Metal Mondays: Brazilian thrash metal represents music’s revolutionary power

The musical movement of Brazilian thrash metal often gets swept under the rug when discussing the most important eras in heavy metal history. Listeners often turn to American or European thrash metal outfits, and usually stop journeying into Brazilian metal at Sepultura.

When metal fans do this, they ignore the politically charged history of metal in Brazil that ultimately exemplifies metal’s thesis of fighting the powers that be.