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Cloud of Shadows is a metalcore band from Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose sound is rooted in the Gothenburg melodic death metal tradition with clear influences from In Flames, Arch Enemy, and Dark Tranquillity. The band released their third album Rodeando el Abismo in 2022 and have maintained nearly continuous activity, with a fourth studio record in progress as of 2026.
Crossfear is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2012. The band released their debut EP "Survive Through Fear" on October 10, 2012, a four-track release recorded at Estúdio Magma featuring tracks such as "Compromise," "War of Ideals," and "Scars of Life." They have continued as an independent act within the ABC Paulista region's metal underground.
Céu em Chamas is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Itapira, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2014. The band draws from a wide range of extreme music including punk, hardcore, grindcore, and thrash while maintaining a melodic core, and released their debut EP "Sopro da Destruição" in 2014 followed by the full-length "Infernal" in 2017, recorded at Black Stone Studio.
Deconstructed is a groove metal and metalcore band from Rosario, Argentina, whose lineup includes vocalist Walter Magnavachi, guitarists Andrés Ludmer and Guillermo Sarasibar, bassist Bruno Perine, and drummer Bruno Rositto. The band cites heavy influences from Pantera, Meshuggah, Sepultura, and Lamb of God, channeling a crushing, riff-driven sound rooted in Rosario's underground heavy music scene.
Demencia Extrema is an extreme metal band from Ituzaingó in the western greater Buenos Aires area, drawing on metalcore, death metal, and 1990s groove metal influences. The band released the EP Mundo Ruin in August 2015, a five-song record recorded and mixed by FedeSaurio Records in Castelar-Morón, Buenos Aires, with composer Matias Chao as a key creative force.
Destino Eterno is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Concepción, Chile, formed in 2016. The band debuted the same year with their "Contracorriente" EP, a six-track release featuring songs sung in Spanish that blend melodic death metal riffing with metalcore structures. They are signed to the Vessels Space label.
Disarthia is a metalcore band from Rancagua, O'Higgins, Chile, formed in 2012 and rooted in the chaotic, dissonant end of the genre with comparisons drawn to early 2000s acts like Converge and Curl Up and Die. Their known recorded output includes the self-released album "Aggressive Lies" (2013).
Dosel is a metal band from La Plata, Buenos Aires, formed in 2019 with a lineup of Maximiliano Santillan (guitar/vocals), Ramiro Ñanco (vocals), Paula Carranza (keyboards), and Sergio Carrizo (drums). The band self-released their debut EP "Sonoris Dogma" on April 17, 2019, a five-track recording produced at Estudio el Timpano that blends death, thrash, and progressive metal elements.
Eldermoon is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Curitiba, Brazil, blending heavy metal, metalcore, and melodic death metal influences. The band has released the EPs We Are Lost No More and Vita Mortem, followed by their full-length debut Egregora (2024) through Sliptrick Records, a concept album narrated by a moon-like omniscient entity.
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