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Satta Caveira are a stoner and heavy psych trio from San Miguel, Argentina, consisting of Cristian Villagra (guitar), Jonatan Emilio (bass), and Gonzalo Void (drums). The band debuted in 2015 with the "Mushrooms Session" EP and the self-titled album — recorded live on 2" tape at Estudio El Attic with no edits or overdubs — and released their third record, "MMI," in August 2018.
Psychedelic sludge/doom metal band from São Paulo, active since 2012, featuring guitarist and vocalist Felipe Dalam, bassist Welder Rodrigues, and drummer Lucas Melo. The band released their self-titled debut album in 2015, followed by RLC in 2017, and their third full-length Geom in March 2025, recorded at High Five Studios and mastered by Fernando Sanches.
Black metal/ambient project from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 2020 with themes drawing on Tolkien mythology and darkness. The project released a self-titled album in 2021, after which both recordings were reissued under the renamed project Nimloth.
Death metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, formed in October 2003 by former members of Engraved Fears. Drummer Flávio Brambilla, guitarist/vocalist Tiegue Vieira, and bassist Vinicius Pacheco recorded the debut album The Darkest Voice of the Soul in 2004, an eight-track record that included a cover of Death, before the band dissolved in 2006.
Sauron is a Buenos Aires stoner rock outfit founded by guitarist J.B. Larralde and vocalist Pato Larralde, regarded as one of Argentina's earliest stoner acts alongside Los Natas. They released six studio albums across nearly three decades, beginning with their self-titled debut in 1997 and continuing through El color que cayó del cielo (1999), Sobrenatural (2003), La guerra del fuego (2009), El último árbol sobre la tierra (2012), and Los Ojos Del Cuadro in 2018.
Technical death metal band from São Luís, Maranhão, formed in 2014. Their debut full-length New Dimensions was released in 2020 through Great Dane Records and Polymorphe Records, and the band contributed a cover of Death's 'Philosopher' to an international Death tribute in 2019.
Thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 1995, operating in the old-school Bay Area style with influences from Slayer, Testament, and Exodus. The band released No Hope in 2007, Serial Killers' Tales in 2017, and their third album Savant Attack in 2023 through Voice Music, the latter featuring a guest appearance by Fernanda Lira of Crypta.
Gothic metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, formed in 2009, featuring vocalist Melissa Ironn, guitarist Marlon Lago, drummer Andrêss Fontanella, and bassist Jackson Harvelle. The band released their debut EP Find the Way in 2010 and their first full-length The Otherside in 2015 through Shinigami Records.
Heavy metal band from São Paulo, formed in 2017, featuring vocalist Carina Oliveira, guitarist Fernando Freak, and drummer Ramon Sena. The band released their debut EP Freakshow in 2018 as an independent release.
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