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Purulence was an all-female death metal and grindcore quartet from Botucatu, São Paulo, formed in 1992 by Alessandra (vocals), Simone (guitar), Cassia (vocals and drums), and Ludmilla (bass). The band released the split "Going the Putrid Reality" in 1995 alongside New York Against the Belzebu, and are documented as the first all-female grindcore band in Latin America.
Pustulent is a one-man death metal project from Sorocaba run by Leandro, who also performs in the band Cadaveric Mutation. The debut release "Purulent Flesh Infection," a five-track EP issued in 2024 on Iron Fortress Records, opens with a sample from Lucio Fulci's 1981 film House by the Cemetery and draws comparisons to Carcass for its gore-themed riffing; the same year saw a second release, "Septic Liquid Excretion," and an appearance on the split "Splitmas Gorefest."
Putrefact Christ is a raw black metal and grindcore band from Blumenau, Santa Catarina, formed in 2024 with Satanic and anti-Christian lyrical themes. Their debut album "Black Metal Against You All" was released on May 12, 2024 through Jems Label as a limited cassette of 30 copies, containing nine tracks including "We Are the True Black Metal" and "We Who Drinks the Blood of Your Bastardo Messiah."
Putrefacta is a goregrind project from Fortaleza, Ceará, formed in 2022 by José Neto, who handles vocals, guitars, and drum programming, with Fabrício Machado on bass. The project released the EP Repulsive Regurgitations in January 2024 and followed with The Decay of Forgotten Lives later that year, then the 14-track album Natimorto on January 16, 2025 through Disturbed Mind Records.
Putrid Gore was a death metal band from Porto Velho, Rondônia, formed in 2011. Their sole recorded output, the five-track EP Extreme Dismemberment, was released on February 4, 2011, and features gore-themed material catalogued on Metal Archives under the splatter/death metal tag.
Putrid Impetus is a brutal death metal band from São Paulo with lyrical themes centered on pathology, disease, and gore. Their debut album Fatal Necrotic Ecstasy was released on February 15, 2025 through Rotten Foetus Records as an eight-track, eight-page-booklet CD.
Putrido Sêmen is a death metal band from Simões Filho, Bahia, with a lineup of Uendel Necromaniac on guitar and vocals, Adelmo Terrible on bass, and Igo Brutogore on drums. Their debut recording Necrofagia, originally a four-track demo from 2010 recorded under the name Putrid Semen, was reissued in 2016 on Cemitério Records with nine tracks including rehearsal and live recordings.
Putritorium is a goregrind band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, formed in 2004 by guitarist Adriano Sabino, who has remained with the band throughout its existence. They released the demo Gory Maggot Gestation in February 2004 and the six-track album Promotorium on July 18, 2005, with releases also distributed through labels including Fecal Matter Discorporated and Morbid Anatomy Productions.
Pyramidum is a black/death metal band from Quito, Ecuador, formed in 2022 and driven by themes of occultism, vitalism, and misanthropy. The band released their debut promo EP, El Halo del Sol, in 2023, which included three original tracks alongside a cover of Slayer's "Sex, Murder, Art."
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