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Apokalyptic Raids is a black/death/thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, originally formed in 1998 as Apocalyptic Raids — a name drawn directly from a Hellhammer EP — before adopting the current spelling in 2001. Driven by guitarist and vocalist Leon "Necromaniac" Manssur, they have released a string of albums and splits since their debut "Only Death Is Real" (2001), channeling the proto-black metal ferocity of Hellhammer, Bathory, and Vulcano while collaborating with acts like Whipstriker and Atomic Roar.
Ars Tenebrae is a death/black metal band from Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, formed in 2019, playing anti-Christian extreme metal rooted in Satanic and misanthropic themes. The band operates as an independent underground act, combining the ferocity of Brazilian death metal with the cold savagery of black metal in the tradition of Minas Gerais extreme music.
Ascendente is a death and groove metal band from São Paulo, formed in 2014 and active in the city's dense underground metal circuit. Blending the rhythmic punch of groove metal with the heavier extremity of death metal, the band belongs to a tradition of São Paulo acts that draw on both American groove and the brutality of classic Brazilian extreme metal.
Atrymo is a death and black metal band from João Pessoa, Paraíba, formed in 2017 by members with roots in prior extreme metal projects. The four-piece — featuring Aracélio on drums and vocals, Ivan on bass and vocals, Ivaldo and Bruno on guitars — channels themes of human hatred, greed, and spiritual corruption through tracks like "Sentidos Infames," "Miséria e Ódio," and "Depressão," with lyrics sung in Portuguese.
Attma is a death and groove metal band from Parnaíba, Piauí, active since 2020 and part of a small but growing extreme metal community in Brazil's northern coast. They blend the rhythmic heaviness of groove metal with death metal extremity, operating independently in a state better known for Teresina's scene than for coastal metal activity.
Aura Scent is a death/thrash metal band with progressive elements hailing from Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2021. Operating in the extreme underground of southern Brazil, they blend the aggression of death and thrash metal with progressive song structures, a combination relatively rare in their coastal Rio Grande do Sul home city.
Bagronk is a death/black metal band from the southern suburbs of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, with roots going back to an early 2000s formation. The band recorded the demo "Death and Blood Valley" and has built a persistent presence in the Argentine underground extreme metal scene across multiple active periods.
Beelzeebuth was a death/black metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, that formed and dissolved within the 2020s as an unsigned underground act. Distinct from the similarly-named Beelzeebubth from Salvador, this São Paulo project operated in the raw, extreme end of Brazilian death-black metal — a tradition with deep roots in the city's prolific underground scene — before splitting up after a brief run.
Bewitchment is a one-man death/thrash metal project from Rio Grande da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil, helmed by Rodrigo "Infectz" Costa. The project draws heavily on old-school death metal influences, particularly the early works of Death and Pestilence's "Malleus Maleficarum" era, blending those sounds with thrash aggression. The project released the full-length "Oblivion Shall Reign" (2019) in a limited pressing of 500 copies through multiple Brazilian underground labels including Rapture Records and Extreme Sounds Records.
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