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Ruinas is a Buenos Aires crust and stenchcore band founded in April 2013 by David (drums), Pato (bass and vocals), and Seba (guitar), with vocalist Rocío joining in mid-2014. The band released a self-titled album in August 2016 and a split with Lust for Death in February 2019, following their 2013 demo and a 2014 split with Avitacion 101.
Ruins of Agony is a melodic death metal band from Talagante, Chile, formed in 1999 and currently on hold. The band released their debut EP R.O.A. in early 2019 through Insanity Records, followed by two demos, Ondas corrompidas and Psicofonías, in 2020.
Epic symphonic metal project founded by tenor Drake Chrisdensen, operating across Brazil and Italy with a focus on classical male operatic vocals over orchestral metal arrangements. The band released the EP Daphne in 2016, followed by the full-length Seeds of Chaos and Serenity in April 2017, the latter anchored by a 40-minute title symphony divided into five arcs inspired by the Sailor Moon manga. A second full-length, Amphitrite: Ancient Sanctuary in the Sea, arrived in 2021 and incorporated folk elements from Scandinavian, Middle Eastern, Japanese, Brazilian, and African musical traditions across twelve tracks.
One-man doom/death metal project created by Bruno Zr in Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2019. The debut album Isolation was released in December 2020 and contains five tracks, including 'The Ward Pt.1,' which addresses the psychiatric hospital atrocities committed in Barbacena from the 1960s through the 1980s — an event documented in Daniela Arbex's book and sometimes called the 'Brazilian Holocaust,' in which more than 60,000 people died.
Runepath is a folk/black metal band from Santiago, Chile, active since at least 2007 and self-described as playing "Blackened Folk Metal" and "Music from the end of the world." The band has released several demos and singles, including Ravens in the Fog (2008), Ravenheart (2010), and singles in 2018 and 2020.
One-man death metal project from Caetité, Bahia, Brazil, founded in early 2024 by guitarist Eduardo Henrique Dias (known as Eddie). The debut album Gateways of Purgatory was released on November 30, 2024, an eight-track record drawing influence from Death, Carcass, Obituary, and Vomitory.
Rústica is a Buenos Aires heavy metal band that self-released a trilogy of EPs beginning with EP #1/3 in August 2016, recorded live at the Bola De Fuego studio by engineer Fernando Elias. The three-part series, continuing through EP #2/3 and EP #3/3, documents the band's early output as a self-contained creative statement.
Sludge/doom metal duo from Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2019 and consisting of guitarist/vocalist Vitor B. and drummer Douglas Sinsuk. The project released its debut album A Música de Erich Zann in May 2020 through the São Paulo label Orlög Black Art, a four-track work drawing its title and themes from H.P. Lovecraft's 1922 short story.
Stoner/doom metal band from Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil, featuring vocalist Hugo Grubert, guitarist Vitor 'Bob' Zen, bassist Paulo Machado, and drummer Gustavo Gamba. The band released a self-titled three-track EP in March 2016 with all lyrics in Portuguese, and returned in 2023 with the single 'Winged Death (Satan's Servants),' recorded at Tobias Blues Studio in Brusque.
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