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Technical death metal band from São Paulo, formed in 1991. They released two demos — Portal to Doomsday Celebration (1993) and Hubris (1994) — before recording their sole full-length, Between Nothing and Eternity, at Anonimato Studios in São Paulo in April–May 1995; Death frontman Chuck Schuldiner responded to the band's demo submission with a postcard praising their material.
Groove/thrash metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará. They appeared on the Vertigem Sessions split release alongside Fortaleza act Viollen, issued through Vertigem Discos on December 25, 2020, a live-format recording documenting both bands in performance.
Stultiferya is a black metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, active since 2016 and operating under that name following an earlier period as Ohrwurm. Signed to Cannibal Distro, the band explores themes of existentialism, nihilism, phenomenology, and ontology, and released the EP "Genealogía" in 2021.
Grindcore band from Presidente Prudente and Birigui, São Paulo, active since the mid-1990s with a core lineup of Afonso (drums/vocals), Souza (bass/vocals), and Helder (guitar). They released a self-titled EP through Grindhead Records in August 2014, contributed a track to Siege of Grind: A Brazilian Tribute to Napalm Death (Terceiro Mundo Chaos Discos, 2013), and have issued splits with U.S. grindcore acts PLF and Pretty Little Flower.
Subjugated Black Death Immolation are a black metal duo from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2018 by members L. (guitars, vocals) and V. (drums, vocals). The band deal in darkness, blasphemy, and gore across a prolific string of releases including two 2018 demos, the 2020 EP Mass Suicide of Fallen Angels — issued on cassette by Skaventhrone and on CDR by Algol Records — and the 2022 EP The Unreal Basin.
Sublevels formed in 2012 in Córdoba, Argentina, with a lineup of Lino Reinoso on vocals, Gastón Praddaude on guitar, Fabián Pignataro on bass, and Andrés Gualco on drums. The band released their debut album Eo Abyssvs Occvltvs on January 3, 2012 via Ishtar Gate Records, recorded at 440 Studios in Córdoba, followed by a self-titled album in May 2017 and the instrumental release Death of the Sun (LMDS Instrumental) in 2020.
SubRose are a symphonic metal band from Iquique, Chile, formed in 2008, built around a science fiction concept narrative following a character named Alexandrehia, the last survivor of the human race after Earth's destruction. The band released three full-length albums between 2016 and 2018 — The Escape, The Planet of Darkness, and Center of the Galaxy — each advancing the saga through cinematic orchestration and melodic metal compositions.
Death metal and grindcore band from São Paulo, founded in 2011 by guitarist Gustavo Cacezi and bassist Bruno Avenoso. The lineup expanded to include vocalist Marco Saturnino and drummer Osmar Jr, and the band released a self-titled recording in March 2015 followed by the EP O Templo da Cegueira in October 2020, the latter recorded live at Estudio Badaroska in São Paulo.
Death metal and crust trio from Brasília formed around 2009, consisting of Harry (guitar), Luan (bass/vocals), and Samuel (drums). After a 2010 demo titled Desespero and splits with Hungarian band Do You Think I Care (2011) and São Paulo's Defy (2013), the band released their full-length Antropomortum through Black Hole Productions in July 2015, recorded at Cl Audio Studio in Brasília; the band split up in 2017.
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