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Heavy metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, composed of Luxyahak (vocals), Caos (guitar), Ulysses (bass), and C.J. Dubiella (drums). Their album Synchronized Abductions was recorded and mastered in 2019 at Funds House Studio in Curitiba and released on May 26, 2020, featuring tracks including "Vessels," "Scanning Souls," and "Black Sun Vortex." The band also released a prior album titled I Am The Presence.
Heavy/thrash metal band from São José dos Campos, São Paulo, active from 2001 to 2009, with a lineup of Adriano Bonfim (vocals), Lucas Godoy (guitars), Gabriel Godoy (bass), and Adriano Moreira (drums). Their debut album Lost Mind was recorded at Oversonic Studios in 2004 and self-released on July 25 of that year, followed by the second full-length Pictures of Reality in September 2006, recorded at Creative Studios in São Paulo. After the band split, some members went on to form This Grace Found.
Crossover thrash band from Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, formed in 2015 with a lineup of Filipe Wargrider (vocals/bass), Rodrigo Freire (guitar), and Oscar (drums). The band released a promo in 2015 and the EP Damaged Brain in 2018, drawing influences from Municipal Waste, Suicidal Tendencies, and Gama Bomb.
Blackened speed/thrash metal band formed in Rio de Janeiro in June 2010 by three musicians operating under aliases including Chakal (vocals), Madcrusher (guitar), Bode de Sade (guitar/vocals), and Surtür Impurus (drums). The band released Thrash Till Death in September 2015, followed by the full-lengths Não Gosto! (May 2020) and Bastardos da Noite (July 20, 2022), both on Portuguese label Helldprod Records.
Thrash metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, formed in 2017 by guitarist duo Lucas Souza and Gabriel Theofelo alongside bassist/vocalist Matheus Prusse and drummer John Kuntze. Their debut release, the three-track EP Liberty Denied, appeared on December 12, 2017, with Theofelo handling production, mixing, and mastering.
Funeral doom metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, with lyrical themes centered on Christianity. The band contributed the track "The Kiss" to the international compilation From the Nulll Void (2003, NULLL Records), which collected funeral doom acts from around the world.
Melodic death metal band from São Paulo formed in 2014, with a lineup featuring vocalist Diogo Nunes, guitarists Gui Calegari and Fabricio Fernandes, bassist Rodrigo Gagliardi, and drummer Maycon Avelino. Their debut album Days of Retribution was released on May 15, 2025, recorded at Dual Noise Studio in São Paulo; the track "Gaia" features a guest appearance by Björn 'Speed' Strid of Soilwork. The band opened for Exodus at Carioca Club in São Paulo in October 2024.
Heavy metal band from Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, formed in 2014, with members Leonardo Fernandes, Matheus Regalin, Julio Chagas Pitthan, Lucas Lamaison, and Carlo Stella. The band released the full-length Iron Fist of Lord on December 14, 2016, an 11-track album produced independently, preceded by the albums Way of Steel (August 2014) and Crusade (August 2016).
Heavy/power metal band from Belém, Pará, formed in 2010, with a lineup anchored by vocalist Leo Rodrigues and guitarist Hugowar alongside Bruno Gibson (bass), and Paulo Wallace (drums). Their debut album Battle Scream (2016) drew comparisons to American power metal acts like Jag Panzer and Agent Steel; the EP Power, Blood and Glory followed in 2019, and second full-length Thunderwarriors (March 18, 2023) featured Gerrit P. Mutz of German band Sacred Steel as a guest vocalist.
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