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Hammergoat is a bestial death/black metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, featuring members associated with the Brazilian underground acts Evil and Dethroned Christ. The band released their debut full-length, Regeneration Through Depopulation..., in 2010 on Hammer of Damnation, a 30-minute assault drawing comparisons to Blasphemy and Hellhammer and including a cover of Sarcófago's "The Black Vomit." They also appeared on a split cassette with Swiss act Dakhma, released in 2018.
Hellbanger is a death/black/thrash metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, formed in 2021 and operating in the tradition of South American satanic speed metal. The band released the EP Satanic Speed in 2021 and followed it with the split album Satanic Speed & Bloody alongside Annihilation in 2023, with Hellbanger's tracks classified on Metal Archives under themes of War, Antichrist, and Death.
Hordes of Wrath is a one-man death/black metal project from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, active since 2020 under the sole authorship of Necro Tyrant. The project has released a steady stream of material including "Satanic Abominations" (2020), "We Are At War" (2021), and "Black Hordes" (2023).
Hranice Abyss is a death/thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2020 by vocalist Vic Ferreira and guitarist Henrique de Fina, with bassist Bruno Nicolozzi and drummer Lucas Coltri rounding out the lineup. The band released their debut EP "Aphagy" in August 2021, a fully self-produced six-track effort that drew comparisons to The Black Dahlia Murder, Necrophagist, and Slayer, earning an 8/10 from Metal Temple. Their DIY approach extended to producing and directing their own music videos, including the singles "Violation of Human Condition" and "Flawless Oblivion".
Human Machine of Hate is a death/thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2018. Their debut release, The Negativity Core (December 2018), is a five-track record blending death and thrash metal with politically and socially critical Portuguese- and English-language lyrics.
Hylidae is a death and thrash metal band from Rio Branco, Acre — one of Brazil's most geographically remote metal acts — whose band name is drawn from an indigenous Amazonian ritual associated with hunting and survival. The band released their debut full-length Promiscuous World (2012), recording it in Curitiba due to the lack of suitable studios in Acre, and followed it with the second album Unbreakable Curse (2021), mixed and mastered in Fortaleza. Over their career they have shared stages with Sepultura, Nervochaos, and Demonical.
Ilizarov is a death/thrash metal band from Formosa, Goiás, Brazil, founded in mid-2014 by Danilo Rocha (guitar/vocals), Nel Dias (bass), and Veto (drums). Drawing on old-school death metal, punk, and rock and roll, the band has remained active in the Brazilian underground and released the album "Heal and Kill" in March 2025.
Incurse is a death/groove metal band from Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band blends death, groove, progressive, and heavy metal influences, releasing the single "Tormented Scars" in May 2019 as a preview of their debut album Constant Violence.
Infected Cells is a death/thrash metal band from Simões Filho, Bahia, Brazil. The band released their debut EP "Voices from the Hell" in 2018, recorded between 2015 and 2017 at WR Bahia Studios in Salvador, Bahia; the seven-track EP was later released on cassette in 2022. They followed it with the EP "This Is the End" (2020) and a live album documenting their appearance at Dopesmoke Festival in 2021.
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