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Death metal and grindcore band from São Paulo, founded in 2011 by guitarist Gustavo Cacezi and bassist Bruno Avenoso. The lineup expanded to include vocalist Marco Saturnino and drummer Osmar Jr, and the band released a self-titled recording in March 2015 followed by the EP O Templo da Cegueira in October 2020, the latter recorded live at Estudio Badaroska in São Paulo.
Raw deathgrind duo from Brazil consisting of vocalist Niili and multi-instrumentalist Billy Grind, active since early 2021. The project released three recordings in its first month — Toda Desgraça do Mundo, O Pior Lado do Capitalismo, and Sessão de Foda-se — followed by a Demo in June 2021 and the EP Pequenas Empresas, Grandes Cuzões in August 2022.
Grindcore band from Brasília formed in 2014 by members of DFC, Violator, and NW77. Their debut album I Spit on Your God, a 31-track, 29-minute record, was recorded at GrindHouse Studio in 2016 and released in 2017 on Rip Roaring Shit Storm Records as a cassette limited to 50 copies. The band also released the 7" EP Romantic Baphomet in 2016, hand-numbered and limited to 66 copies.
São Paulo grindcore trio formed in 2016 with a lineup of Zech (guitar, vocals), Zumbi (bass), and Emiliano (drums). The band released the single Beginning Dirt in February 2016, the album Bulshit in August 2020, and Life Disturbed in April 2022. They contributed a cover of Nasum's "Shadows" to the 2020 compilation A Brazilian Tribute to Nasum: Mieszko Lives.
The Killing is a death metal and grindcore band from Grand Bourg, Buenos Aires, formed in 2017. The band released their debut EP "...y Muerte Para Todos" in September 2018, a five-track record recorded at FDM Studios and mixed at Music City Amberes in Belgium. The release draws on themes of social violence and political corruption, with a relentless blend of grinding riffs and blastbeat-driven aggression.
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.
Vøid It is a grindcore band from São Paulo active since 2022, maintaining a prolific output of short, ferocious material including the release Emptiness.., a live recording from Rio de Janeiro, and multiple splits with international acts such as Greve and Bonnot. The band has also toured within Brazil, with documented live appearances in Curitiba and at the Névoa venue.
Wärcharge is a Brazilian raw black metal, crust, and grindcore outfit formed in 2012, combining the primitive brutality of war metal with the short-burst intensity of grindcore and the anarchic energy of crust punk. The band released Heavy Sessions in 2022, a recording that captures their abrasive and unpolished approach to extreme music.
Zombie Cookbook is a death/thrash and grindcore band from Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, active since 2010 with a fixation on zombies, gore, and B-horror movie aesthetics. The band has released several records including the Cinetrash EP, the split Among the Living...Dead with Rancid Flesh, and later full-lengths Outside the Grave and Motel Hell, with a current lineup featuring members performing under pseudonyms such as Clandestine, Dismembered, Consumed, Thombstoned, and Leprous.
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