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Teresina, BR · 2021–present · active
Into Morphin is a death/black metal band from Teresina, Piauí, Brazil, active since 2021. The band's confirmed lineup includes Mvreisc on vocals, Yansilva and Padua Belo on guitars, Maxribeiro on bass, and Helio on drums, making them one of the few extreme metal acts operating out of Brazil's northeastern state of Piauí.
Porto Feliz, BR · 2016–present · active
Inverted Cross Cult is a death/doom/sludge metal band from Porto Feliz, São Paulo, Brazil, featuring Diego Rodrigues on vocals and guitar, Guilherme Hespanhol Rufus on guitar, Viny Bial on bass, and Henrique Antunes on drums. The band released their self-titled debut album in October 2016, followed by the demo "Beyond the Towers of Silence" in 2018, with lyrical themes drawing from occultism, H.P. Lovecraft, and horror.
São Paulo, BR · 2014–present · active
Jupiterian are a sludge/death/doom metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2013, known for crafting an oppressively heavy sound that fuses cavernous death doom with oozing, soul-crushing sludge. Their debut EP Archaic arrived in 2014, followed by the full-lengths Aphotic (2015) and Terraforming (2017), before they signed to Transcending Obscurity for Protosapien (2020), widely praised as their most focused and accomplished record.
Neuquén, AR · 2021–present · active
Kadavro is a death/thrash metal band from Neuquén, Argentina, whose members perform under pseudonyms El Cadaver, G.G, Machacador, and Weedfinder. They released two records in 2021 — Evil Entities from the Hidden Past through Evil Damnations Records, and Paladar Negro — before following up with Procession of Evil in 2024.
Salvador, BR · 2019–present · active
Keter is a death/thrash metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, featuring vocalist Bawdy, guitarists George Lessa and Yury Duplat, bassist Fagner Nascimento, and drummer Renato Corpse. The band released a self-titled demo in 2008 and the live EP Caçadores das Trevas in 2009, and was elected the best metal band in Bahia by readers of Whiplash in 2010. They also contributed a track to the Headhunter D.C. tribute compilation A Deathmetallic Brotherhood in Darkest Mourning for God (Mutilation Productions, 2016).
São Paulo, BR · 2020–present · active
Koma is a death/black metal and grindcore band from São Paulo, Brazil, operating under an explicitly antifascist, anarchist, and communist ethos. The band released their debut EP "Sinfonia da Desgraça," which blends grindcore, deathgrind, black metal, and sludge metal influences. They are active on Bandcamp under the handle koma5 and present their sound as a direct fusion of extreme music with radical political conviction.
Campina Grande, BR · 2015–present · active
Krueger is a death/thrash metal band from Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil, formed in 1987. The band's lineup has included Adriano Caminha on vocals and guitar, Zé Carlos on bass, and Maurício Mocardo on drums, and they released the full-length "Turn On to Death" in 2001 through Destroyer Records, recorded at Prosound Studio in Campina Grande.
Poços de Caldas, BR · 2017–present · active
Kruelty is a death/thrash metal band from Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band released a live album, "Kruelty Live in Poços de Caldas," in June 2017, featuring nine tracks including a cover of Cannibal Corpse's "Hammer Smashed Face," and later released the "Five Years of Blasphemy" full discography compilation.
Fortaleza, BR · 2008–present · active
Lacryma Sanguine is a death/doom metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, active since 2008 and among the few doom metal acts to emerge from the northeast of the country. They released their debut digital EP As The Autumn Ends in 2008 via KillZone Records, followed by their first full-length album Amongst These Walls in 2012, distributed by Chilean label FunerART, drawing on the melodic heaviness of My Dying Bride, Saturnus, and Swallow the Sun.

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