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Instrumental heavy/progressive metal project from Lages, Santa Catarina, formed in 2021. The debut album ...And a New Story Begins, released June 25, 2021, spans 13 tracks across 59 minutes, with titles ranging from "I Saw the Future" to "The Myth Behind the Waterfall Cave." The project releases independently under the Robson Anadom name.
Progressive metal band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 1995, recording in Portuguese. The band released two studio albums — Initium (1999) and Busca (2002) on Rock Symphony — before splitting up.
SinSilencio is a progressive metal band from Santiago, Chile — the name translates from Spanish as "WithoutSilence." Their 2016 album Toroide is their second studio full-length, following a trajectory of intricate, Spanish-language progressive rock and metal.
Heavy/power/progressive metal band from Sabará, Minas Gerais, formed around 2000 out of an earlier project called Ministerium. The band's 2003 demo 'RCT4' — featuring members Gustavo Barbosa, Fabiano Rezende, Francis Botene, Gabriel Carvalho, and Felipe Travaglini — showcased Catholic-themed lyrics and melodic power metal in the tradition of Brazilian acts of the era; the band subsequently split up.
Progressive metal band from Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2003 with vocalist Giana Araújo, keyboardist/guitarist Luiz Alvim, bassist Francisco Falcon, and drummer Rodrigo Martinho. Their self-titled debut album arrived in 2005 to widespread positive reviews in the prog community, followed by 'Stranger in the Mirror' in 2009; the band returned in December 2020 with the single 'Denial', which featured guitarist Gustavo di Padua of Almah.
Stellivm are a progressive metal band from Santiago, Chile, playing entirely instrumental heavy music. Their debut full-length Octava Poëtica was released in April 2023, featuring eleven tracks with Latin-inflected titles drawn from astronomy and classical mythology.
Progressive metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, formed in January 2006 by vocalist Alexei Leão and his brother Andrei Leão on bass, alongside drummer Marcos Feminella and guitarist Rafael Scopel. Their self-titled debut was released in December 2006 and made available for free download; the second album Perception of the Other (2012) was produced in collaboration with the Siedler Cia de Dança contemporary dance company and released as a CD/DVD package. The band completed two European tours and received the FUNARTE Klaus Vianna Dance Prize for the Perception of the Other project.
Progressive metal band from Rio de Janeiro, founded in 1999 by Rodrigo and Tiago. The band released their debut album, Prologue to Infinity, in 2001 on the Rock Symphony label, with Renato Stefani on vocals and recorded at Guitar Paradise Studio in Rio de Janeiro.
Syntra Solista is a Chilean progressive metal and rock solo project from Santiago, created by multi-instrumentalist Cristóbal Jopia. The project released its debut full-length "Beginning" in 2019, followed by additional singles including "Hurricane" in 2021.
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