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Exhumatory is a Death/Thrash Metal band from Quito, Ecuador. The band released the EP "Bone Crusher" in 2019, operating independently within Ecuador's underground extreme metal scene.
Exilio is a thrash metal band from Buenos Aires whose lineup features vocalist Emanuel Lescano, guitarists Juan Dobal and Ezequiel Machuca, drummer Jonantan Alcántara, and bassist Marcos Lowi. The band released their full-length Imágenes de un Recuerdo in 2014, preceded by an independently recorded EP in 2011 cut at the CICLO studios in Ituzaingó. Their sound draws directly from the aggressive thrash tradition of Metallica and Slayer while maintaining an active presence in the Buenos Aires underground scene.
Exkil is a thrash metal quartet from Piracicaba, São Paulo, composed of Daniel Ferrante on vocals and guitar, Gabriel Bunho on guitar, Evandro Tapia on bass, and Evandro Kandalaft on drums. The band debuted with the EP Between Death and Chaos in 2022, followed by the full-length album Violence Prevails in June 2025, which features guest vocals from Marcello Pompeu of Korzus.
Exorcismo is a thrash metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, rooted in the old-school 80s style of bands like Sepultura, Vio-lence, and Dark Angel. The band released their debut full-length "Exorcise and Steal" in 2018 through Narcoleptica Productions, a ten-track record that includes a cover of Attomica's "Deathraiser."
Explicit Hate is a thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, rooted in the classic Brazilian thrash sound of the late 1980s. The project was revived with a new lineup and released the compilation "A View of Every Side" in 2012 through Marquee Records, gathering demos from 1986, 1987, and 1991 alongside their 1989 album and a 2009 promo tape.
Expulser is a death/thrash metal band from Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil, originally formed in 1989 and regarded as a cult act in the Brazilian underground extreme metal scene. Their debut album "The Unholy One" was released in 1992 on Cogumelo Records and has since been reissued multiple times; after disbanding in 2004, the band was reformed by original bassist Alessandro Lima in 2015 and has remained active since.
Exscidium is a thrash metal band from Bahía Blanca, Argentina, with a lineup that includes vocalist and guitarist Carlos Orlando and guitarist Nicolas Amestoy. The band released the full-length América Rapiña in 2015 and the EP Genealogía Del Miedo in 2021, the latter featuring tracks such as "Aporías" and "Gusanos". They also appeared on the Thrash S.A. compilation series, which documented the Argentine thrash underground.
Exsim were a grindcore/sludge/thrash metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, formed in 2020 and now split-up. Their self-titled debut album, released in May 2020, crams 18 tracks into roughly 16 minutes and was recorded, mixed, and mastered entirely in a home studio by Daniel Farias. Lyrically the record tackles alienation, fear of fascism, and the precariousness of Brazilian working life.
Extremauncion is a groove and thrash metal band from Clorinda, in the northern Argentine province of Formosa, a region with a small but active metal scene anchored by events such as the Clorinda Rock Metal Fest. The band's recorded output includes the demo Corre o muere, documented in the Encyclopaedia Metallum, and further releases catalogued on Discogs. Their city of origin, Clorinda, sits on the Paraguayan border, giving the band one of the more geographically remote bases in the Argentine metal underground.
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