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Death metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, founded in December 1989. After releasing numerous demos throughout the 1990s and temporarily operating under the name Hellspawn for a 7" EP, the band returned as Sanctifier and released the full-length Daemoncraft in 2012, recorded at Studio R in Natal, followed by Lone Wolf Syndicate in 2018, with lyrics drawing on Lovecraftian themes and the Cthulhu mythos.
Sanctus Mortum is a death metal band from Sibundoy, Putumayo, Colombia, formed in 2014 in the remote Andean-Amazon foothills. Drawing on the old-school traditions of black and death metal, they released the demo "Oscuridad Eterna" in 2015 and followed it with the live demo "Macabro" in 2021.
Death metal band from Tupã, São Paulo, active in the early 1990s. The band's recorded output resurfaced in 2022 when their tracks 'Intro / Maybe Tomorrow' appeared on the cassette compilation Preservation of Death Vol. 2: South American Massacre-First Blood, released by Noxious Ruin.
Noise/death metal and grindcore project from Salvador, Bahia, founded by Casthro Mizuhara and later expanded to include Leandro 777. The debut release Apocalyptic Chaos came out on March 5, 2016, an 11-track recording issued in a physical edition limited to 150 copies through Vision of God Records.
Raw black/death metal band from São Carlos, São Paulo, formed in 2015. They released the four-track debut EP Final Holocaust in April 2015 and followed it with You Will Be Gutted in September 2015, both issued independently with themes centered on Satanism, war, and desecration.
Death metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, formed in October 2003 by former members of Engraved Fears. Drummer Flávio Brambilla, guitarist/vocalist Tiegue Vieira, and bassist Vinicius Pacheco recorded the debut album The Darkest Voice of the Soul in 2004, an eight-track record that included a cover of Death, before the band dissolved in 2006.
Death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 2012 by vocalist Fernando Campos, guitarist Thiago Macedo Gil, bassist Bruno Mota, and drummer Marcelo Augusto. The band released debut full-length Synchronicity of Autophagic Hedonism in 2017, followed by Manufactured Existence Obsolescence in 2019 through Songs for Satan, and have shared stages with Krisiun, Vital Remains, and Rebaelliun.
Death metal band from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, formed in 2007 and signed to Cogumelo Records. The band released the album Hate Metal on May 27, 2014, through a joint partnership between Cogumelo and the US label Greyhaze Records, with production handled by Scourge and Rodrigo Nepomuceno at Chederrecords Studios in Uberlândia.
Thrash metal band founded in Teresina, Piauí, in 1990, later establishing themselves in Parnaíba on the Piauí coast. Formed by guitarist/vocalist Marcelo Alelaf with members from the local act Avalon, the band recorded the eight-song demo cassette Lampião in 1991 as a tribute to Brazilian outlaw Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, and released their debut full-length Clouds Taken by the Wind in 2006.
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