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Crossover thrash band from Santos, São Paulo, active since 2002 with a lineup featuring dual vocalists Osvaldo and Fernandez alongside guitarists Leão and Ricardo, bassist Juninho, and drummer Bruno. Their discography spans over a decade of self-released material, opening with the six-track demo Atitude e Ação (2002) and including Terra e Vida (2006), A Herança é o Ódio (2007), and the 2014 full-length Mais Uma Martelada das Nossas Verdades.
Raw black metal band from Minas Gerais, Brazil, founded in December 2014 by Hellblast (vocals, guitars, bass) and The Black (drums). The band released their debut rehearsal demo The Legacy of Death in 2015, followed by the full-length Crossing Into Darkness in 2016 through Terror Music, DFL Productions, and Impaled Records, recorded at Krypta Bestial Studio in São Paulo.
Crossover/thrash band from Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro state, formed in 2010 by vocalist George Campos, guitarist Giovane Henriques, bassist Matheus Fernandes, and drummer Argron César. The band released the demo Massacre Urbano in 2010 and their debut full-length Pesadelo Brasileiro in August 2017, recorded between October and December 2015 at Studio Hammer in Campos dos Goytacazes.
Death-grind band founded in mid-1998 in Manaus, Amazonas, by vocalist Marcos Campos and guitarist Luiz Souza, who relocated to Goiânia, Goiás around 2001 where drummer Sandinho Costa joined the lineup. The band released the debut full-length Agregados Onímodos Malditos in February 2005 through Two Beers Or Not Two Beers Records and Independência Records, recorded at Tokaia Studio in Goiânia, and followed with the EP Morficaos (2009) and the album Mapinguari (2014).
Death/doom metal band from João Pessoa, Paraíba, formed around 2010, whose lyrics draw on Buddhist philosophy, Hindu mythology, and themes of psychological despair. The band released the EP As Beauty Springs From Mud… in 2010, combining mid-paced death metal with doom and melodic death elements alongside dreamlike instrumental passages. They later relocated to Oldenburg, Germany, where they continued as an active act.
Heavy metal band from São José dos Campos, São Paulo, formed in 2011 and later split up. The band released the album Exhumed on May 1, 2011, available through their Bandcamp page restinpeaceexhumed, and the material was stocked by Heavy Chains Records.
Resurrección Agonizante was a groove metal and metalcore band from Quilmes, in the southern greater Buenos Aires area of Argentina, comprising Daniel (guitar and vocals), Marcelo (bass), Nacho (guitar), and Aníbal (drums). Their debut album "En el Desierto," a ten-track record produced by Iván Iñiguez, was recorded during 2013 and released on August 1, 2014.
Thrash metal band from Guarujá, São Paulo, formed in 1999, whose themes center on redemption, human nature, and religious fear. The band released two studio albums: Seven Days of Destruction and Beholder of Souls (2018), with the latter released through Extreme Sound Records on CD.
Thrash metal band from Franco da Rocha, São Paulo, formed in 2006, originally operating as Retaliator before adopting the Portuguese name. Their 2015 debut full-length Insane Thrash was released on CD through American Line Productions in a limited edition of 500 copies, and they followed it with the five-track EP Progresso Carregado de Morte in 2020.
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