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Círculo Polar is an Argentine black metal project that released the album Atemporal in 2015, establishing the band's raw and atmospheric approach to the genre. The project has maintained an underground presence through its Bandcamp page, where tracks such as Mar Muerto reflect a cold, minimalist black metal aesthetic.
Código Clone is a progressive metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed around 2018. The band plays heavy instrumental progressive metal with influences drawn from neoclassical music, jazz, and Brazilian styles, and released a self-titled EP featuring tracks such as "Comfort From a Bomb" and "Dreaming with Spiders." Reviews have praised their versatility, precision, and compositional depth within the Brazilian progressive metal scene.
Cöffin Röt is a death metal band from Franca, São Paulo state, Brazil, formed in 2021. The band describes their style as "necromantic death metal" and released the compilation "Dawn of Decay – The Demos" in 2021 through their Bandcamp page. They are an active underground act operating out of the Brazilian interior metal scene.
Progressive metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland, formed in 2019. They craft intricate, dynamic compositions from the Finnish lake district.
Cülpado is a death/thrash metal project from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, founded in 2021 by Jefferson Verdani, a drummer known from bands including Murdeath, Axecuter, and Sad Theory. Operating largely as a one-person effort, Verdani composed, recorded, and performed all instruments and vocals on the debut album Romper da Realidade, released on December 15, 2021 via Kill Again Records. The album's lyrics draw from the crimes of Brazilian serial killers, with the title inspired by a phrase used by forensic psychiatrist Guido Arturo Palomba.
Bucharest thrash metal act launched in 2025, whose Romanian name translates to 'Executioner,' delivering punishing aggression from the capital's underground. Their razor-sharp riffing channels the genre's tradition of lethal precision.
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