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Death/black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2019 by members performing under the names Nekrolater 666 (vocals, guitar), Warhate 666 (bass), and Abyss 666 (drums), continuing under a new name after the dissolution of their prior project Bestial Mölestor (2010–2019). The band released the compilation Compendium Diaboli (Vicarius Filii Satani / The Malefic Vomit of Satan) on August 15, 2019.
Death/doom duo from Brasília, formed in 2020 by guitarist and vocalist Rogério Marques (ex-Embalmed Souls) and guitarist and producer Lucas Santiago. The band debuted with the five-track EP First Act on March 20, 2020, with Lucas Santiago handling bass and drums on the recording and Fábio Herenio of Apostasis contributing a guitar solo; their debut full-length Winter of the Soul followed on July 22, 2022.
Death/thrash metal band from Belo Horizonte formed in 2020 by Jairo "Tormentor" Guedz, who played guitar on Sepultura's Bestial Devastation (1985) and Morbid Visions (1986). The band released their debut album Antichrist Reborn in April 2022 on Alma Mater Records — mixed by Peter Tägtgren at The Abyss Studio and featuring guest appearances from João Gordo (Ratos de Porão) and Alex Camargo and Moyses Kolesne (Krisiun) — and followed it with A Mass to the Grotesque in May 2024, with cover art by Dan Seagrave.
Black metal band from São Paulo, formed in 2003 and split up, covering themes of Satanism, horror, and misanthropy. They released Disillusions & Resolutions on July 24, 2015 — a 12-track independent album featuring songs including "Serpent Tongue" and "Cold Asphyxiation".
Death/black metal band from Rio de Janeiro summoned in 2005, operating under a framework of Satanism, blasphemy, and war, with multi-instrumentalist Nekrotizer as the central figure. Their debut full-length Thy Infernal Coronation was released in 2008 — recorded, mixed, and mastered at Fast Forward Studio in Rio de Janeiro — and the band has remained prolific, issuing records including Daemoniacal Terror (2019), Nekrolatreia (2021), Satankorps (2022), Trivmfyre (2023), and Arsenal Infernal (2024).
Death/thrash metal band from Santos, São Paulo, formed in 2020 by vocalist Vitor Rodrigues and guitarist Mauricio Nogueira, both veterans of Torture Squad. The band released their debut EP in October 2020 and followed it with the full-length Sacred Legacy on December 3, 2021, recorded and mixed at Estúdio Casa 39 in Campinas, with drummer Rômulo 'Minduim' Jorge (Ave Noturna) and bassist Vinnie Savastanno completing the lineup. The band went on hold after the release but remains listed in the Brazilian underground scene as a project of established veterans.
Speed metal power trio from Maringá, Paraná, featuring Barth on bass and vocals, Léo on guitar and vocals, and Maka on drums. The band recorded their Madness EP in 2018 at Estúdio Vox in Maringá, a five-track release drawing on Motörhead, Venom, and d-beat hardcore influences.
Death/thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2014 by brothers Diogo Cabral (Dyd Bastard, vocals and guitar) and Gabriel Cabral (Bitch Hünter, drums). Their debut full-length Skulls, Horns & Lust appeared in 2017, followed by March of Death in 2020 on Crionics Records, with the band citing Venom, Celtic Frost, Slayer, and Sodom as primary reference points.
Death/thrash metal band from Belém, Pará, formed in 2013, previously active as Attomic Force from 2012 to 2013. Their debut EP Beyond the Aeons of Death was released on April 4, 2018, a six-track, 24-minute record distributed independently through Bandcamp.
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