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Contemptible Ruins is a death metal and crust punk band from Brasília, Brazil, formed in 2021. Their sound blends stenchcore and death metal influences, drawing comparisons to the rawer end of the crust/death spectrum. The band has released several recordings including a self-titled debut (2021), "The Radicalization of Human Pathology" (2022), and "Point of No Return" (2023).
Deshuesadero is a sludge metal and crust band from Mexico City, Mexico. The band has been active since at least 2015 and released their debut full-length, La agonía de los sin suerte, in 2017, followed by the EP Al Azif: El Murmullo de los Demonios in 2019. They have appeared on multiple splits with other underground Mexican acts.
Discrëntë is an extreme metal band from Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, active since 2013, blending black metal, death metal, crust punk, and D-Beat into a raw and aggressive sound driven by anarchic social lyrics. The band recorded their self-titled EP between 2015 and 2016 at Studio da Gruta, with mastering by Alex Ferreira, releasing it in 2018. Their music draws on influences including Sarcófago and Brazilian extreme metal traditions alongside international crust and noise acts.
Disterror is a black/thrash metal and crust punk band from Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico, formed in 2010. Their debut full-length "Catharsis" appeared in 2015, and they released the EP "Revealing Darkness" in 2025. Their catalog blends black metal, thrash, and crust punk elements.
Electrozombies are a Santiago trio — Comegato on guitar and vocals, Marcela Z on fuzz bass, and Paola Z on drums — playing a down-tuned blend of old-school death metal, sludge, and crust. Their discography includes the 2013 full-length Skull of Chaos and the 2024 album Ancestral Terror, with the band drawing conceptual inspiration from consumerism, electrification, and slow, putrid heaviness.
Extinction Remains are a death/doom metal band from Brasília, Distrito Federal, formed in 2013. Their discography spans four releases — Ecologic Noise (2013), Genetics of Defeat (2015), Human Disaster Never Ending (2017), and the 2019 compilation Smog, which was pressed to 500 copies by Polish labels Defense Records and Mythrone Promotion. Themes of ecological collapse, misanthropy, and industrial death run throughout their catalog.
Human Stench was a crust/death metal/grindcore band from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, active from 2016 until their split. The band released the promo cassette Perspective of Displeasure in November 2017, recorded earlier that year, featuring eight tracks of lo-fi noise-inflected crust grind.
Infectai is a speed/thrash metal and crust band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2012 by André (vocals), Murilo (drums), Aranha (guitar), and Sapo (bass). Drawing on the raw energy of 1980s punk and metal, the band writes music with explicitly critical content targeting contemporary economic and social systems. Their self-titled EP, released in October 2012, contains four tracks including "Frutos de Um Problema Social" and "Escravo do Inferno."
Lacktor are a death/thrash metal band from Antofagasta, Chile, whose name is drawn from the Kunza word for "famine" — a language spoken by the Likan Antai, a pre-Hispanic civilization of the Atacama region. Combining old-school Swedish death metal with thrash, crust punk, and traces of black metal, the band delivers lyrics in Spanish addressing famine, social criticism, and historical colonialism. They released their debut full-length Hambruna in 2019 through Organic Waves Studios, followed by Legado in 2022.
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