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Senegal Grindcore Mafia is a progressive sludge metal quartet from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, formed in 2014 by Gaspar Rojas and Raúl García Posse (guitars and vocals), Pablo Lamela Bianchi (bass), and Germán Gómez (drums). Their 2017 album "Ido y Lúcido" was recorded live in two days, mixed by Jack Shirley (known for his work with Deafheaven and Oathbreaker) in California, and mastered by Doug Henderson in Berlin after a crowdfunding campaign that raised 30,000 pesos in under 48 hours — a record for Argentine music at the time.
Brutal death metal and grindcore band from São José, Santa Catarina, formed in 2003, with a rotating lineup that has included Ricardo on vocals and drums, Hudson on guitar and vocals, and Murilo on drums across multiple tenures. The band released Grindcore Attack in 2017, Tempos Sombrios in 2019, and Dissonância Cognitiva Coletiva in 2024 through Terceiro Mundo Chaos Discos and Rotten Foetus Records.
Sentencia Ácida is a crossover/thrash metal band from Barcelona, Anzoátegui, Venezuela, formed in 2014 and operating independently. The band has released two recordings — República del Silencio and Acta est Fabula — blending the aggressive tempos of thrash metal with the punk-rooted energy of crossover. Their Bandcamp profile, registered to Barcelona, Venezuela, confirms the same lineup behind both releases.
Death-doom metal solo project from Magé, Rio de Janeiro, created by Thiago Perdurabo, active from 2025. Their debut album Mental Terror, released April 11, 2025, is a six-track record with themes centered on mental health, death, and depression.
Sepulchral Rites is a death metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2017. The band has released material including the Demented Rites demo (2017) and appeared on the Skin Deep 5-Way Split CD (2021), and subsequently released the Death and Bloody Ritual EP in 2021 through German label Dunkelheit Produktionen.
Death and thrash metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 1987, inspired by the early extreme metal scene emerging from that city alongside bands such as Mutilator and Holocausto. Their full-length Evil Never Rests was released in 2020 on Dies Irae Records.
Death metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, formed in 2015 by members already active in the northeastern underground. They debuted with the mini-LP Everlasting Morbid Delights in 2017 and released their first full-length, The Return from a Sepulchral Rest, on March 25, 2024, featuring a five-piece lineup including Tenebrarum on vocals and Pestmeester on guitars and keyboards.
Sepulcro is a death metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2006 and signed to DirtyEar Records. They released the demo "Almas en pena" in 2010 and their debut full-length "Bogotá Terror Death" in 2015, building a reputation in the Colombian underground death metal scene with themes centered on death and war.
Brazilian thrash metal legends Sepultura helped put South American metal on the global map with landmark albums like 'Beneath the Remains' and 'Arise' before radically reinventing themselves with 1996's tribal-metal masterpiece 'Roots,' which fused extreme metal with indigenous Brazilian percussion and world music. The Cavalera brothers' departure fractured the band but didn't end it, as Sepultura continued for decades under guitarist Andreas Kisser's stewardship, exploring diverse sonic territory across numerous albums. Their influence on the global metal scene, particularly in bridging extreme metal with indigenous and world music traditions, is immeasurable.
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