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Tjohorr is a raw black metal band from Santiago, Chile, active on the Total Pagan Madness Prods label. The band has released two demos, Viechen (2018) and Kwáke (2023), with the former featuring track titles drawn from the indigenous Selk'nam language of Tierra del Fuego.
Black metal project from Luz, Minas Gerais, formed in May 2022. The debut album O Sétimo Selo was released on June 27, 2024, preceded by the single Ergo Non Sum in March 2023; the band operates independently with a doomed, raw approach to black metal.
Toke de Keda is a crossover thrash band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2005 and currently releasing on Sarri-Sarri Distro & Records. They have three full-lengths to their name — Actitud, kaaos & metalpunk (2013), Holocaust: Nightmare of Death! (2017), and Atomic Discharge (2023) — mixing metal punk with sharp political and social commentary.
Depressive black metal duo from Dois Vizinhos, Paraná, formed in 2008 and later split up, consisting of Behlial (vocals and drums) and Draugur (guitars and bass). Their discography includes the album Afterdeath... (December 30, 2019) and The Last Words of a Collapsing Mind (November 2020).
Death metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, formed in 2017. The 2024 album An Intergalactic Journey is a seven-track full-length running 33 minutes, featuring tracks such as 'Spoiling on Shelves' and 'Res Inexplicata Volans,' released independently.
Black metal band from Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, formed in 2021, signed to Hammer of Damnation. The band debuted with the demo Fallen Angel of Arcturo (October 11, 2021), followed by the live recording The Sermon of the Impure: Prophecy and Disgrace — Live Ritual (2022) and the EP Mokk (2023), drawing on the raw occult black metal aesthetics of the mid-1980s and early 1990s.
Thrash metal band from Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, founded in 1998 by Rogener Pavinski, who assembled the group after placing an advertisement in a rock magazine. The band sings exclusively in Portuguese and released their debut EP in December 2006, followed by the full-length Batismo da Dor in 2019 — recorded at Under Studio in Ribeirão Preto and featuring drummer Luis Fregonesi — and the EP Homo Deus in 2023, celebrating 25 years of activity.
Black/death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 2022 by guitarist Rodrigo Führer and drummer Armando Leprous, the latter known for his roles in early Sarcófago and Mutilator. Their debut full-length Morte Negra, released July 18, 2022 on Nuclear War Now! Productions and Brazilian Ritual Records, draws directly on the extreme metal tradition that emerged from Belo Horizonte in the mid-1980s.
Death metal band from Colatina, Espírito Santo, formed in 2009 and later split up. Their discography includes the cassette Holocausto do Bode Negro (2013) and the split Ódio Bestial (2014), shared with Aeternus Odium and released on CD by Nocturna Musica.
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