Plano D is a groove metal band from Rio Grande do Sul formed in 2016, channeling the heavy, mid-tempo riff-driven energy of the genre's core influences into a southern Brazilian context. The band later evolved and continued activity under the name Obscure Perception, suggesting an ongoing drive to develop their sound beyond their original groove metal roots.

Platina was a melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from São Paulo whose name carried echoes of the legendary 1980s Platina act that featured future Dr. Sin members. This newer incarnation pursued polished, hook-driven melodic metal before disbanding after a brief run, leaving their recordings available through their Bandcamp and Spotify presence.

Platinus is a Porto Alegre-based heavy and thrash metal band formed in 2012, drawing their sound from the classic 1980s thrash tradition. Their Demo Psicótica introduced tracks like "Destruindo a Farsa" and "Vida Psicótica," and the band went on to release the conceptual full-length Tensão, which the group has described as their most thematically ambitious work.

Platoon, also known as Platoon Thrash War, is a thrash metal band from Manaus with a militaristic lyrical focus on war, conflict, and destruction. Their 2019 album Máquina de Guerra, released through Bigorna Records, delivers eight tracks of old-school thrash aggression including the standout "Casualidades de Guerra," and the band has since appeared on compilations cementing their reputation in the Brazilian underground.

A Belo Horizonte heavy metal act fronted by vocalist Cynthia Mara, Pleiades built an early reputation opening for Deep Purple on two separate occasions — the first time with guitarist André Mendonça still a teenager. The band contributed a cover of "Woman from Tokyo" to the Deep Purple tribute compilation Woman from Brazil, released by Armadillo Records in 2020.

Podrectomy is a progressive death metal slam project built around the trio of Johnny Lande on vocals, Junior Carlos on guitars, and Marcelo Nespoli on bass. Their 2025 full-length Anecdotal Lunacy brings together intricate song structures and crushing slam breakdowns, pushing the boundaries of brutal death metal through a distinctly technical lens.

One of the longer-running extreme acts out of the greater Rio de Janeiro area, Podreiras have been delivering uncompromising old-school grindcore and death metal since the early 1990s. Their music carries a consistent undercurrent of social and political critique, channeled through a fast, abrasive sound rooted in the early Brazilian underground.

Podrera have been a fixture of the Brasília underground since the late 1990s, playing a direct and aggressive brand of crossover that pulls equally from thrash metal, hardcore, and punk. Their discography spans the 1998 demo Mundo Imundo through to the full-length O Inferno Cada Vez Mais Perto de Você (2018), with lyrics consistently targeting political and social targets.

Podridão play a fetid, deliberately primitive brand of death metal that draws from the same well as Autopsy, early Sepultura, and Vulcano. The band's discography includes Cadaveric Impregnation (2023) and Coffin of the Corrupted Dead (2025, Iron Fortress Records), both leaning into gore-drenched themes and the kind of miasmic, churning riff-craft that defined the earliest Brazilian death metal scenes.