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Death metal project from Nova Hartz, Rio Grande do Sul, founded by Luis D'llavechia on January 3, 2024. The band's self-titled debut album, a 12-track record addressing themes of war, politics, and religion, was released on January 12, 2024, with D'llavechia handling all composition and production duties.
Solo experimental metal project from Joinville, Santa Catarina, active since 2017 and working across death metal, black metal, and djent. The project released the six-track album Manifesto Suicida in March 2022, followed by I.I. (Indivíduo Incógnito), with all material written and performed by a single member under the stated concept of transforming personal trauma and philosophy into musical form.
Trimegisto is a death metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2000, with lyrical themes rooted in occultism. The band has released three full-lengths — Subterranean Streams (2008), Awake from the Blood (2010), and Pocilge (2016) — along with several EPs and splits in the years since.
Trivarius is a groove and death metal band from La Paz, Bolivia, formed in 2013. The band released their EP Dark Dreams in 2016, blending the rhythmic heaviness of groove metal with the aggression of death metal. They remain an active independent act in the Bolivian underground metal scene.
Trozator is a death metal band from Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay, active since 2012. The band has released material including the EP "Antiguas costumbres sangrientas" (2017) and the EP "Misery Through Fragile Senses" (2020), along with the single "Mutilación" the same year. They remain one of the few metal acts operating out of the Amambay region of eastern Paraguay.
Death metal band from Euclides da Cunha, Bahia, formed in 2021, with a lineup of Humberto Amorim (vocals), Athayde Neto (drums and guitars), Marcos Augusto (guitars), and Junior Moreira (bass). The band centers its lyrical themes on Mayan mythology and sacrificial rites, and released Trophy of Skulls on October 29, 2021, followed by the EP The Macabre God of Decadence in June 2022.
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.
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