Opus V bring together seasoned Brazilian heavy metal musicians for a dense, keyboard-driven brand of progressive metal that draws on classic prog and power metal equally. Their 2020 album "Universe of Truths" featured notable guests including Zakk Stevens of Savatage on vocals and Ricardo Confessori of Angra on drums, signaling the band's ambitions well beyond the local scene.

Orizzon bring a four-piece lineup — vocalist Tiago Pierucci, guitarist Marcos Duran, bassist Leonardo Gonçalves, and drummer Fabricio Mendonça — to a sound that fuses classic heavy metal muscle with progressive songwriting ambition. Their 2024 debut "Inner" confirmed the band's intent to bridge old-school power and modern technical sensibility without defaulting to either extreme. The result is a progressive metal record that values memorable hooks alongside compositional depth.

Persevere is a symphonic metal project from Buenos Aires, Argentina, fronted by vocalist Christian F. Reina alongside guitarist Gustavo "Yue" López. The band blends orchestral arrangements with progressive metal structures and maintains an active presence on Bandcamp and SoundCloud.

Power/progressive metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, active since 2012. The band released the full-length album Changes on June 17, 2018, through Heart of Steel Records in digital format. They remain one of the few Argentine acts signed to Heart of Steel Records.

Prelludium blended melodic power metal with progressive structures in the tradition of the classic European scene, previously operating under the name Sygnus before regrouping around 2006. The band released Awakening - The Unplugged Sessions in 2012, an intimate acoustic set that highlighted their songwriting craft before the group eventually dissolved.

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.

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.