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History

80's (Beggining)

Cover of Ultimatum Split By Dorsal Atlântica and Metalmophose in 1984

While in the beggining of the 80's in the U.S., Germany and Canada was appearing bands such as Metallica, Slayer (U.S.), Destruction, Kreator (Germany) and Voivod, Exciter (Canada), in Brazil at the same time was growing a scene of bands too, influencied by the same music that the bands cited above was too (N.W.O.B.H.M. and Hardcore). For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 28, 1981. ... Slayer is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1982 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King in Huntington Park, California. ... Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in Lörrach, Germany in 1982. ... Kreator is a popular thrash metal band from Essen, Germany. ... Voivod or (more common) voivoda is a Slavic term initially denoting first in command of a military unit. ... The word Exciter can be: A synonym for transmitter, especially widely used in audio technology. ... Look up hardcore in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In 1982, the first latin american heavy metal LP was released, of the heavy metal band Stress, from the city of Belém (on north of Brazil), and the punk scene in the city of São Paulo was emerging too with the albuns of bands like Ratos de Porão (in 1983). // [edit] Events January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Bands Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Motto: Non ducor, duco (Latin: I am not led, I lead) Administrative division of the city Country Brazil Region Southeast State São Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab (PFL) Area    - City 1,522. ... Ratos de Porão are a Brazilian hardcore-band. ... See also: 1982 in music, other events of 1983, 1984 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events The most long-term influential release of 1983 is probably Head over Heels by the Cocteau Twins, which sold poorly upon its initial release. ...

The european and north american heavy metal and hardcore were been great influences for all those bands, but the first thrash metal (or speed metal) album released officialy in Brazil was the split album between two bands in 1984, the split album Ultimatum, with bands Dorsal Atlântica and Metalmorphose, only one year after the Kill'em All album of Metallica, War and Pain of Voivod and Sentence of Death of Destruction. Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Look up hardcore in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres, that is characterised by its high speed and aggression. ... Speed metal is a loosely defined sub-genre of heavy metal that spawned in the mid-late 1970s and was the direct musical progenitor of thrash metal. ... See also: 1983 in music, other events of 1984, 1985 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // [edit] Events January 21 - Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart: it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the...

Dorsal Atlântica from Rio de Janeiro was a pioneer because of the appearence official on the record, but there was other bands releasing demos, like Vulcano from São Paulo and Sepultura from Belo Horizonte. Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates: Country Brazil Region Southeast State Rio de Janeiro Mayor Cesar Maia (PFL) Area    - City 1,260 km² Population    - City (2005) 5,613,000 [1]  - Density 4,781/km²  - Metro 11,620,000 [2] Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3) Website: www. ... Motto: Non ducor, duco (Latin: I am not led, I lead) Administrative division of the city Country Brazil Region Southeast State São Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab (PFL) Area    - City 1,522. ... Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band that began as a thrash metal group in 1984. ... Nickname: BH (Portuguese: Beagá) Location in Brazil Coordinates: Country Brazil Region Southeast State Minas Gerais Founded December 12, 1897 Mayor Fernando da Mata Pimentel (PT) Area    - City 330. ...

Cover of Mental Slavery By MX from São Paulo in 1990

Scenes

Basicly, was three regions where the thrash metal was been formed (Belo Horizonte, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro). The most strong of the three scenes, was Belo Horizonte, city where Sepultura came from. Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres, that is characterised by its high speed and aggression. ... Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band that began as a thrash metal group in 1984. ...

In Belo Horizonte, the scene had the most rought bands, close to what became to call death metal. Bands like Sepultura, Sarcófago and Mutilator was too extreme for that time, even more than the german teoutonic thrash. Sarcofago was influential for the most of european black metal and death metal bands. Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that evolved out of thrash metal during the early 1980s. ... Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band that began as a thrash metal group in 1984. ... Sarcófago are a Deathrash band from Brazil. ... Black metal started in the early 1980s with bands such as Venom, Bathory, Celtic Frost, Mercyful Fate, and Hellhammer. ... Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that evolved out of thrash metal during the early 1980s. ...

In São Paulo, the scene was more close to the Crossover or to the american thrash. Bands like Ratos de Porão and Lobotomia, were hardcore bands turning into thrash metal along side with born thrash metal bands, like Korzus, M.X., Attomica, Anthares, etc. Crossover Thrash was a term used in the 1980s to describe the first wave of bands that mixed hardcore punk (or more specifically the part of it called thrashcore) and thrash metal. ... Ratos de Porão are a Brazilian hardcore-band. ... One of the oldest bands of the hardcore scene in Brazil, they started as a raw hardcore band in the vein of the UK 82 generation, and then going to a more thrash metal direction, doing the crossover style. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres, that is characterised by its high speed and aggression. ... // Korzus is one of the oldest bands of the brazilian thrash metal, side to side with Sepultura. ...

In Rio de Janeiro, the bands sounded more like the european metal. Names such as Taurus, Metrallion, Antitese was real important that time.

