Passional arrived from Belém's underground in 2023 with a short, prolific burst of doom-soaked death and thrash metal, releasing multiple records in rapid succession including I Cry... Tears of Blood and Sweet Revenge... To Kill You After My Death. Their material orbits crimes of passion, emotional devastation, and the violence that can emerge from betrayal, with extended compositions that sit at the bleaker, slower end of the death-doom spectrum.

Pedo — the word is Spanish for 'fart,' and the name is entirely intentional — is a death/thrash metal and punk band from Neuquén, the capital of the Neuquén province in Patagonia, a city that has produced a surprisingly robust metal scene given its distance from the cultural centers of Buenos Aires and Córdoba. Formed in 2014 according to their current incarnation (with earlier activity noted on Metal Archives going back as far as 2007), the band plants themselves in the scatological, horror-inflected corner of extreme metal where bands treat shock value and black humor as legitimate artistic tools — a tradition running from the early grindcore scene through Brazilian death metal and into the Argentine underground. Their lyrical themes of feces, horror, and humor are not merely juvenile provocation but part of a coherent aesthetic that strips away any pretension from the genre, delivering death/thrash with a punk band's lack of concern for dignity or commercial palatability. Neuquén's metal scene has historically been tied to the broader Patagonian metal ecosystem — a region that developed its own distinct identity within Argentine metal, partly through isolation and partly through the influence of indigenous Mapuche cultural elements that some local bands have incorporated, though Pedo operate at the rawer, less ceremonial end of the spectrum. Their current on-hold status suggests the project has stalled without formally disbanding — a common state for underground bands in Argentina's interior, where life logistics and the difficulty of maintaining momentum in geographically isolated scenes often pause rather than end musical projects.

Percantor is a death/thrash metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, founded in 2005. The band released their debut full-length "Ritos de Batalla" in 2020, a nine-track album delivering Spanish-language death/thrash material, followed by the single "Enemigo" in 2025. They remain an independent unsigned act.

Perpetual Faith play technically sharp old-school thrash metal rooted in the German school — think early Kreator and Destruction filtered through a Bay Area sensibility — and weave explicitly Christian themes throughout their lyrics. The band started releasing material in 2008 with the demo "Visions from Tomorrow" before issuing their seven-track EP "Price of My Head" in December 2014.

Persecuter play aggressive thrash metal with deep roots in the Teutonic school — Destruction, Kreator, Sodom, and Exumer are all audible touchstones — alongside doses of American thrash brutality from the Slayer and Exodus end of the spectrum. The band released "Perfect Life" in 2013 and the more developed "The Hatred Domains" in 2017, both driven by Pitter's dual role on guitar and vocals and lyrics that dissect anti-religious and human-nature themes.

Perseguidor is a speed and thrash metal band from Concepción, Chile, formed in November 2007 by guitarist Roberto Careaga and vocalist Cristian Cisternas with the aim of reviving classic South American speed metal with socially conscious Spanish-language lyrics. The band released their debut album El Castigo in 2011, followed by the EP La Solución (2015) and their most recent full-length Bajo el Asfalto (2024) on Evil Steel Records.

Perseguidor is a speed and thrash metal band from Concepción, Chile, formed in November 2007 by guitarist Roberto Careaga and vocalist Cristian Cisternas with the aim of reviving classic South American speed metal with socially conscious Spanish-language lyrics. The band released their debut album El Castigo in 2011, followed by the EP La Solución (2015) and their most recent full-length Bajo el Asfalto (2024) on Evil Steel Records.

Persona Est have been active in Sergipe's underground metal scene since 2009, playing a punishing death/thrash hybrid that prioritizes raw aggression over polish. The band released the album "Roads" in 2014, demonstrating the kind of technical command and relentless intensity that characterizes the harder end of northeastern Brazil's extreme metal scene.

Phrenesy play a no-frills thrash metal rooted in the aggressive German and American traditions — think Kreator's intensity crossed with Anthrax's groove — with flashes of death metal adding extra weight to their attack. Vocalist Wendel Aires fronts the Brasília quintet, whose debut album "The Power Comes from the Beer" gave way to the harder-edged "Fears Apocalypse" in 2022, a record whose title was changed from "Beer Apocalypse" during recording as a response to the pandemic's toll on Brazil.