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Speed metal band from Rio de Janeiro, active since 2013, drawing on Motörhead, Venom, Tank, and Bulldozer as primary influences. Their debut album (We Are) The Unholy Ghosts appeared in 2014 on Hell Music and Nightwing Records, followed by Second Dose of Blistering Rock in 2015 and Black Winged Horses in 2019.
Traidor is a Buenos Aires speed metal band whose lineup has featured vocalist/bassist Antonio Ardizon, guitarist Adrian Zuchi, and drummer Walter "Bu" Collazo, with the band's themes centering on social denunciation and political corruption. The group released "Apretado al Infierno" in 2002 and the follow-up "Al Gran Pueblo Argentino... Salú" in 2007, cementing their place in the Argentine heavy metal underground.
Traidor is a Buenos Aires speed metal band whose lineup has featured vocalist/bassist Antonio Ardizon, guitarist Adrian Zuchi, and drummer Walter "Bu" Collazo, with the band's themes centering on social denunciation and political corruption. The group released "Apretado al Infierno" in 2002 and the follow-up "Al Gran Pueblo Argentino... Salú" in 2007, cementing their place in the Argentine heavy metal underground.
Tren Loco is a heavy/speed metal institution from Grand Bourg, Buenos Aires, with a discography spanning decades that includes albums such as "Tempestades" (1992), "No me importa!" (1996), "Carne Viva" (2000), "Ruta 197" (2002), "Sangresur" (2006), and "Prisioneros de la tierra" (2022). The band has shared stages with international acts including Saxon, Skid Row, and Judas Priest, and won second place at the Yamaha Band Explosion contest in Japan in 1991.
Old school death metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, formed in 2016 with a lineup of vocalist Nekrotavio, guitarist Guilherme Silva, bassist Jeff the Killer, and drummer Iago Pedro. The band performs exclusively in Portuguese and released their debut EP O Abominável Espetáculo in May 2017, with lyrics centred on serial killers and violent crime.
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