Death metal band from Timóteo, Minas Gerais, active from 2018 until their split-up in 2025. They released material through the independent label Digital Yourself and built a small but dedicated following on Spotify, playing straightforward death metal rooted in the Brazilian underground tradition of their home state.

Groove and thrash metal band from Brasília with horror-themed lyrics drawn from slasher films, zombies, and Lovecraftian mythology. Their sound draws from 1980s thrash metal and 1990s stoner and sludge, resulting in an eclectic heaviness reflected in releases such as "Grooves From the Grave: Mutants, Slashers, Zombies and Enraged Lovecraftian Deities." The band was active until their split-up and self-released their catalog on Bandcamp.

Progressive metal and rock band from Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, formed in 2001 with Christian lyrical themes. The quartet — featuring Ricardo d'Toledo on keyboards and vocals, Isaque Soares on guitar and bass, Euler Fabrine on guitar, and Delias Junior on drums — released two full-lengths: "Without Electrons" (2002) and "Wrong Way" (2003, reissued 2014), both self-produced works showcasing intricate instrumentation.

Aphangak is a Melodic Black/Gothic Metal band from Marinilla, Antioquia, Colombia, active since 2001. The band has released five full-length albums, beginning with Shadows of Death in 2003 and most recently Memorias de un territorio ancestral in 2023, and have appeared on multiple Colombian metal compilations through labels including Manitú Records.

Brazilian extreme progressive metal band active since 2018, combining the technical complexity of progressive metal with the aggression of extreme subgenres. Operating largely under the radar of major metal press, they maintain their output on Bandcamp as part of the growing underground progressive extreme metal scene in Brazil.

Black and death metal band from Salvador, Bahia, active from 2014, fusing black metal and death metal with crust, punk, and grindcore influences. Their 2018 album "O Grotesco e o Desespero," released on Cospe Fogo Gravações and recorded at Estúdio Ruído Rosa in Salvador, explores themes of despair, resistance, and societal decay across ten tracks. The band also released the split "Aphorism / Rabujos" and the EP "I" (2014), making them one of the more prolific underground extreme acts to emerge from northeastern Brazil.

Funeral doom metal project from Brasília and Natal, formed in May 2020 to craft a more dramatic strand of the genre by weaving in atmospheric black metal and post-metal textures. Their 2021 debut full-length "Væneration," released in a limited edition of 300 slipcase copies on Cianeto Discos, was produced by Breno Xavier and Thiago Satyr and explores themes of human insignificance and cosmic horror across seven tracks.

Apocalipsis is a heavy metal band from Grand Bourg, Buenos Aires, originally formed in 1984 by high-school friends Gustavo Zavala (bass) and "Turco" Atala (guitar), who are widely regarded as direct precursors to Tren Loco. The band released demos including "Endemoniado" (1985) and "Calles de Buenos Aires" (1987), won a notable band contest in March 1986 covered by Argentine magazines Metal and Riff Raff, and eventually reunited — their self-titled album was reissued on vinyl in 2012 by Sade Records in 300 hand-numbered copies.

Death metal and grindcore band from Catanduva, São Paulo, formed in 2023. Combining the blastbeat-driven brutality of grindcore with the riff density of death metal, they operate within Brazil's long-established tradition of extreme underground metal. The band self-releases their material on Bandcamp.