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Speed metal and punk band from Guaianases, São Paulo, formed in 2017 by members performing as A. Sküllcrüshër (guitars), Satanik Ripper (drums and vocals), and Nekrömantical Cörpse (bass). The band released the demo Satanic Killers in 2018 and the EP Cidade Morta in 2019 on Läjä Records, followed by the split Salvete Infernum with Gravedäncer in 2021.
Sign of Evil is a black/speed metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2020 and signed to Norwegian label Edged Circle Productions. The band released their debut full-length Psychodelic Death in 2022, with lyrical themes spanning death, horror, blasphemy, and anti-Christianity.
NWOTHM band from Paraíba, Brazil, started in 2015 as a solo project by guitarist and vocalist Leonardo Felipe before expanding to a full lineup featuring Victor Laudelino on bass, Erivan Letal on guitar, and Ricardo Batera on drums. The band recorded their debut album Herdeiros in 2019 and followed it with Ao Anoitecer in May 2024, singing entirely in Portuguese.
Black/speed metal band from Rio de Janeiro formed in 1999 by Leatherface (bass) and Warlock (guitar/vocals), releasing four full-lengths: Tales of the Reaper (2004), The Dead Shall Rise to Kill (2007), Jesus Is Not Here Today (2011), and Confessioni di un Cannibale (2016). The band has regularly toured South America and Europe throughout their career.
Soul Steel was a symphonic death metal band from Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, formed in 2009. The band released the demo Código d' muerte in 2010 and the full-length Aetherium in 2011 before changing their name to Encrypter in 2012. Their Bandcamp page documents both releases and describes their sound as slow and aggressive beats merged with an atmospheric aura.
Heavy metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on January 26, 1985, by bassist and primary lyricist Marco Di Martino, who remains the sole founding member across the band's full history. The band released their debut album Libertae in 2004 and followed it with Imperium Legis in 2015, both recorded at Hurricane Studios in Porto Alegre, with all lyrics written in Portuguese.
Black/thrash metal band from Três Corações, Minas Gerais, formed in 2018, with a lineup of vocalist/guitarist Spellcaster, guitarist Summoned, bassist Evilspirit, and drummer Hellkrätus. Their debut album Midnight Vampire was released in December 2020 on Helldprod Records, followed by a vinyl edition in January 2021 through Edged Circle Productions, drawing heavily on the classic São Paulo extreme metal tradition of Sarcófago, Vulcano, and Mutilator.
Steel Back are a heavy/speed metal band from Panquehue, in Chile's Valparaíso region, who released their debut demo Después de Muerto in 2018. Their 2022 debut full-length El Poder de la Bestia, recorded and mastered at LV Studio, was followed in 2023 by the concept album Alligators, which continues the story of the character introduced on the first record.
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