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Splatterphobia (2018)
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The Ancient Ones Blasphemies (2020)
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ken (2019)
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Arya Aryanna was a one-person extreme metal project from Buenos Aires that drew on slamming brutal deathgrind and breakcore, releasing albums including Anhedonia and Grotesque before going inactive. The project worked across an unusually wide sonic range, blending blackened death metal with electronic and industrial textures in a self-produced setting.
Igor Bollos is a São Paulo-based guitarist, composer, and educator whose solo metal project blends progressive metal, metalcore, and shred with jazz fusion influences. Trained at Faculdade Santa Marcelina (FASM) and a graduate of Unifaccamp's popular music program, he launched the project in 2015 and released his debut metal single "Demon's Toll" in April 2023, an eight-minute track showcasing the project's fusion of extreme and progressive styles.
Luis Maldonalle is a shred guitarist and composer from Goiânia, Brazil, who has been active since 1988 across both solo and collaborative work. He is a founding guitarist of Insanidade, a Goiânia hard rock and heavy metal band that released the albums Hello Suckers (2020) and High Speed (2021). In 2025 he released Leviathan, a solo album available on all major digital platforms.
Pyny is a Mexican black metal comedy project, also known as The Pyny Collective, formed in 2019. The band plays black metal and a wide variety of other styles with an emphasis on parody and absurdist humor. Notable releases include the full-length "Meet Pyny!" (2020) and "PynyOne" (2021).
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