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Vitória da Conquista, BR · active
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.
Rio de Janeiro, BR · active
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.
Florianópolis, BR · active
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.
Natal, BR · active
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.
São Paulo, BR · active
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.
Santa Maria da Vitória, BR · active
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).
Belém, BR · active
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.
CO · 1998–present · active
Thy Antichrist formed in Medellín, Colombia in 1998 under vocalist Andres Vargas, and has since relocated to Dallas, Texas while maintaining ties to the Latin American black metal scene. The band is regarded as one of the most significant black metal acts to emerge from South America, building a catalog over more than two decades that includes Wicked Testimonies (2004) and Wrath of the Beast (2018). Their music operates within orthodox black metal conventions while drawing on the intensity and rawness of the South American extreme metal tradition.
Rio de Janeiro, BR · active
Death/black metal band from Rio de Janeiro summoned in 2005, operating under a framework of Satanism, blasphemy, and war, with multi-instrumentalist Nekrotizer as the central figure. Their debut full-length Thy Infernal Coronation was released in 2008 — recorded, mixed, and mastered at Fast Forward Studio in Rio de Janeiro — and the band has remained prolific, issuing records including Daemoniacal Terror (2019), Nekrolatreia (2021), Satankorps (2022), Trivmfyre (2023), and Arsenal Infernal (2024).

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