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Founded in 1992, Poseidon is a power trio — Marco Alexandre (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Belmilson Santos (bass), and Marcelo Soto (drums) — whose songwriting ranges across traditional and progressive heavy metal. Their 2018 album At Dream's Door, a concept record inspired by Neil Gaiman's Sandman and recorded at Sign of Sanity in São Paulo, showcases their ambition through flute, sitar, mandolin, synthesizers, and lyrics drawn from Latin, Greek, and Italian texts.
Posesion is a heavy metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2018. The band released the Infernal Pact cassette EP in 2018, their debut recording as documented on Discogs.
Posesion is a heavy metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2018. The band released the Infernal Pact cassette EP in 2018, their debut recording as documented on Discogs.
Purple AQP is a heavy metal and hard rock solo project by Victor Calvo Llerena, based in Arequipa, Peru. Drawing inspiration from classic heavy metal and hard rock of the 1970s and 1980s, the project released its debut demo Empire Arise in 2019, followed by the full-length Rise and Fall of the Inca's Empire in 2022. The name combines a nod to Deep Purple with AQP, the airport code and common abbreviation for Arequipa.
Quinto dos Infernos was a heavy metal band from Salvador, Bahia, active from 2014 until splitting up, with themes centered on blasphemy, alcohol, and hell. Their debut release, the four-track EP Álcool, Metal e Putaria, appeared on April 1, 2014, through their own Bandcamp page as an independent release.
Raptore was founded in 2012 in La Plata by vocalist and guitarist Nico Cattoni, who relocated to Barcelona in 2018 and rebuilt the band with guitarist Jamie Killhead, bassist Cristian Blade, and drummer Ángel Smolski. The band released their debut album Rage N' Fever in 2016 on Total Desaster Productions, followed by Blackfire (2022) and Renaissance (2024) on German label Dying Victims Productions. During their South American years they opened for Exciter and Enforcer, and their sound draws comparisons to classic acts such as Liege Lord and Chastain.
Rawness is a black-n-roll and metalpunk band from Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, drawing heavily on the raw sounds of Venom, Motörhead, Discharge, and Midnight. Their self-titled debut album, released on February 20, 2025, features seven tracks including "Warfare Noise," "Black Steel," and a cover of Inepsy's "Bombshell Rocks."
Raza Odiada is a heavy metal band from González Catán, Buenos Aires, Argentina with a prolific output spanning over two decades, including the albums "Cementerio de Mujeres" (2004), "Igual Que Ayer" (2005), "Aca No Se Rinde Nadie" (2019), and "Heavy Metal Circus" (2024). The band's core songwriting has been driven by guitarists Abraham Morales Acosta and vocalist Alberto Escalante Gonzales.
Razón de Ser is a heavy metal band from Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina featuring vocalist Daniel Baulde, guitarists Miguel González and Ramiro Martínez, bassist Víctor Gómez, and drummer Lorenzo Martins. Their self-titled debut album, released on June 6, 2019, was recognized in the "Headbangers Latinoamérica" survey among South America's most outstanding releases of that year.
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