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Deathgrind band from São Luís, Maranhão, formed in 2014, featuring Alexandre on guitar, Allef Lopes on vocals, and Lucas Mano on drums. The band released the full-length Global Extinction in July 2019, followed by the seven-track EP Marcas da Tortura in December 2023, self-released with mixing and mastering by Ruan Cruz. Lyrical themes center on historical atrocities, warfare, anti-religion, and torture, drawn from subjects spanning ancient history to modern events.
Thrash/death metal band formed in São Paulo in 2005, later relocating to Brooklyn, New York. The lineup of Frederico Carneiro (vocals), Patrick Caracas and Kiko Freiberg (guitars), Fadel Dabien (bass), and Daniel Freiberg (drums) released the EP Mind's Corner in 2012, followed by the full-length Shooting at the Moon in December 2014 and the album Let it Rain in September 2016.
Undercroft formed in Chile in 1991 as a death and thrash metal band and released a series of studio albums through the 1990s and 2000s, including Twisted Souls (1995), Bonebreaker (1997), and Danza Macabra (2000). The band later relocated to Stockholm and subsequently Hamburg, reflecting the global mobility common to South American extreme metal acts seeking wider distribution and touring opportunities. They shared stages with Kreator, Morbid Angel, and Therion during periods of European activity.
Thrash/groove/death metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, formed in 2016 by members including Moab Junior and Davi Aguiar, recording at J.A. Studio with producer Joel Lima. The band released a self-titled four-track EP on September 1, 2018, followed by the single and music video "The Foundation of Society" in January 2025, directed by Henrique Costa.
Brutal death metal band from Campinas, São Paulo, formed in 2017, with a lineup of Vrvs Arcannvs Necrovisceral (vocals), gRotxxko (guitars), Desastre Nuclear (bass), and Alcoholic Death (drums). Their only release is a self-titled four-track demo recorded on March 9, 2017, at Studioattack BH, featuring the tracks "Sodomize the Nuns," "Satan's Blood," "Degolated Priests," and "Puking on the Sacramental Bread."
Death metal band from São Paulo formed in 2012, performing in the old-school style with lyrics written and sung in Portuguese. Their album Realidade Sádica—reviewed by Roadie Crew in January 2019—opens with the title track and addresses themes of death, anti-religion, and human suffering across compositions that alternate between high-speed passages and mid-paced heaviness.
Urach is a Brazilian black/death metal act that emerged in 2022, releasing their debut "Obsessive Trypophobic Exhibisionism" that same year. They followed it with "Lust's Dark Feast" in 2024, continuing a raw and dissonant approach to extreme metal rooted in the South American underground tradition.
Urutau is a Brazilian death metal project recorded across São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul, whose debut release "Nihilistic Paraphilia" appeared in August 2022 on the Cultivation of War label. The demo offers three tracks of abyssal, tradition-rooted black/death metal, showcasing a deliberately obscure and underground approach to the genre.
Utterance is a death metal band from Brasília, formed in 2019 by Matheus Alpino (rhythm guitar, vocals), Vinicius Azevedo (bass), Manoel Bento (drums), and Roberto Carlos (lead guitar). Their debut EP "Conflagration," released in August 2019 and recorded at Less Than Zero Studio, opens with two extended tracks that display a dense, technically grounded approach to the genre.
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