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Uberlândia, BR · 2015–present · active
A progressive death metal band from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, formed in 2015 and catalogued in the Encyclopaedia Metallum. They operate within the technically demanding intersection of progressive and death metal, a style that has seen steady growth in Brazil's interior state of Minas Gerais alongside peers drawing from both the complexity of prog and the brutality of death metal.
Porto Alegre, BR · 2003–present · active
A gothic doom/death metal band originally formed in Sapucaia do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, and now based in Porto Alegre, active since 1996 and among the longer-standing acts in southern Brazil's melancholic metal underground. Their discography includes Toward Nothingness (2009) and Passion (2015), with a sound rooted in My Dying Bride-influenced death-doom that incorporates violin and keyboards alongside vocals from a rotating cast; they appeared on a Brazilian tribute to My Dying Bride in 2020.
Chascomús, AR · 2011–present · active
A.L.M.A. is a groove and death metal band from Chascomús, Buenos Aires Province, active in the Argentine underground metal circuit. The band is documented on Encyclopaedia Metallum and released Demo 1, marking their entry into the local extreme metal scene.
Río Gallegos, AR · 2000–? · disbanded
Ab-Irato was a death metal band from Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, one of the few extreme metal acts to emerge from Argentina's remote Patagonian south. The band contributed tracks including Adicto a la Ira, Gritos del Muerto, and Gangrena Cristiana to the regional compilations Memorias de Muerte IV (2005), Memorias de Muerte VII (2006), and Abismo Sureño (2007) before splitting up.
José C. Paz, AR · 2013–present · active
Abducción is a death metal band from José C. Paz, Greater Buenos Aires, active in the Argentine brutal underground since 2013. The band contributed the track El rapto to the 2015 compilation Aquelarre - Misa uno, a multi-band release documenting the extreme metal underground across Argentina.
Porto Alegre, BR · active
Abductions is a black/death metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul — a city with one of Brazil's longest-established extreme metal traditions, home to legends like Krisiun. The band blends the fast-picked tremolo riffing and blast-beat intensity of death metal with black metal's raw atmosphere and misanthropic aesthetics. They are signed to Acid Vicious and remain active within Porto Alegre's thriving underground scene.
Poços de Caldas, BR · 2018–present · active
Death metal band from Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, formed in 2018 and featuring a lineup of Yuri Almeida on drums, Júlio Cesar on guitar, David Andrade on vocals, and Nathan Franco on bass. They released a self-titled debut in 2016 and followed it with the full-length Thanatos in 2023, the latter produced with a music video for the track "Eviscerator." Their sound draws on traditional brutal death metal with lyrical themes spanning philosophy, history, and politics.
Ourinhos, BR · 2021–present · active
Black/death metal band from Ourinhos, São Paulo, formed in 2021 and representing the deep interior of the state's underground extreme metal scene. Little documented material exists beyond their Metal Archives registration, placing them squarely in the raw South American black and death metal tradition.
São Paulo, BR · split-up
Early-1990s death metal band from São Paulo, active briefly around 1990 to 1992, with a lineup that included Hamilton on vocals and guitar, Aziz Magice on guitar, Claudio Hefestus on drums, and Damico on bass. The band left behind a single rehearsal demo, "Abhor Reh '92," placing them among the first wave of São Paulo death metal acts that laid groundwork for the city's extreme metal scene.

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