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Consecuencias is a death/sludge and hardcore band from the western suburbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed around 2019 by Ivann on vocals, Ezequiel on bass, Faka on drums, and xMarc on guitar. They self-recorded their Demo 2018 across various locations in the west of the city and later released the full-length Todo Abismo Calma Sus Ojos, delivering politically charged extremity with a raw, DIY ethos.
Culto Primitivo is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Venado Tuerto, Argentina, formed in 2017. The band — vocalist Atuel, bassist Pol, drummer Matías, and guitarist Nacho — released a self-titled debut album on September 19, 2017, delivering eleven tracks of aggressive crossover-edged thrash from the Argentine interior.
D.F.C., short for Distrito Federal Caos (Federal District Chaos), is a crossover thrash and hardcore band from Brasília, Brazil, widely regarded as one of the first hardcore punk and crossover bands to emerge from the country's capital. The band plays politically driven material with punk roots that evolved into a heavier thrash and crossover sound, and their catalog includes the albums "Tchan Nan Nan Nan Nan" and "Igreja Quadrangular Do Triângulo Redondo."
Demencia is a thrash metal band from Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile, tracing its roots to the mid-1990s hardcore act Kaníbal Kañero before evolving toward a sound shaped by Kreator, Destruction, Dark Angel, and Obituary. The band released several demos culminating in the full-length MetalDistortion in 2008 on Agresor Records, after which they entered an extended hiatus.
Demencia is a thrash metal band from Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile, tracing its roots to the mid-1990s hardcore act Kaníbal Kañero before evolving toward a sound shaped by Kreator, Destruction, Dark Angel, and Obituary. The band released several demos culminating in the full-length MetalDistortion in 2008 on Agresor Records, after which they entered an extended hiatus.
Displeasure is a grindcore and death metal band from La Plata, Buenos Aires, formed in 2020. They released the album "Enraizar el alma en lo complejo del odio" in February 2024 and contributed the track "Montañas de la locura" to the compilation "Sick Musik to Your Guts" later that year.
Dosis Exakta is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2015. Their debut album, released that same year, features eight tracks of aggressive street-level metal drawing on both thrash and hardcore punk traditions.
Endrah is a São Paulo, Brazil band playing a self-described fusion of death metal, thrash, and hardcore — billed as "Extreme Fight Metal" — founded in 2002 under the name INK before adopting the Endrah name in 2004. The band has headlined eight national tours of Brazil, supported acts including Hatebreed and Brujeria, and released their third full-length album "Bloodshed and Violence" in February 2025.
Enot is a heavy/speed metal and hardcore band from San Pedro, Buenos Aires province, active since 2006 and signed to Escoria Records. The band contributed tracks to several Argentine underground compilations, including appearances on Ultrametal CD (1995), Hardcore Sin Fronteras Tape (1997), and Tributo a La Polla CD (2002) under an earlier formation, before reforming in 2019.
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