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Huszar is a one-man progressive post-black metal and ambient project from San Antonio de Padua, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, formed in 2015. The project released the full-length "Los Nuevos Absolutos De Todos Los Días Quemados" in October 2016 and its sequel "Los Nuevos Absolutos: Acto Segundo" in February 2017, and also contributed to a split release with Youth Against Christ in 2017.
Implexi is a progressive/power metal band from São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil, formed by Alecssandro Siqueira, Carlos Silva, and Renato Tanaka, later joined by vocalist Edu Gomes. The band released their debut EP Safest Shelter independently in May 2015, drawing on influences spanning classic heavy metal, power metal, progressive metal, and symphonic black metal. The name Implexi — Latin for "entangled" — reflects the band's aim to weave those diverse influences into a single sound.
Innocence Lost is a progressive and symphonic metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 2007 by vocalist Mari Torres and keyboardist Aloysio Ventura, with their debut EP arriving in 2012. After a hiatus following lineup changes in 2017, the band returned to release their debut full-length album Oblivion on March 22, 2024, a record that combines power metal foundations with progressive depth and prominent bass-forward production. The band has shared stages with major acts, including a 2016 Brazilian tour run alongside American power metal outfit Kamelot.
Insidious Nature is a progressive/technical death metal band from São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, formed around 2020 by vocalist Pitter Cutrim, guitarists Rogers Rocha and Luke Hellstrvm, bassist Lucas Abreu, and drummer Lucas Mano. Citing Death, Cynic, and Beyond Creation as primary influences, the band released the single "Doomed Epilogue" in 2022 and their debut album "A Prelude to the Endless" in June 2023.
Jack the Joker are a progressive metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, formed in 2014 and comprising Raphael Joer on vocals, Felipe Facó and Lucas Colares on guitars, Gustavo Pinheiro on bass, and Vicente Ferreira on drums. A defining characteristic of the band is their integration of traditional northeastern Brazilian rhythms — maracatu, forró, baião, and frevo — into dense progressive metal arrangements. Their discography includes In the Rabbit Hole (2014), Mors Volta, and The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (2025), the latter inspired by João Guimarães Rosa's landmark 1956 Brazilian novel.
Jheronimus Bosch were a progressive/stoner metal band from Pilar, Buenos Aires, founded in 2003 by vocalist and guitarist Lautaro Lunadei and bassist Alejandro Oteiza, with guitarist Ignacio Cruz and drummer Jorge Vega completing the definitive lineup. The band released their self-titled EP in 2008 as well as a subsequent album titled "Ø," both independently. They were active until around 2014 when the band split up.
Killepsia is a progressive and heavy metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2015 by guitarists Vicente Queiroz Silva Telles and Giuseppe Oppelt Delazeri, bassist and vocalist Ian Garbinato de Fagundes, and drummer Rafael Severo Meira. The band released their self-titled debut EP in June 2017, a four-track record that addresses themes of uncertainty, societal expectation, and the passage of time, marking them as a notable presence in Porto Alegre's heavy metal scene.
Kraftvøid is a São Paulo-based instrumental stoner/doom metal project founded by Gustavo Lima in March 2020. The project pursues a raw, organic approach to heavy music and released its self-titled debut album in January 2022, featuring tracks such as "I Am The Emptiness" and "Fire of a Thousand Suns." Operating without a Spotify presence, the project distributes its music independently through Bandcamp.
Leticia Soma is a progressive/groove metal quartet from Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina, playing a style that blends progressive metal with sludge and southern metal influences. The band has released several albums including "Nido de Serpientes" (2018) and "Profanadores" (2020), the latter recorded and mixed at El Attic studio by Patricio Claypole and released on Lucifer Discos. By 2020 the band had performed over 250 shows across Argentina, Latin America, and Europe.
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