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Thrash metal band from Três Corações, Minas Gerais, founded in 2008 by guitarist Iuri Grégori, channeling the raw intensity of the Brazilian mining-region metal scene of the 1980s and 90s. Their lyrics address social inequality, corruption, and alienation — entirely in Portuguese — across three albums: "Infernal Massacre" (2008), "World Chaos" (2010), and "Extermínio" (2015), the latter released on Metal Soldiers Records with a marked old-school thrash/death metal edge.
A Brazilian thrash and heavy metal band formed in 2012, with limited documentation outside of the Metal Archives listing. Their sound sits within the tradition of direct, riff-driven Brazilian heavy and thrash metal, carrying on the style that defined the country's underground metal circuit through the 1980s and 1990s.
A solo death metal and noise project from São Paulo, driven entirely by Luis Fernando Khaf-re, who handles all instruments himself. The project explores the failures of modernity and mysticism across a catalog that includes albums such as "Superstitions," "Light of Repentance," "Made in Voodoo," and "Esgoto Sonoro," with a cover of Sepultura's "Roots Bloody Roots" nodding to the São Paulo metal lineage.
Thrash/crossover band from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, formed around 2007–2008, delivering politically charged and pit-ready material that draws equally from classic thrash metal and hardcore punk. Their album "Thrashback from Hell" captures their stripped-down, aggressive approach, placing them squarely in the tradition of Brazilian crossover bands that prioritize speed, aggression, and social commentary.
Thrash metal trio from Campina Grande, Paraíba, consisting of Jairo Tellys on bass and vocals, Felipe Rodrigues on guitar, and Netão Guimarães on drums. Their 2013 debut album "Faces do Horror" is an eight-track assault of old-school thrash, representing the underground metal scene of Brazil's northeastern interior.
A folk metal band from Bragança Paulista, São Paulo state, formed in 2018. Rooted in the tradition of Brazilian folk metal that blends heavy guitar work with indigenous and regional musical elements, Atarka are part of a broader wave of folk metal acts emerging from the interior of São Paulo state in the late 2010s.
Ataud is an Argentine experimental black metal project connected to the Ataud y Muerte Syndicate underground label, with releases including Apostasía Absoluta and early material dating back to 2012. The project operates in the raw, unorthodox fringes of the Argentine black metal underground, blending orthodox black metal hostility with avant-garde and experimental impulses.
A one-man black metal project from Santa Fé do Sul in the extreme northwest of São Paulo state, founded in 2024. The debut release "Finis Adventus Parallaxi" introduced a sound built around esoteric philosophy, ego death, transcendence, and affirmative antichristianism — themes consistent with the introspective, philosophically driven strain of second-wave-influenced Brazilian black metal.
A thrash/hardcore crossover band from Tabapuã, a small city in the interior of São Paulo state, active since 2014. Their name — Portuguese for "death certificate" — reflects the blunt, confrontational aesthetic typical of Brazilian crossover, fusing the aggression of classic thrash with the directness and speed of hardcore punk.
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