Impact

The most know bands in Brazil, were Sepultura, Sarcófago, Korzus, Ratos de Porão and Dorsal Atlântica. Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band that began as a thrash metal group in 1984. ... Sarcófago are a Deathrash band from Brazil. ... // Korzus is one of the oldest bands of the brazilian thrash metal, side to side with Sepultura. ... Ratos de Porão are a Brazilian hardcore-band. ...

Albuns like Schizphrenia by Sepultura, Sonho Maníaco by Korzus, Cada Dia Mais Sujo e Agressivo by R.D.P. and Antes do Fim by Dorsal Atlântica was the most "crusher" in the scene, taking a lot of followers around the country.

The best succeed bands out of Brazil were Sepultura and Ratos de Porão. When in 1987 the album Schizophrenia was released in the States and well received, Sepultura got a deal with Roadrunner Records and became what become. Because of Sepultura, Ratos de Porão sign with the label too and went to record in Germany with Harris Johns (of Tankard and Voivod fame). And Sepultura became know around the world with Beneath The Remais in 1989. See also: 1986 in music, other events of 1987, 1988 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates heavily on nu-metal and post-hardcore bands (with exceptions). ... This article, image, template or category should belong in one or more categories. ... Band history A speed/thrash-metal band from Frankfurt, Germany, Tankard was founded in 1982 (see more info in the next section). ... Voivod or (more common) voivoda is a Slavic term initially denoting first in command of a military unit. ... See also: 1988 in music, other events of 1989, 1990 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 7 - Genesis 88 and Sunrise/Back to the Future stage large-scale illegal Acid House party in London January 14 - Paul McCartney releases Back in the...

End of the 80's and beggining of the 90's

Sepultura was making success out side of Brazil. The last "true" thrash album by them was Arise in 1992. The last thrash metal albuns to represent the old-school of thrash in Brazil was Mass Illusion by Korzus (1991), Rotten Authorities by Executer (1991), Disturbing The Noise by Attomica (1992) and The Law Of Scourge by Sarcófago (1992). After this, the scene decayed, been the last band to represent a record with "old" qualities, the Frozen Hell by the band Siecrist from Espírito Santo. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Flag of Espírito Santo See other Brazilian States Capital Vitória Largest City Vila Velha Area 46,184 km² Population   - Total   - Density 3 097 232 58. ...

90's

Entering the 90's, thrash was mixed with alternative metal, grunge, industrial music and in Brazil in especific, with the brazilian "roots". Sepultura and Overdose (from Belo Horizonte), mixed thrash with tribal sounds. Who simply disapear from the scene, had to adaptate the sound to the new things that were coming.

Korzus brought the NYHC influences to their sound with the KZS album. Sarcófago put a drum machine in their last studio album. The Mist (from Belo Horizonte) became an "industrial-thrash" band and Dorsal Atlântica turned into a hardcore/crust. Ratos de Porão had a aprouch with the alternative metal before come back to a more punk roots. NYHC is an EP of live recordings by New York hardcore punk band Madball. ... Look up hardcore in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Crust in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

During the 90's, the most important bands to appear in the decade were Scars, Distraught and Zero Vision. But their sound had much more of groove metal of Machine Head then thrash metal. Groove metal, also called neo-thrash, half-thrash, or post-thrash, is a subgenre of thrash metal which took its current form during the early 1990s. ... The machine heads on a Squier Stratocaster electric guitar. ...

Today

Today, all over the world, thrash was ressurging, old bands like Destruction, Exodus came back, who don't stop came back with a more old-school sound (Slayer, Kreator). Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in Lörrach, Germany in 1982. ... Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1982 in San Francisco, California, by Kirk Hammett, Tom Hunting, Paul Baloff and Gary Holt. ... Slayer is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1982 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King in Huntington Park, California. ... Kreator is a popular thrash metal band from Essen, Germany. ...

In Brazil, Executer, Attomica, Chakal, Sextrash, Holocausto had their "come back", and Max Cavalera's Soulfly released an albun almost "old school" (mixing new and old things), Ratos de Porão came back to the crossover style. Max Cavalera in the Roots Bloody Roots video of Sepultura. ... Soulfly is a heavy metal band started by Max Cavalera in 1997 after his decision to leave Sepultura. ... Chromosomal crossover in genetics is an exchange of material between two chromosomes. ...

And there's a lot of new thrash metal bands living together with the old ones who returned. New bands since the year 2000 have been releasing albuns in independent labels. Names like Andralls, Bywar, Blasthrash, Claustrofobia, Farscape, Kremate, Violator among others, have been playing around the brazilian land and across the South America. This article is about the year 2000. ...

=List of Bands

• From Belo Horizonte:

- Chakal
- Holocausto
- Mutilator
- Sarcófago
- Sepultura
- Sextrash
- The Mist
- Witchhamer

• From São Paulo

- Anthares
- Attomica
- Blasthrash
- Bywar
- Executer
- Korzus
- Lobotomia
- MX
- Ratos de Porão
- Vulcano