rotten Cemetery Records, delivers ten tracks of old-school brutal death metal drawing comparisons to Suffocation, Deeds of Flesh, and Cannibal Corpse.
A one-man brutal death metal project that unleashed three full-lengths in quick succession during early 2023, including "Appearance Repugnant," "Overwhelmed By Parasitic Lifeforms," and "The Dead Hungers." The project leans into a relentlessly dense, suffocating sound with an emphasis on inhuman speed and grotesque atmosphere.
Brutal death metal outfit that channels raw fury at war, corruption, and social injustice through punishing low-end riffs and blast-driven aggression, as heard on their 2013 release "Mundo Perverso." Their sound sits firmly in the crushing São Paulo underground tradition, with little room for melody between the punishment.
Pesto coined the term "culinary grindcore" for their particular strain of brutal death metal and grindcore, built around grotesque gastronomic and cannibal lyrical themes. The trio of Diego Firmo, Diego Andrade, and Marcio Barbosa debuted with an EP that included a music video for the track "Cutting Corpse," establishing a darkly comedic identity within extreme metal.
Putrid Impetus is a brutal death metal band from São Paulo with lyrical themes centered on pathology, disease, and gore. Their debut album Fatal Necrotic Ecstasy was released on February 15, 2025 through Rotten Foetus Records as an eight-track, eight-page-booklet CD.
Raped by Pigs is a brutal death metal band from Lima, Peru, formed in 2009 in the Breña district. Their sound draws from American-style slam and brutal death metal, with lyrical themes of torture, perversion, and horror. The band has released multiple recordings including the albums Squealing to the New World (2014) and Mental Diseases and Congenital Malformations (2019).
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