Namek:
A goregrind band called Namek, what could go wrong? Some super duper snorting pig vocals with this one and some nice groove. They also incorporate some nice buzzsaw riffing. They recently reformed so hopefully we can get some more hentaicore soon.
Serrabulho:
This band isn't trying to reinvent the wheel, they're trying to stick it up their ass! If you like blasting, grinding comedy grindcore with insane and creative dual vocals (and weird use of clean vocals), catchy songwriting and funny samples you'll like these guys. They're part of the long tradition in grindcore of bands playing ultra-dumb parody and satire in pig-squealing pornogrind form. Still going very strong too, their
new album should be out before the end of the year.
They also have some of the best art ever...
Holocausto Canibal:
Their first album was mostly pretty forgettable, poorly recorded second-wave goregrind (still, I liked it enough) but their second offering
Sublime Massacre Corpóreo from 2002 was a ferocious manifestation of what the band wanted to do two years prior but couldn't achieve due to their limitations as a band. Featuring some of the most slicing riffing and mincing drums ever, nice thick production that accentuates all the brutality and utterly brutal vocals, almost hard to believe it's the same band. For me, their best material to date.
After that they released a split, their side of it the same year was released on its own as an EP called
Libido Dispareunia. For me this was a step down from their sophomore mostly because the way the drums were recorded sounds way too clicky for my tastes, but besides that it was clear they were heightening the insanity which lead to their third album
Opusgenitalia, complete with a murky and sludgy production, aggressive drumming, menacing riffs and a very guttural vocal style.
Then, they went on a 6 year hiatus, returning in 2012 with a more streamlined, horror-soaked sound almost reminiscent of 2000's Necrophagia (if they played grindcore) and even
did a video clip for a song off the album, called
Gorefilia. Definitely riffier than any of their previous stuff, I was disappointed the year it came out but these days I appreciate it a lot, they changed things up in an interesting way. After that they released a cool EP with nothing but covers of classick deathgrind and goregrind songs (Carcass, Gut etc) and another EP the year after called
Larvas with some new songs and some live tracks and random remixes. Musically it showed even more of a shift away from second-wave goregrind and more of a riff-based slightly technical brutal death metal.
Then, 4 years later in 2017, they FINALLY returned to their gore-soaked roots and released
Catalépsia Necrótica: Gonorreia Visceral Reanimada, a re-recording of their first demo and first album. Unlike most bands who re-record old material, Holocausto Canibal actually did a service because as I said before, their first album was not exactly great stuff. This updates the material nicely, gives it a new gore-slicked sheen, a meaty sound and is actually worthy of its existence. It also proved that the band hadn't lost any of its ferocity and could actually still do what they used to do in their earliest days.
Hoping for a new release soon...
Grog:
Formed by vocalist and scene legend Pedro "Aion" Pedra (Di.Soul.Ved, Nethermancy, Decayed...), their earliest demos are basically unlistenable slosh but in 1994 they finally released the EP
95 Stabwounds in Your Throat which was still pretty rough on the ears and amateurish but it displayed many demented elements they would go on to master, like groovy riffs, a heavy bass presence, dissonant drum patterns etc.
In 1996 they released their debut album
Macabre Requiems, a total classick in my eyes of the 90's brutal deathgrind wave with ultra-catchy parts, high-pitched shrieks and cookie monster vocals, slicing
Butchered at Birth influenced riffs (Cannibal Corpse were an influence in general I would guess), caveman skin-pounding... it's everything you would want in an old school brutal death metal/deathgrind record and then some!
After that they went silent for a few years, returning in 1999 with a killer promo tape called
Regurgitape 99 which I've linked up there. It was a sloppily recorded glimpse into the new levels of brutality they were reaching in their downtime, featuring 20 minutes of guttural sickness reminiscent of shit like
Tomb of the Mutilated or the Cannibal Corpse-worship bands soon to come into the scene like Severe Torture or who were already destroying the scene with their brutality like Mortem. This promo is still among their best material.
Two years later they finally recorded and released their sophomore
Odes to the Carnivorous, their style was taken into new realms of disgusting blasting butchery hinted at on their 1999 promo. Musically they were also getting more proficient and technical, much like Cannibal Corpse did between
Butchered at Birth and
Tomb of the Mutilated. That is, not technical death metal by any means, but a slight step away from pure caveman brutality. For me this album marks the final release of their classic period.
They also went on hiatus for roughly ten years, returning in 2010 with a new 3-way slit and then in 2011 they released a new album called
Scooping the Cranial Insides with an
official video clip for a song on the album and a really weird album intro featuring indigenous didgeridoo playing and a maori haka spliced together (wtf?). This album is a nice mix of old school and new school brutal death metal, reflecting their old roots but updating many elements, especially with the drumming which is just vicious shit. By comparison it's a somewhat bland album that lacks any of the old charm they used to have but it's efficient and gets the job done.
Then, six years later in 2017, they released an album to rival their classic era shit called
Ablutionary Rituals. Full of demented riffs, a sick tone, spine-snapping drums, over the top vocals that switch up disgustingly between guttural sickness and shrieking madness, creepy bass playing, a diversified pacing. This one feels like the logical conclusion from their late 90's material to me and it also once again steps up the songwriting and technical playing of the band.
I still miss the older grindier shit though, I wish they'd bring back some of that sound and mix it with this bassy brutal death metal...