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São Paulo, BR · active
Thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in October 2018 by Rhodz Costa and Danilo "Angelcorpse" Santojo as a vehicle for old-school 1980s thrash in the vein of Exodus, Destruction, and Necronomicon. The debut album High Voltage Demons was released in October 2019 through Thrash Or Death Records and issued on tape in Chile and the Netherlands; the band followed it with Dehumanizing Process in August 2022, also on Thrash Or Death Records.
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Sadomantik is a death metal band from Viña del Mar, Chile, active since 2021. They released their debut demo in March 2023, a four-track recording with lyrics exploring themes of sadomasochism, occultism, and lust.
Porto Alegre, BR · active
Depressive/atmospheric black metal solo project from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, active from 2013 to 2021. The project contributed the track "Frasco de Veneno" to the DSBM Brazil Vol. III compilation (2020), and posthumously released the archival album Madrugada Morta in February 2023, which included unreleased demos and instrumental pieces alongside a collaboration with guitarist Gabriel from Rio de Janeiro. Themes across the discography focused on death, suicide, Satanism, and solitude.
Rio de Janeiro, BR · active
Heavy metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2015 under the name Stormqueen before renaming to Sagittarion in 2017. The band released the five-track EP Reborn in June 2018 as an independent digital release, running twenty-two minutes across tracks including "Scarlet Rose," "Rock 'n' Roll Armageddon," and "Gypsy and the Beast."
Chapecó, BR · active
Thrash/heavy metal band from Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in July 2014 by members from several local acts including Spharion and Eternal Cry; the name is the bassist Protásio Vargas's surname spelled backwards. The band released the EPs The Lynching (2015), themed around the 1950 burning of Chapecó's central church and mob killing, and Masked People (2017), before recording their debut full-length Kingdom of Chaos in January 2019 with vocalist Luciano Bravo, guitarist Guilherme Luan, and drummer Roberto Rodrigues.
Belford Roxo, BR · active
Christian death/thrash metal band from Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 1994 and operating as a power trio since their 2001 reformation with Rodrigo Bizoro (vocals/drums), Clamer Lucio (guitar), and Michel Mixa (bass). The band has released five albums: Against Saints and Sinners (2003), The Ways of Faith (2005), Reprise (2007), Vanitas Vanitatum (2011), and Mea Culpa (2015), the latter a concept album addressing atrocities committed at the Colônia psychiatric hospital in Brazil. They are signed to Força Eterna.
Manaus, BR · active
Grindcore band from Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, formed in 2019 by vocalist Vinicius Braga, guitarist Alice Vitoriano, bassist Marcos Correa, and drummer Linnu Rodrigues. The band released Somos Nós a Doença in 2021 and followed it with Ensaio Sobre a Má Vontade in June 2024, a 22-track album recorded at Quarto do Pânico studio in Manaus addressing capitalism, police violence, and life in the Amazon's largest city. The band split up after completing Ensaio Sobre a Má Vontade.
Brasília, BR · active
Doom/sludge metal project from Brasília, Brazil, formed in 2025. The project released its debut EP Os Vivos Serão Devorados in August 2025 through Bandcamp, a two-track recording built around slow, heavy atmospheres and lyrics dealing with existential anguish, occult rituals, and mortality.
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Samot is a blackened death metal band from Maipú, Chile, formed in 2014, signed to US label Unspeakable Axe Records. Drawing on themes of darkness, vampirism, and the beyond, they released their debut demo "The Beginning" in 2015 and followed it with the EP "Across the Abyss" in 2016.

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