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Evilrise is a death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active under their current name since 2016 and signed to In Musica Records. The band released the album "Necrotech… to Take the Edge off Our Hunger," recorded and produced at In Musica Records in São Paulo, exploring themes of protest and political hatred through brutal death metal.
Evocati is a traditional heavy metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, comprising vocalist Sérgio Costa, guitarist Nenel Lucena, bassist Luiz Neto, and drummer Diego Coutinho. The band made their mark on the Pernambuco metal scene with the 2015 single "No Permission" before releasing their self-titled debut album in November 2016, a nine-track record rooted in the classic heavy metal sound of the 1970s and 1980s.
Evokthum is a bestial war black metal project from Minas Gerais, Brazil, founded in 2024 by the duo Evokator of Storms and Tyrannic Arsenal of War. The band released their debut demo "Majesty Blood Vomiter" in December 2024, followed by their first full-length "Unholy Mass Eradication" in 2025, delivering a raw and aggressive sound in the tradition of war metal acts like Black Witchery and Proclamation.
Exagorth is a thrash metal band from Morón, in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, whose lyrics address politics, corruption, and anti-religious themes. The band released the EP Siniestra Oscuridad in 2010, a four-track recording featuring tracks including "Perversos Impunes" and "Predicando La Mentira". They remain an independent act within the active Argentine thrash underground.
Excellence is a melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, whose sound blends classic 1980s hard rock with traditional heavy metal. The band released their debut album "Against the Odds" in 2010 and featured keyboardist Fábio Ribeiro, known for his work with Angra and Shaman, while two of their founding members, bassist Robson Van Der Ham and drummer Marcos Rigoli, were among the victims of the tragic Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria in January 2013.
Excelsis Tenebrae is a brutal and technical death metal project from Buenos Aires, built around guitarist and vocalist Patricio Posse alongside drummer Santiago Sauza. The band released their debut EP Eternity Denied in October 2017, a three-track recording produced at La Septima Casa studio in Ramos Mejía that draws on influences including Nile, Morbid Angel, and Suffocation. The project grew out of an earlier Miami-based incarnation called Serpenthorn that Posse ran during his high school years before relocating to Argentina.
Excisio is a black doom metal band from Suzano, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 1999 by Ricardo Santos, whose compositions draw inspiration from the fantasy and horror literature of Tolkien, Lovecraft, and Poe. The band self-released the demo "Dark Chamber Symphonies" in 1999 and the demo "Lost Kingdoms" in 2001, later issuing a split with LALSSU titled "Like Ashes Carried by the Wind" in 2021.
Excoria is a groove and death metal trio from Betim, Minas Gerais, formed in 2023 by experienced musicians under the banner of raw, intense metal played in Portuguese. The band released their debut single "Trilha de Sangue" followed by "O Caminho do Mau" in 2024, building an early catalog that draws from diverse extreme metal subgenres.
Execrado is a black/death metal band from Formosa, Goiás, formed in late 2022 by Danilo Rocha (bass and vocals), Artur Tupinambá (guitar), and Vitão (drums), dedicated to old school death metal with lyrics written in Portuguese and influences from Brazilian heavy metal of the 1980s. The band released their debut EP "Registros do Além" in June 2023, a six-track recording produced at Manga Studio in Brasília.
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