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Heavy/southern metal and hard rock band from Brasília, active since 2007. The band released the album Beyond the Grotesque on October 3, 2015, a nine-track record whose songs include "Burn Your Soul," "Death Rider," and "Astral Ghost."
Templario are a heavy/power metal band from Trelew, Chubut, in Argentina's Patagonia region, formed in 2021. The band released a self-titled debut album in 2023 featuring vocalist Ian J. Handley and guitarist Maxx Segundo. They have performed at the Rawson Metal Festival, one of the prominent metal events in the Patagonian region.
São Paulo heavy/power metal band formed in 2018, whose drummer Marcus Dotta recorded the posthumous Warrel Dane album Shadow Work (Century Media, 2018), tracking drums after Dane died of a heart attack in São Paulo in December 2017. The band released the EP Into the Fire on August 29, 2023, and followed it with Welcome (to the Dead) in 2024.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, formed in 2020 with a lineup of Fred Assis (vocals), Evandro and William (guitars), Bernardo (bass), and Wesley Marcondes (drums). The band released the six-track EP Paenitet in 2021, accompanied by an acoustic Unplugged Sessions version of the same material.
Heavy/groove metal band from Tatuí, São Paulo, formed in 2013, comprising Rafael Oliveira and Neto Silver (vocals/guitars/bass), Lina (guitar), and Rodrigo Mariano (drums). After a four-track EP in 2015, the band released their debut full-length Rotten Society independently in 2017, which was nominated by the Chilean portal Headbangers Latinoamerica as one of the top 100 Latin American metal releases of that year.
Heavy/thrash metal band from São José dos Campos, São Paulo, active from 2001 to 2009, with a lineup of Adriano Bonfim (vocals), Lucas Godoy (guitars), Gabriel Godoy (bass), and Adriano Moreira (drums). Their debut album Lost Mind was recorded at Oversonic Studios in 2004 and self-released on July 25 of that year, followed by the second full-length Pictures of Reality in September 2006, recorded at Creative Studios in São Paulo. After the band split, some members went on to form This Grace Found.
Heavy/power metal band from Belém, Pará, formed in 2010, with a lineup anchored by vocalist Leo Rodrigues and guitarist Hugowar alongside Bruno Gibson (bass), and Paulo Wallace (drums). Their debut album Battle Scream (2016) drew comparisons to American power metal acts like Jag Panzer and Agent Steel; the EP Power, Blood and Glory followed in 2019, and second full-length Thunderwarriors (March 18, 2023) featured Gerrit P. Mutz of German band Sacred Steel as a guest vocalist.
Tren Loco is a heavy/speed metal institution from Grand Bourg, Buenos Aires, with a discography spanning decades that includes albums such as "Tempestades" (1992), "No me importa!" (1996), "Carne Viva" (2000), "Ruta 197" (2002), "Sangresur" (2006), and "Prisioneros de la tierra" (2022). The band has shared stages with international acts including Saxon, Skid Row, and Judas Priest, and won second place at the Yamaha Band Explosion contest in Japan in 1991.
Old school death metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, formed in 2016 with a lineup of vocalist Nekrotavio, guitarist Guilherme Silva, bassist Jeff the Killer, and drummer Iago Pedro. The band performs exclusively in Portuguese and released their debut EP O Abominável Espetáculo in May 2017, with lyrics centred on serial killers and violent crime.
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