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Stellivm are a progressive metal band from Santiago, Chile, playing entirely instrumental heavy music. Their debut full-length Octava Poëtica was released in April 2023, featuring eleven tracks with Latin-inflected titles drawn from astronomy and classical mythology.
Stenches Beyond Repulsive is a goregrind band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2019 as a continuation of Mortuus Neurons, which had been active from 2013 to 2018. The band has released two full-lengths — Horrible Cannibal Tales (2020) and The Gods of Bloody Spatter (2024) — along with numerous splits and a live album.
Stonegrunger is a heavy/groove metal band from San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentine Patagonia, known for a prolific run of numerically titled EPs: UNO (2017), DÚO (2019), TRY (2021), QAT (2023), and KIN (2024). All releases are self-published through their Bandcamp page, and the band sings in Spanish.
Progressive power metal band founded in São Paulo in January 2023 by vocalist Pedro Torchetti, guitarist Gabriel Veloso, bassist Pablo Guillarducci, and drummer Thiago Caeiro. Their debut EP Revenant: The Silver Age was released in 2024 and produced by Thiago Bianchi at Estúdio Fusão in São Paulo; the conceptual release was supported by a 22-date tour across 16 Brazilian states alongside Edu Falaschi and Noturnall. The follow-up single The Kaer Slaughter features Craig Cairns of British act Tailgunner as a guest vocalist.
Storm of Darkness is a black metal band founded in 2008 by guitarist and vocalist Blackthrasher in Bogotá, Colombia, delivering what the band calls "Unholy Black Metal of Death" with anti-religious, war, and existentialist themes. Signed to Blasphemous Attack Productions, the band has released three full-lengths — including "Anti-Abrahamic Pest Propaganda" (2018) and "Inevitable" (2023) — alongside numerous demos, splits, and EPs spanning over fifteen years of activity.
Thrash/death metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, formed in 2004 and active until 2010. They released one demo, Under the Warfog, recorded at Engenho do Som Estúdio in April 2006, a five-track release built around warfare-themed lyrics and an eighties-rooted thrash/death approach. The band went through a significant lineup change in 2008 before disbanding.
Progressive metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, formed in January 2006 by vocalist Alexei Leão and his brother Andrei Leão on bass, alongside drummer Marcos Feminella and guitarist Rafael Scopel. Their self-titled debut was released in December 2006 and made available for free download; the second album Perception of the Other (2012) was produced in collaboration with the Siedler Cia de Dança contemporary dance company and released as a CD/DVD package. The band completed two European tours and received the FUNARTE Klaus Vianna Dance Prize for the Perception of the Other project.
Melodic death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, heavily influenced by In Flames, led by guitarist Gustavo Sazes. Between 2003 and 2004 they released a series of self-distributed demo CDs: Inner Fusion (June 2003), Two Made of One (September 2003), and Fade My Existence (March 2004), followed by the 23-track boxed set Creations and Oblivion in June 2004.
Melodic death metal band from Goiânia, Goiás, formed by vocalist/guitarist Kahlil Souto alongside lead guitarist Vicente Luiz, bassist Yuri Passos, and drummer Arthur Albuquerque. Their debut album The Blood Red Horizon was released on December 10, 2025, recorded and mixed by Vicente Luiz at Verita Sounds in Goiânia between April 2024 and October 2025; the band describes it as the first installment of a planned trilogy.
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