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Brasília, BR · 2011–present · active
Founded in 2010 by bassist and vocalist Marcel Ianuck, N.W.77 (Nuclear Weapon 77) play old-school crossover that sits at the intersection of hardcore punk and thrash metal, citing Suicidal Tendencies, S.O.D., Municipal Waste, and Ratos de Porão as key touchstones. The band has been prolific on wax, with releases including the albums Youth Explosion and Nuclear Awake, and the 2025 EP Touching the Terror appearing on CD, 7" vinyl, and cassette through multiple international labels.
Quilicura, CL · 2018–present · active
Nastik is a death/thrash metal band from Quilicura, Chile, playing a groove-heavy style they label brutal groove death metal. The band released two albums simultaneously in July 2018 — Human Sacrifice, built around fictional narratives of lost civilizations and ritual sacrifice, and GNOSTIC, exploring ancient mythology and esoteric philosophy through tracks referencing Egyptian and indigenous traditions. Both records are self-released digital albums available on the band's Bandcamp page.
Bucaramanga, CO · active
Necroblade was a one-man Death/Thrash Metal project from Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia, active from 2012 until its dissolution in 2020. The project released a series of demos between 2017 and 2018 before its output was absorbed into Kathreptis, a collaborative band formed by the same musician alongside two additional members.
Santiago, CL · 1989–? · disbanded
Necrodead was a death/thrash metal band from Santiago, Chile, active from 1989 until their split in 2010. The band recorded their debut full-length Frustrated Message in mid-1994 at El Rancho Studios, collecting material written across the band's first five years, and returned over a decade later with the thrash-leaning Path to Death in 2007 on Stigma Records. Their lineup across that run included Michel Garrido on vocals and guitar alongside Javier Torres on drums, Richard Ayala on guitar, and Cristian Kohl on bass.
Curacautín, CL · 2024–present · active
Necrofactor is a death/thrash metal band from Chile playing a groove-driven style they describe as groove thrash. The band released the full-length Ciclo de Destrucción in November 2016, an eleven-track independent album with Spanish-language lyrics exploring themes of destruction, illness, and political defiance. The record is distributed digitally on major platforms and was stocked physically through Chilean metal label Australis Records.
La Calera, CO · active
Necrofag is a Black/Thrash Metal band from La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia, formed in 2013. The band released their debut full-length "Blood Upon Us" in 2020, following it with the "Pentagram Attack" EP on Hellforced, with lyrical themes exploring warfare, misanthropy, and the violent history of human civilization.
Ribeirão Preto, BR · 2023–present · active
Founded in 1994, Necrofobia are among the most enduring thrash metal acts to emerge from São Paulo state's interior, drawing on the crunch of Sepultura and Slayer without ever losing their own identity. Their debut full-length "Dead Soul" arrived in 2004 after a decade of grinding development, and they returned 15 years later with "Membership" (2019), which included the tribute track "Guzzardi" honoring their late guitarist Raphael Guzzardi.
São Paulo, BR · 2017–present · active
Formed in 2016 by veterans drawn from bands including Nuclëar Fröst and Whipstriker, Necrogosto are devoted to the savage black/thrash sound of late-1980s Brazil — Sarcófago, Sextrash, and Holocausto are the obvious touchstones. Their self-titled 2017 demo, recorded on analogue equipment at Caffeine Sound Studio, was followed by the "Ancestral Bestiality" EP (2020) and the "Sudakaos" EP (2023) via Nuclear War Now! Productions and Black Hearts Records, with the latter including a cover of the Insulter/Sextrash classic "Black Church."
Rio de Janeiro, BR · 2017–present · active
Originally formed in 1986, Necromancer finally released their debut full-length Forbidden Art in 2014 after reconnecting in 2012, a record recorded at Hanoi Studio in Rio de Janeiro and praised for channeling the old-school thrash aggression of Sodom, Destruction, and early Sepultura. Since returning to activity, they have been prolific on Bandcamp, issuing a string of EPs in 2017 including Book of the Dead and vi that continue refining their death-tinged thrash attack.

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