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Progressive/melodic death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2017. The band released the eight-track debut album Occvlt on August 4, 2017, followed by the full-length Reverie on February 20, 2020.
Melodic death metal band from São Paulo formed in 2014, with a lineup featuring vocalist Diogo Nunes, guitarists Gui Calegari and Fabricio Fernandes, bassist Rodrigo Gagliardi, and drummer Maycon Avelino. Their debut album Days of Retribution was released on May 15, 2025, recorded at Dual Noise Studio in São Paulo; the track "Gaia" features a guest appearance by Björn 'Speed' Strid of Soilwork. The band opened for Exodus at Carioca Club in São Paulo in October 2024.
Thy Unmasked are a melodic death metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, founded by vocalist John Pérez, a former member of Under Threat, in 2010. They released their debut EP The Beginning in 2013 on Darksoul Records, followed by their first full-length Echoes Murdered in Time in 2017, and have appeared on Colombian metal compilations published by Extreme Magazine.
Melodic death metal band from João Pessoa, Paraíba, formed in 2006, with a lineup of Victor Hugo Targino (bass, vocals), Eduardo Borsero and Danilo Rufino (guitars), and Demetrius Pedrosa (drums). Their sole release, the self-titled debut album Thyresis, came out on September 15, 2011 — produced by Targino and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden — before the band eventually split up.
UnFear is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from La Plata, Argentina, whose lineup has included vocalists Sol Spaika and Julia Sergent alongside guitarists Juan Bach and Valentín Alegre. The band released the album "Crossing Lines" in 2016, blending melodic death metal riffing with metalcore structures, and later continued under the name Acroma, releasing further material including the album "Unum" in 2019.
Zander Noriega is a solo melodic death metal and djent project based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, known for combining extreme metal with cinematic and progressive elements. The project gained international visibility through the soundtrack to the space shooter video game Steredenn (2015) and its expanded edition Steredenn: Binary Stars (2018). Subsequent releases include the albums "Escape Mechanics Unlocked" (February 2022) and "Demonic Den Operator 37" (October 2022).
Zilla is a technical and melodic death metal band founded in Vale do Amanhecer, Distrito Federal, Brazil, tracing their roots to 2002 before settling into their current style. The band released the demo Dry Throat in 2005 and their debut full-length Pragmatic Evolution in 2010, drawing on progressive influences alongside themes of philosophy and human nature.
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