Best Brazilian Heavy Metal Bands

This is a list of the best brazilian bands of metal in general, rated by popularity and quality.
The Top Ten
1 Sepultura Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Their first album, Morbid Visions presented a proto-black metal sound with Wagner Lamounier of Sarcófago. Sepultura's sound varies by the album, from thrash metal, groove metal, and even death metal.

Simply the most known Brazilian band internationaly, being one of the best in thrash, death, groove, alternative...

Oh, now I know the reason the name is in portuguese.

2 Sarcófago Sarcófago was an influential Brazilian extreme metal band. They were fronted by Sepultura's original singer, Wagner Lamounier, and Geraldo Minelli.
3 Angra Angra is a Brazilian power metal band formed in São Paulo in 1991. The band gained international acclaim for their unique blend of power metal, progressive rock, and elements of traditional Brazilian music. Their technical proficiency is often highlighted, especially their intricate guitar work and complex song structures. Angra has been influential in the South American metal scene, contributing... read more

The guitar solo on the song Evil Warning is the reason Angra is the greatest band ever

4 Soulfly Soulfly is an American heavy metal band formed in 1997 and based in Phoenix, Arizona. The original lyrical content revolved around spirituality, political and religious themes, with later albums encompassing other themes including war, violence, aggression, slavery, hatred and anger. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera, who formed the band after he left the Brazilian group in... read more

How are these guys not higher

5 Torture Squad Torture Squad is a Brazilian death/thrash metal band, founded in 1990 which has released six studio albums and one live album.

Most underrated metal band on the planet.

6 Violator
7 Holocausto
8 Krisium
9 Cavalera Conspiracy Cavalera Conspiracy is an American heavy metal band founded by Brazilian brothers Max and Igor Cavalera, currently performing along with American musicians Marc Rizzo and Johny Chow.
10 Viper
The Contenders
11 Vulcano Vulcano is an extreme metal band from Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. Founded in 1981, it is one of the first Brazilian heavy metal bands of note; with reference to their influence on the South American black metal scene, Terrorizer reported that "many believe that Vulcano not only kick-started musical blasphemy in Brazil, but throughout the whole of Latin America".
12 Korzus
13 Overdose Overdose was a Brazilian thrash metal band that was active from 1983-1995. Although the band never gained a huge following, they are considered the forerunners of the Brazilian thrash metal scene, and are cited as Sepultura's biggest influence.
14 Dorsal Atlântica
15 Shaaman
16 Dr. Sin
17 Claustrofobia
18 Nervosa

All-female thrash metal band formed in 2010

19 Thy Light
20 Hibria
21 Almah Almah is a Brazilian metal band. It was initially established in 2006 as a side project of former Angra's singer Edu Falaschi. Since 2006 Almah has released five albums and has turned from a solo-project into a band with regular activities.
22 Chakal
23 MindFlow
24 Hangar
25 Madame Saatan
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