First, let me get this out of the way, thank you Chile for giving us Tom Araya. We've never thank you properly. Tom and the rest of Slayer came out of the 80's Bay Area Thrash Scene, but as he was born Tomás Enrique Araya Díaz I'm including him here. SSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRR!
Now, with that notable exception, most of the metal coming from t'other side of the canal is Brazilian in origin. And most of the metal there that's worth a damn comes from Max Cavalera. The greatest of these, for me, is Sepultura (from the Portuguese for "grave"). Beginning with thrash in the late 80's and ultimately producing some of the sweetest groove metal by the early 90's, Sepultura was a real turning point in my young life when I picked up their Chaos A.D. and later Roots.
Max and his brother Igor (how metal a name is Igor?) left the band in 1996 due to some unfortunate hard feelings between Max and the other band members. Sepultura soldiers on but lost the magic. But Max also gave us Soulfly, which just released their seventh album in 2010, and Nailbomb, a one-shot industrial/thrash beauty.
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Prof. Chop Organgrinder
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