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Curitiba, BR · active
Heavy metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, composed of Luxyahak (vocals), Caos (guitar), Ulysses (bass), and C.J. Dubiella (drums). Their album Synchronized Abductions was recorded and mastered in 2019 at Funds House Studio in Curitiba and released on May 26, 2020, featuring tracks including "Vessels," "Scanning Souls," and "Black Sun Vortex." The band also released a prior album titled I Am The Presence.
Arequipa, PE · active
Thunderstrike is a Heavy Metal band from Arequipa, Peru, formed in 2017 by guitarist Richard Covinos and bassist/vocalist Rubén Márquez. The band released a self-titled demo in 2018 and appeared on a four-way Heavy Metal split in 2023.
Porto Alegre, BR · active
Heavy metal project founded in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul in 2020 by Tiago Assis, who handles vocals, bass, and guitar alongside drummer Bruno Giordano and guitarist Renato Osorio. The 2021 single Ere the Sun Rises — recorded at Dry House Studio in Porto Alegre — features guest appearances from Brittney Slayes of Canadian power metal band Unleash the Archers and vocalist Iuri Sanson.
São Paulo, BR · active
Heavy metal band from São Paulo, formed in 1996, with a lineup that included vocalist Marcel Briani and guitarist Marina Takahashi. Their debut album Cold and Terrible (2004) — recorded, mixed, and mastered at Nimbus Studios and released in a pressing of 1,000 CDs on Die Hard Records — drew on influences ranging from Van Halen to Carcass, and the band later split up.
Taubaté, BR · active
Heavy/thrash metal band from Taubaté, São Paulo, founded in 2008, with a lineup of Luiz Amadeus (guitar and vocals), Eduardo Cabral (guitar), Thiago "Animal" Andrade (bass), and Niko Teixeira (drums). Their discography spans five releases including the debut God Save, Satan Deprave (2009) and Supplicium Plus Quam Bestia (2019), released through Music Records in France.
Vicente López / San Martín / San Isidro, AR · 2017–present · active
Transylvania is a heavy metal band from the northern Buenos Aires suburbs, formed in 2017. They released a self-titled debut EP in December 2017 and followed it with a second release titled "322", both available on their Bandcamp page and catalogued on Metal Archives.
Guarulhos, BR · active
Power metal band from Guarulhos, São Paulo, formed in early 2018 by vocalist Diogo Nunes and guitarist Rogério Oliveira. Their debut album Kill Your Ghosts (July 2019) featured guest vocals from Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), and their second album Until the Sun Rise Again (November 2021) included guest appearances from Marina La Torraca (Phantom Elite) and Elisa C. Martin (Hamka). The band has toured across six countries and shared stages with Blind Guardian, Symphony X, and Hammerfall, releasing the conceptual EP Facing My Ghosts in February 2025.
São Paulo, BR · active
Instrumental heavy metal duo from São Paulo, formed in 2004 by guitarist Lincoln Ladeia and drummer Wagner Krüger. The band adopted the all-instrumental format after the departure of original bassist and vocalist Thadeu Castro in 2005, and released their debut nine-track EP on April 22, 2015, recorded and produced at the John Armless Project Studio in São Paulo.
São Paulo, BR · active
Hard and heavy metal band from São Paulo, formed in 2018 and signed to Classic Metal Records. The band released their debut album Prisioneiro do Rock 'n' Roll in 2021 and their second album Diamante in 2025, both sung in Portuguese, with the latter receiving a maximum rating from the Metal na Lata portal for its deliberate return to the sound of 1980s Brazilian hard rock.

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