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Electric Morgan is a heavy/thrash punk band from La Plata, Argentina, formed in 2023. They released their debut album Bandera Negra in 2023 and followed it with Hecho En El Under in 2025, establishing themselves as part of La Plata's active underground metal scene.
Empalador is a heavy/thrash metal band from Buenos Aires whose debut album, El Fin De La Conspiración, was released in December 2012 across 12 tracks. The band's lineup has included Damian D'Ambrosio on vocals, Juan Pablo Di Palma on vocals and guitar, Eduardo Ghidoli on guitar, Manuel Velasco on bass, and Ariel Arakaki on drums.
Enot is a heavy/speed metal and hardcore band from San Pedro, Buenos Aires province, active since 2006 and signed to Escoria Records. The band contributed tracks to several Argentine underground compilations, including appearances on Ultrametal CD (1995), Hardcore Sin Fronteras Tape (1997), and Tributo a La Polla CD (2002) under an earlier formation, before reforming in 2019.
Exegesys is a heavy and power metal band from Colón in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, whose lineup has included vocalist and guitarist Sebastian Valli, guitarist Santiago Ostoich, keyboardist Ezequiel Muzzi, and drummer Marcos Giulli. Their debut album La Guerra Continúa, released in 2008, spans thirteen tracks of fast, melodic heavy metal with neoclassical guitar influences and Spanish-language vocals. The record was noted for baroque-inflected guitar work drawing comparisons to the style of Yngwie Malmsteen.
Father's Face was a progressive and heavy metal quintet from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, originally conceived by guitarist and vocalist Alessandro Marques. The band set out to craft conceptual albums inspired by classic horror literature, with their first project drawing from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Their discography includes Herald of the End and Soundtrack for a Closing Light before the band split up.
Feel the Knife is a thrash metal band from Buenos Aires formed in 2018, comprising Facundo Solano on bass and vocals, Damian Dearmas on guitar, and Gustavo Quiroga on drums, with lyrics rooted in 1980s horror, science fiction, and dark rituals. The band has released four records: "Stab Your Back" (July 2019), "Let There Be Death" (October 2021), "Demo Advance" (June 2023), and "So Raw...So Nasty...So Hideous" (May 2024), the last of which was reviewed by Metal Forces Magazine.
FerReus is a heavy and power metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, founded in 2020 by Lucas Shred (guitars, vocals, bass) and Fábio Fernandes (drums). Drawing on a wide spectrum of influences from Black Sabbath and Dio to Angra and Sepultura, the band debuted with a three-song EP in late 2020 as an independent digital release. Their subsequent single "Acheron" was well received across multiple metal blogs and review sites.
Finitude is a heavy and power metal band from Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, founded in August 2005, with a lineup of Marcelo Menezes on vocals, Luiz Gustavo and Ícaro Reis on guitars, Djalma Moreira on bass, and Arnaldo Jr on drums. The band released their debut demo Way of Wisdom in April 2006 and followed it with the promotional single Never See My Fall in 2008, before completing their first full-length, Dissensio Homines, Pt. 1, which appeared in 2013 on MS Metal Records. Their lyrical and conceptual focus is described as centered on the relationship between humanity and the natural world.
Forsik was a heavy/stoner metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2012, consisting of Marcelo Medonho on guitar and backing vocals, Leandro Vidal on drums, and Afonso Bistura on bass and vocals. The band released the promo Bicho Caveira in 2012 and the album Mundo Sem Luz in 2015, drawing influence from Black Sabbath, Motörhead, and Red Fang.
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