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Lacrimacorpus Dissolvens is a Progressive Death Metal/Ambient band from Mexico City, Mexico, formed in 2005. They released their debut full-length "Oath" in 2010, followed by the EP "Letters" in 2013 and the second full-length "Void (v. Beta)" in 2018. Their 2022 release "Epiphany" continued the band's approach of combining death metal instrumentation with ambient and atmospheric elements.
Mawashi Geri fuse progressive death metal with the atmosphere and mythology of traditional Japanese culture, drawing on legends of the underworld for their lyrical and sonic identity. Their 2022 debut album "Yomi Yokai" is a concept record built around creatures from the Japanese realm of the dead, pairing technical death metal structures with distinctly Eastern melodic textures across eight tracks.
Mordeth have cultivated one of the most idiosyncratic voices in Brazilian extreme metal since the early 1990s, blending dissonant death metal with progressive structures and a persistent fascination with science fiction, futurism, and existential philosophy. Their debut "Lux In Tenebris" (1993) established the blueprint, and after a long hiatus the band returned with "The Unknown Knows" (2018) and "Hermetic Creation" (2025), both of which continued to push their sound into increasingly dense and conceptually ambitious territory.
Neural Dissonance is a progressive death metal band from Santiago, Chile, featuring guitarist Roger Meirelles, bassist Israel Aguilar, vocalist and synthesizer player Enzo Dañobeytía, and drummer David Astorga. The band released their debut album "Under a Rain of Senses" on April 28, 2023, a ten-track record mixed and mastered at Nihil Records that blends technical death metal structures with groove and progressive elements.
Piah Mater is the progressive death metal duo of vocalist/guitarist Luiz Felipe Netto and guitarist Igor Meira, whose dense, Opeth-influenced sound weaves dissonant extremity with extended atmospheric passages and a disregard for conventional song structures. Across three albums — "Memories of Inexistence" (2014), "The Wandering Daughter" (2018), and "Under the Shadow of a Foreign Sun" (2024, Code 666) — the duo have steadily carved out a more distinct identity, incorporating jazz-inflected saxophone work by Jørgen Munkeby on their latest record.
Psychotic Eyes is a progressive death metal band from São Paulo, founded in 1999, whose second album "I Only Smile Behind The Mask" (2011) was mixed and mastered by Jean François Dagenais, guitarist of Kataklysm. Their third release, "Olhos Vermelhos" (December 2018), was recorded entirely with acoustic guitars and guttural vocals and was promoted as the first acoustic death metal album, with artwork by visual artist Nua Estrela.
Rest Eternall is a progressive death metal band from Mexico City, Mexico, formed in 2015. The band released demos including Unnatural Extinction (2016) and Human Misery/Asymmetrical Nature (2022), followed by singles in 2023. Their music combines progressive structures with death metal aggression.
Christian progressive death metal band from Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil, active since 2001 with a hiatus between 2009 and 2014. The band's releases include a 2005 split with Demoniciduth, the full-lengths From Dust to Dust (2007) and From Abandonment to Salvation (2014), and the anniversary compilation Sabbatariam 20 Years in May 2021, which featured vocalists Walter 'Big Head' Jr. and Daniel 'Corpse' Rezende alongside guitarist and producer Marcão Werneck.
Progressive death metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, active from approximately 1992 to 1995, featuring Julian Wortmeyer on vocals, guitarists Bernardo Fabris and André Lupi, Pedro Goom on bass, and Ricardo Moritz on drums. Their sole full-length, Euphony of Contradictions, was released in 1995 on Hellion Records, recorded at Army Studios, and draws comparisons to Death's Human era in its technical approach.
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