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Alienist is a technical death metal band from Buenos Aires formed in 2025, featuring guitarists Agustín Orzabal and Enzo Mauas alongside bassist Guido Benvenuti, vocalist Alex Labarba, and drummer Gerardo Herrera. Their debut EP "Introspectio, Sui Exitium", released in October 2025, is a six-track, 28-minute self-released work drawing comparisons to neoclassical tech-death acts for its fretless bass, dense twin-guitar harmonies, and Latin-titled compositions.
Asense is a progressive death metal and metalcore band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2009, whose discography spans three albums: "The Cold Nightmares of Belphegor: Tempest in Seven Regions" (2009), "Cellarius" (2014), and "tō kyō - o da i ba" (2018). Their lyrics address sociopolitical themes and complex philosophical ideas, and all three records are available independently on Bandcamp.
Backbone is a progressive death metal band from Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina, emerging from the ashes of previous local projects including Melisma and Alhazred. Their debut EP "R'lyeh"—titled after the sunken city of H.P. Lovecraft's mythology—drew notice for combining death metal brutality with groove and progressive elements unusual for the region's underground scene.
Coagular is the solo progressive death metal project of Christian Barzallo, an Ecuadorian musician from Quito previously known as the vocalist of Reject Messiah and a member of Ergosvm and Vril. The project blends death metal, grindcore, and progressive metal into a melodic and introspective sound, with releases including the 2025 EP Edictvm Perpetvvm.
Crookhead is a progressive death metal band from Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2016. The band operates as an independent act and maintains profiles on Bandcamp and SoundCloud where their material is available. They are part of the growing progressive extreme metal underground scene in the interior of São Paulo state.
Deadpan is a progressive death metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2011, consisting of Anderson Biko (bass), Gustavo Novloski (vocals and guitars), and Igor Thiesen (drums). Their debut album "In Aliens We Trust" (2015) is a concept record that presents an extraterrestrial perspective analyzing human society and behavior. The band remains active and independent within Brazil's progressive metal underground.
Deathmosphere is a progressive death metal band from Ibagué, Colombia, formed in 2017 and influenced by technically demanding and melodic death metal. The band released their debut demo "Inherente al cosmos" in 2019, followed by a full-length version in 2021 and the single "Introspection" the same year.
Kizin is a progressive death metal project from Temuco, Chile, founded by multi-instrumentalist Luis Peña Otto, who draws on the philosophies of Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to craft conceptual albums with long-form tracks and technically demanding riffs. Their debut Abstraction (2018) was described by No Clean Singing as a "progressive death metal fireworks display," and their follow-up Existentialism (2021) — recorded across Temuco and Leipzig — continued the project's thematic arc through six tracks organized into three narrative chapters.
Kocytus is a progressive death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, whose name is drawn from Dante's Divine Comedy — specifically the frozen ninth circle of Hell. The band released their self-titled debut full-length on October 31, 2024, a 59-minute independent record featuring nine tracks that blend technical death metal with progressive structures. The album's thematic scope spans cosmic horror, heresy, and Dantean imagery.
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