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Impietus is a thrash/death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2011. The band released two recordings in 2023 — the full-length Demons and the single Blind Eye — drawing comparisons to acts like Deicide and Cannibal Corpse with a no-frills approach blending death metal with thrash and grindcore elements.
Infector Cell is a thrash/death metal band from Cotia, São Paulo, Brazil, playing a fast and aggressive style rooted in the Brazilian underground scene. Their debut full-length album, Cultura Suicida, was released in 2017 through Psicose Records and features ten tracks of high-velocity riffing and pummeling drums. The band returned in 2025 with a second album, Sintam a Nossa Vingança, continuing their output in the Brazilian extreme metal circuit.
Infernal Attack was a black/thrash/speed metal band from Itabaiana, Brazil, featuring guitarist and vocalist Jhonata Hellfire and drummer Julio Hellbutcher. The band released the EP Eternal Desire in 2020 through Sacrifice Records of Portugal as a hand-numbered limited cassette edition of 70 copies. The release was described as "unholy black/thrash from Brazil" and represents the band's key recorded output before their split.
Infernizer is a thrash/death metal project from Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil, conceived during the pandemic by Alex Morais, also known from the band Storms. The project released its debut EP Pandementia in 2022, featuring four tracks that draw on thrash, death, black metal, and hardcore influences, with themes addressing pandemic chaos, denialism, and social decay. A second EP, Odiocracia, followed in 2025 with five tracks recorded with producer Daniel Farias.
Instep is a thrash/death metal band from Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil, formed in 2021. The band released their self-titled "Demo 2021" on Bandcamp in June of that year, a four-track recording featuring tracks such as "Total Destruction of the Nation" and "One Bit."
Insânia is a thrash and groove metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, whose blunt, Portuguese-language lyrics engage directly with Brazilian society and politics. The band released a self-titled debut in 2019 to regional acclaim and followed it with the full-length Histeria in March 2021, delivering a tighter and more aggressive sound. They subsequently released the single "Dry," their first English-language track, exclusively through Chaoszine, with the lineup featuring Diogo Felipe on vocals, Raffa Farias on guitar, André Cabral on bass, and Vitor Lima on drums.
Judas Iscariotes is a one-person thrash and death metal project from Taquaritinga, São Paulo, Brazil, formed around 2020–2021. Operating as an independent, unsigned act with themes spanning horror, politics, and Satanism, the project has released a steady stream of material including Halloween (2021), Gore (2022), Bloody Pentagram (2022), and the EP Loaded To Kill... (2023), which includes a cover of Ratos de Porão's "Necropolítica" alongside original compositions.
Kaiten is a thrash/death metal band from Valinhos, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2010. The band released the album Crash and Burn, operating as an unsigned independent act within the São Paulo underground metal scene.
Katarock is a thrash/death metal band from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina, originally formed in 1993 and later resuming activity from 2016 onwards. Their early releases include a five-track demo from 1994 and the promo single "Mutilador" from 2001. The band contributed the track "Bailanteros Q.E.P.D." to the 1997 Argentine metal compilation Nuevos Guerreros Vol. 1 on Yugular Records.
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