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Doom/death metal band from São Paulo formed by Airton Alves, Jeferson Menezes, and guitarist Kleber Silva, who chose the band's name after their first performance at Zundap house. The lineup later expanded to include bassist Rodrigo Sughayyer and drummer Sergio Barsant, with the band citing Amorphis, Type O Negative, and My Dying Bride as primary influences and recording the EP Act I – Sorrow as their first official release.
Death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 1998, with a lineup consisting of vocalist Wallace Parreiras, bassist Cleber, guitarist Cláudio Silva, and drummer Alisson. The band appeared on the Demise Records two-disc compilation The Winds of a New Millennium Vol. 3 in 2001 with the track Reincarnation before eventually splitting up.
Soulrot are a death metal band from Valparaíso, Chile, formed in 2013 and released on the Spanish label Memento Mori. Rooted in Lovecraftian and cosmic horror themes, they issued the full-length "Nameless Hideous Manifestations" in 2017 and followed it with "Victims of Spiritual Warfare" in 2020.
Thrash metal band from Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, formed in 2007 from an earlier project called Aggressor, with a founding lineup of vocalist Aldo Muniz, guitarists Alexandre Franco and Luiz Pinheiro, bassist Ralf Maloca, and drummer Thiago Lucchesi. The band recorded their debut album Beyond the Walls in 2009 at Atthena's Studio Digital technology before splitting up in 2014.
Melodic doom/death metal duo from São Paulo, originally formed in 2003 and active until 2008 before reforming in 2018 with Rafael Sade handling vocals, piano, and keyboards alongside Daviid Amorim on bass, guitars, and drums. The band's comeback EP Two Funerals was released on November 2, 2018, and a compilation of all their remastered material titled Doomed to Funerals was issued in digipack format by Black Hearts Label in January 2022.
Heavy metal band from Brasília, formed in 2012, with a lineup of vocalist Jessica Ehlke, guitarist Fabrício Moraes, bassist Zane Galvão, and drummer Nathália Reinehr. The band's musical approach combines traditional heavy metal with hard rock influences from the 1970s, and they released their debut album Rise Again in 2012 as an independent act.
Thrash metal band from São Paulo, formed in 2006, with a discography that includes the debut album Hell Hymns (2008) and the follow-up Praise Be to Death (2010), released on Metal Inquisition Records as a limited-edition 50-copy hand-numbered digipak. Praise Be to Death was recorded at Estudio Lembas in São Paulo.
Stoner/groove metal band from Atibaia, São Paulo, formed in 2019 by guitarist and vocalist Adrian Godoy, bassist Luis Victor, and drummer Gustavo Gumerato. The band released their debut EP Along in 2019 followed by their first full-length album Unglory in April 2023, recorded at Lunchbox Music studio with production and mixing by Rafael Freitas.
Source of Mysteries is a metalcore band from Montevideo, Uruguay, originally formed in 2011 and reconstituted in late 2016. The five-piece lineup — featuring two guitarists, drums, bass, and vocals — has released two albums, Resiliencia and Trauma, available on Bandcamp.
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