Mufa is a São Paulo extreme metal act that draws equally from death metal brutality and hardcore aggression, keeping a stable lineup since 2011 while channeling outrage at social rot into relentlessly violent music. Their 2015 debut full-length "Brutality Show", recorded at Magma Studio, showcases their genre-defying blend with tracks like "NarcoViolence" and "Disposable Human Race".

Formed in Uberlândia with the explicit goal of fusing New York hardcore aggression with thrash metal heaviness, No Defeat released the EP M em M in 2010 and the full-length Escolhas Que Precedem a Conquista in 2012. Vocalist Michel "Padero" anchored their politically charged output, which drew on crossover forebears while addressing social and political themes rooted in Brazilian reality.

Rooted in the northeastern underground scene, O Cão deliver a direct and uncompromising brand of crossover that draws on the combined experience of guitarist and vocalist Hugo Medeiros, bassist and vocalist Eddie Cheever, and drummer Átila Mesquita. The trio has built up a catalog across three releases — Demonstrando, Devorados pelo Cão, and Original Espanta Crente Style — each leaning hard into the abrasive, no-frills energy that defined 1980s crossover thrash.

Pannaural is a Buenos Aires-based project blending sludge metal, hardcore, grindcore, and math metal into a dense, eclectic sound. Their 2017 debut album Monocroma, composed and recorded at home between January and October 2017 and handled entirely by Mace Mazek, drew comparisons to Cult of Luna filtered through a grindcore lens.

Questions is a hardcore band from São Paulo founded in February 2000 by vocalist Edu Andrade, guitarist Pablo Menna, bassist Marcelo Papa, and drummer Eduz Akira, with an approach rooted in old-school hardcore and metal aggression. They released their debut album Resista! in 2003, followed by Fight For What You Believe in 2007 via Liberation Music Company — the same year the band toured 17 European countries across 37 shows.

Rankatoko is a thrash metal and hardcore band from São Paulo formed in 2019, with a lineup of Marcelo Viera on vocals, Eduardo Xaxa on guitar, Alex Souza on bass, and Eduardo Jamaica on drums. Their debut release, the three-track EP Chacina e Posse, was recorded live at Greenhouse Studio in São Paulo and released on January 20, 2019.

Crossover/thrash band from Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro state, formed in 2010 by vocalist George Campos, guitarist Giovane Henriques, bassist Matheus Fernandes, and drummer Argron César. The band released the demo Massacre Urbano in 2010 and their debut full-length Pesadelo Brasileiro in August 2017, recorded between October and December 2015 at Studio Hammer in Campos dos Goytacazes.

Thrash metal and hardcore band from Piracicaba, São Paulo, active since 1997. The band released the album Vença Seus Medos in July 2023 on TGR Sounds, a ten-track record catalogued as hardcore metal and crossover.

Death metal and hardcore band from Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, formed in 2022 by Luiz Magrão (bass), Fabricio Roder (drums), Edir Manzano (guitar), and Carlão Eckert (vocals), with a stated aim of strengthening the Cuiabá underground scene. They released the EP HATE in 2025 and the single "Black Mirror," whose music video was featured on Hardcore Worldwide in August 2024.