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Death metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, formed in 2017. The 2024 album An Intergalactic Journey is a seven-track full-length running 33 minutes, featuring tracks such as 'Spoiling on Shelves' and 'Res Inexplicata Volans,' released independently.
Black/death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 2022 by guitarist Rodrigo Führer and drummer Armando Leprous, the latter known for his roles in early Sarcófago and Mutilator. Their debut full-length Morte Negra, released July 18, 2022 on Nuclear War Now! Productions and Brazilian Ritual Records, draws directly on the extreme metal tradition that emerged from Belo Horizonte in the mid-1980s.
Death metal band from Colatina, Espírito Santo, formed in 2009 and later split up. Their discography includes the cassette Holocausto do Bode Negro (2013) and the split Ódio Bestial (2014), shared with Aeternus Odium and released on CD by Nocturna Musica.
Tormento Horrendo is a death metal band from Oruro, Bolivia, playing raw, old-school death metal with a metalpunk edge. The band released their self-titled demo in 2020 through Old Skull Productions, a cassette-focused underground label, establishing themselves within Bolivia's extreme metal underground. Their Bandcamp releases are tagged with descriptors like raw death metal, osdm, and metalpunk, reflecting a sound rooted in primitive, unpolished aggression.
Tormmentor formed in La Rioja, Argentina in 2008 — initially under the name Agramon before settling on their final name in July of that year — blending thrash and death metal with an lineup that included guitarists Martín Medina and Daniel Portal, drummer Jorge Díaz, and vocalist/bassist Emanuel Noceti. The band released their debut demo "Cicatriz Social" in June 2009, a four-track recording featuring original material including the track "Vorágine," which was later included on the Damien Fanzine compilation in 2011.
Torture Machine is a death metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2010 and currently signed to Umbrium Records. The band's lineup features guitarists Sergio Rojas and Tomás Verdugo, drummer Camilo Anrique, and vocalist Patricio Dosque, and they have released two full-lengths: Reduced to Nothingness (2023) and Shadowcult (2025).
Thrash/death metal band from São Paulo, founded in 1990 by guitarist Cristiano Fusco, with a discography stretching from the debut Shivering (1995) through Asylum of Shadows (1999), The Unholy Spell (2001), Hellbound (2008, Armageddon Records), AEquilibrium (2010, Wacken Records), and Far Beyond Existence (2017). The band won the Wacken Battle of the Bands in 2007 and subsequently toured Europe alongside Overkill and Exodus; vocalist Mayara "Undead" Puertas joined in 2015.
Black/death metal band from Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, active since 2011 and operating independently. The band released the split 7" Oráculo de Fezes / Pentáculo de Crânio alongside Necrosodommy in 2016 through Arauto da Morte Records, with their side recorded at Estúdio Riff in Cuiabá, and followed it with the EP Não in 2019.
Black/death metal solo project from Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul, active since 2019. The project's debut full-length Chalice of Disease was self-released in May 2020 and subsequently issued on CD and limited vinyl LP by Iron Bonehead Productions on September 10, 2021, with stated influences including Beherit, Sarcófago, and Archgoat. The project went on to release Saturnian Gate in 2021 and Dawn of Resurrection in 2025, all material written, performed, and produced by the sole member.
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