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Post-black metal band from São Paulo formed in 2023, with a lineup of Bruno Tortorello on vocals and synths, Jones and Chi on guitars, Luigy on guitar, Breno on bass, and Lucas on drums. The band released their debut track 'Anagnorisis' in March 2023 and operate as an independent, unsigned project.
Black/speed metal band from Rio de Janeiro formed in 1999 by Leatherface (bass) and Warlock (guitar/vocals), releasing four full-lengths: Tales of the Reaper (2004), The Dead Shall Rise to Kill (2007), Jesus Is Not Here Today (2011), and Confessioni di un Cannibale (2016). The band has regularly toured South America and Europe throughout their career.
Black/death metal band from Diadema, São Paulo, formed in 2007, with current guitarists Fabiano Blackmortem and Mobbirum alongside bassist Marcelo Noktuz and drummer Malus Peior Pessimus. Their two full-lengths are Diabolical Dominium (2017) and The Ancient Pestilence, released March 14, 2022 on Extreme Sound Records.
Black/death metal band from Sergipe, formed in 2019, consisting of CDV on vocals, NHSH on guitars, ASV on bass, and Hellbutcher on drums. Signed to Black Hearts Records, the band has released five recordings including Bestial Sonic Attack (2019), Primitivo Metal Diabólico (2020), and Diabolic Ritual of Steel (2024), which was recorded at Fabsounds Studio in Aracaju.
Black/speed/thrash metal trio from Caruaru, Pernambuco, composed of T. Impuro (vocals, bass), W. Sabazius (guitar), and HSR (drums). Their debut full-length O Fim was released on September 22, 2022 via Excarnation Records, recorded at Lá em Casa Estúdio between November 2021 and February 2022.
Black metal band from Osasco, São Paulo, founded by vocalist and bassist Cláudio Monteiro in 1993. After several demos including the live-recorded Malefik (1994), the band released the 7-track EP Your Belief in 2011 through Miceli Records of the Netherlands, with a lineup that included Francisco Monteiro and Jaime Reis on guitars and Julio César on drums.
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.
Black/death metal band from Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, active since 2011 and operating independently. The band released the split 7" Oráculo de Fezes / Pentáculo de Crânio alongside Necrosodommy in 2016 through Arauto da Morte Records, with their side recorded at Estúdio Riff in Cuiabá, and followed it with the EP Não in 2019.
Toxic Goat is a one-man black/thrash metal project from San Isidro, Argentina, founded by Varg Von Deviant in 2020 during the pandemic as a solo outlet for the style he felt was underrepresented in the Argentine underground. The project debuted with the EP "Hellish Thrash Metal" on July 27, 2020, and followed it with the first full-length "Crucifix Destroyer," home-recorded and released on September 4, 2021, drawing on the raw energy of Bathory, Venom, and early Slayer.
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