Bajo el Exilio is a five-piece metalcore and hardcore band from Santiago, Chile, who have been active since around 2009–2010 and built a catalog spanning heavy studio albums and live recordings. Their releases include the EP Tras las Cadenas (2010), the full-length Nuestros Verdugos (2013), Resistance (2016), and Contraluz (2023), with the sprawling live-and-studio hybrid Entre Sombras y Ruido following in 2025. All production on Contraluz was handled in-house by guitarist Darío Llancamán, reflecting the band's self-sufficient approach to their craft.

Basttardz are a crossover thrash/hardcore band from São Luís, Maranhão, formed in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. Taking cues from Ratos de Porão, Municipal Waste, and D.R.I., the band sings entirely in Portuguese and channels working-class Brazilian rage on their debut album Brasil com Z, which tackles labor exploitation and social inequality in eight tracks recorded in a garage spirit.

Big Bastards are a Santiago groove and D-beat metal band who released their self-titled five-track debut in September 2021. The record is a raw and direct statement of political and social rebellion, with tracks like "Hijos del fuego" and "Muere por tu lider" driving home its confrontational edge.

Black Djamba is a groove/death metal and hardcore band from Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2023. The five-piece outfit — featuring Pedro Oliveira on guitar, Matheus Daldon on bass, Yuri Dimov on drums, Pedro Mantovani on vocals, and Arthur Custodio on guitar — fuses death metal heaviness with groove and hardcore aggression. They are an independent act operating in the contemporary Brazilian metal underground.