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Buenos Aires, AR · 2010–? · disbanded
Samson was a heavy metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose lineup included vocalist/guitarist Adrián Subotosky, drummer Horacio "Cacho" Darias, and bassist Hugo Racca. The band released the album Rutas Peligrosas in 1991 and also appeared on the compilation Metálicos — Heavy Metal 90, before eventually splitting up.
Curitiba, BR · active
Thrash metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2012, featuring André Nisgoski (Macumbazilla), Karim Serri and Markos Franzmann (both also of Legacy of Kain), and Fabiano Menon (Dave Evans, Boca Raton). The band released the album Lip Reading the Dead through their Bandcamp page, recorded and released independently in Curitiba.
Rio Grande, BR · active
Thrash metal band from Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2016. The band — featuring Pablão on vocals, Bruno Vieira on guitars and bass, and Guilherme Kubaski on drums — released the seven-track EP Carnificina dos Deformados in November 2016, available independently through Bandcamp.
Natal, BR · active
Death metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, founded in December 1989. After releasing numerous demos throughout the 1990s and temporarily operating under the name Hellspawn for a 7" EP, the band returned as Sanctifier and released the full-length Daemoncraft in 2012, recorded at Studio R in Natal, followed by Lone Wolf Syndicate in 2018, with lyrics drawing on Lovecraftian themes and the Cthulhu mythos.
Rio de Janeiro, BR · active
One-person black metal project from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2017 by Nyktophyllus, who handles all instruments and vocals. The project has released four albums: Eucharistica Maledictio (2017), Gloria Malefica (2020), The Soulstalker (2022, issued through Nekrolust Records), and The Dysangelion (2023), all rooted in a self-described Holocaust Satanic Black Metal aesthetic.
São Paulo, BR · active
Heavy metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2013 and later split up. The band released the EP Autumn in September 2013 through their Bandcamp page, a four-track recording featuring the songs The Underdogs, Autumn, Images of Self Destruction, and Breaking Free.
Sibundoy, CO · active
Sanctus Mortum is a death metal band from Sibundoy, Putumayo, Colombia, formed in 2014 in the remote Andean-Amazon foothills. Drawing on the old-school traditions of black and death metal, they released the demo "Oscuridad Eterna" in 2015 and followed it with the live demo "Macabro" in 2021.
Porto Alegre, BR · active
Stoner/doom metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band released the album Cartago in 2019, a slow, heavy psychedelic record in the tradition of Brazilian stoner and doom metal.
Buenos Aires, AR · 1998–? · disbanded
Sandiablo was a stoner metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring guitarist Claudio Filadoro, vocalist Gabriel Raimondo, bassist Adrian Corrales, and drummer Martín Cipriano. The band recorded a single self-titled EP in 1998 across various studios before dissolving in 1999 when Filadoro joined Los Natas, the seminal Argentine stoner rock group.

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