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A Christian heavy metal act from Americana who released a split with Jaws called Madman / A Better World in 1995 on Rock Machine Records. The split showcases a straightforward, melodic approach to heavy metal with faith-oriented themes, situating the band firmly in the Brazilian Christian metal underground of the mid-1990s.
Originally active under the name Dunkel from 1997 before adopting the name Ninurta, this Santos-region black metal project released the demo Eternity in Pain through Nocturnal Age Recs in 2003. The band's approach centers on existentialist and philosophical themes, drawing from the raw, confrontational tradition of Brazilian underground black metal.
A solo atmospheric black metal project whose debut EP Sun Kills Every Thing arrived in 2017, blending tremolo-driven riffs with ambient textures and expansive, depressive moods. The project draws on the more introspective strand of the genre, favoring atmosphere and emotional weight over outright aggression.
Taking their name from the Latin phrase meaning "we strive for what has been forbidden," this black metal trio — Prometheus on vocals, Draco Bellator on guitar, and Summum Luison on drums — operates within a framework of occultism, philosophy, and left-hand-path humanism. Their 2014 EP Lançamo-nos Rumo ao Proibido established them in the Goiás underground, pursuing a cold, uncompromising style rooted in old-school black metal aesthetics.
Self-described as "deadly corrosive crossover," this Brasília five-piece — led by vocalist Lauro "Zapata" and guitarist Gabriel "Zenön" — released their debut full-length Corrosive Hatred in November 2021, a ten-track assault recorded at Texas Studio. The record blends thrash riffing with hardcore-punk velocity and a powerviolence-adjacent ferocity, with tracks like "Destroy the State" and "Underground is Not a Competition" making the band's antagonistic stance explicit.
Formed in Uberlândia with the explicit goal of fusing New York hardcore aggression with thrash metal heaviness, No Defeat released the EP M em M in 2010 and the full-length Escolhas Que Precedem a Conquista in 2012. Vocalist Michel "Padero" anchored their politically charged output, which drew on crossover forebears while addressing social and political themes rooted in Brazilian reality.
No Epitaph is a progressive and technical death metal band from Quito, Ecuador, active since 2014. The project blends the intricate compositional structures of technical death metal with melodic and progressive elements, as heard on their 2014 self-titled release and the 2017 single "Dark Tranquility." Operating independently, the band channels influences from across the technical and progressive death metal spectrum.
No Guerra is an Argentine thrash metal and metalcore band whose album titles — Ahonikenk (2010), Choiols (2012), Weychan (2014), and Traumatica (2024) — draw on the indigenous languages and cultures of Patagonia, including Mapuche and Tehuelche words. After a decade-long gap, the band returned in 2024 with Traumatica, their fourth studio album.
The project of guitarist and vocalist Tiago Torres, a veteran of the Brazilian scene through his work with Mad Dragzter, No More Death channels the fury of Metallica, Slayer, and early Sepultura into a decidedly spiritual framework, with lyrics drawn from the Book of Revelation. Their debut album "The Death is Dead," released in 2025 on Roxx Records and co-produced with Demis Kohler, delivers eight relentless tracks that treat thrash as a vehicle for Christian apocalyptic storytelling.
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