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Fuentealba is a Buenos Aires stoner/doom trio consisting of Mario Banega on guitar and vocals, Federico Pelfini on drums, and Gonzalo Vazquez Ubiedo on bass. The band released their debut EP "Presente" in December 2019, followed by "Fuentealba Km 0" (2022) and the three-track release "Mazmorras" in November 2024.
Kosmus is a progressive metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded by guitarists Pedro Acker and Sebastian Viret. The band released a self-titled debut album in July 2016, followed by Eudaimonia in 2018, blending heavy riffing with progressive rock textures, jazz-influenced keyboards, and saxophone. Their lineup expanded to include bass, keys, and drums to realise an ambitious fusion of metal and Brazilian progressive music.
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.
Lifechapters is a solo atmospheric black metal project from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 2020 by Igor Goularth, who handles all composition, production, recording, mixing, and mastering under his Dead Icon Productions imprint. The project released its debut full-length album "Anti" in June 2020, blending atmospheric black metal with rock elements. Goularth has publicly aligned the project with an anti-DSBM stance, opposing any art that glamorizes mental illness or suicide.
Lince was a progressive metal and rock project from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, active briefly from 2021 before splitting up. The band released horror-themed material, including the albums "Cosmic Horror" and "Horror Cósmico" as well as "Hell's Doors" in 2022, all self-released through their Bandcamp page. The project channeled cosmic horror and occult themes across its short-lived discography.
Lo Oscuro is a stoner metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina whose debut album Terror was released on September 1, 2022 through Kvlt und Kaos Productions. The eight-track record features entirely Spanish-language songs exploring heavy, aggressive themes drawn from personal experience.
Mad Chicken are a stoner/grunge metal quintet from Arcos, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2013, featuring Filipe Xavier on vocals, André Salviano on bass, Pedro Paim on drums, and Daniel Mudo and Carlos Macarrão on guitars. The band released their debut studio album Limestoner in 2017 and followed it with the EP Poultrygeist in September 2022 via Abraxas and Limestone Records, recorded entirely in an analog fashion in three days at ForestLab Studio in Paty do Alferes.
Mad Head Machine are a stoner/southern metal band from Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, drawing on heavy metal, stoner rock, and Southern rock influences. Their 2018 release Snakes is a four-track record produced by Calamar Sounds in Florianópolis, featuring tracks such as "Stoner Head" and "Snake's Lair".
Magnolia's Devil is a stoner metal and rock band from Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2014. The band released the EP Dom Pedro on Trumpet in July 2014, a five-track record described as fuzzy, blues-based heavy rock drawing comparisons to a Sabbathian psychedelic sound.
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