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Progressive metal band from Rio de Janeiro, founded in 1999 by Rodrigo and Tiago. The band released their debut album, Prologue to Infinity, in 2001 on the Rock Symphony label, with Renato Stefani on vocals and recorded at Guitar Paradise Studio in Rio de Janeiro.
Blackened death metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, formed in 2016, with a lineup of Barroso Serra and Vinicius Dorneles on guitars, Felipe Ferreira on bass and vocals, and Jhoni Rodrigues on drums. The band released their debut full-length, Absurd, on January 25, 2023, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Barroso Serra at Maximum Violence Productions in Fortaleza; the album is structured around the Greek myth of Sisyphus, opening with 'Oneness And Dispersion (Preludium - Arising Of Sisyphus)' and closing with 'Fortress Of The Absurd (Postludium - Fall Of Sisyphus)'.
Death metal duo from Altamira, Pará, Brazil, formed in January 2013, with André Maia on bass and vocals and Luiz Quaresma on guitars, vocals, and drum programming. The band released three albums in quick succession — Grotesque Fascination for Dismemberment (2013), Acts of Sadistic Cruelty (2014), and Repulsive Orgy With Dismembered Whores (2015) — before going dormant, then returned with Paths of Inhumanity in 2023. Their lyrics center on sadism, dismemberment, and the extinction of the human race.
Sludge/doom/stoner metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, formed in 2018 and releasing the debut album Menos Que Nada in February 2024, recorded in Fortaleza and mixed by Rafaum Costa in Mossoró. The five-track record includes the songs Incel, Canivete, Delírio Tropical, Podolatria Militar, and Jesus Hitler.
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