Vulcano

The oldest extreme metal band in South America, or so the story goes....VULCANO formed in 1981.  They hail from Sao Paolo, Brazil.  They pre-date Sarcofago, Sepultura, Overdose and all the other old-school Brazilian metal bands from that era.  They have a sort of an extreme thrash/proto-black metal sound.  They released a single, "Om Pushne Namah," in 1983 (which is not as extreme as later material), and a demo in 1984--Devil On My Roof.

"Witches Sabbath" off of their 1984 demo

In 1986, they released the full-length album Bloody Vengeance which continued the extreme old-school black/thrash style of their demo.  The lyrics contained the requisite amount of evil and Satanic-oriented content to fit into the old-school black metal mold.  After Vengeance, the 1987 album Anthropophagy seemed to be a change in the wrong direction for many fans.

"Death Metal"--from their first full-length album

Despite the complaints from some of the fans of Bloody Vengeance, 1987's Anthropophagy is still a pretty decent album.  It's definitely got an evil, old-school atmosphere to it, and it stands strong next to the extreme thrash of the day (think Sodom or Destruction or early Sepultura).

An example of their sound off of Anthropophagy

Vulcano is one of the few old-school black/thrash bands that has continued to release albums down to this day.  While their sound has been overshadowed by the full-fledged development of modern black metal, they still possess a rather potent sound for a band that is three decades old.

Select Discography:

Om Pushne Namah 7" (1983)

Devil on My Roof (demo) (1984)

Bloody Vengeance (full-length) (1986)
Anthropophagy (full-length) (1987)

Tomorrow:  MAYHEM - the early years