Wikimetal manages and names the Wikimetal Music , which focuses on heavy metal and rock, and keeps a close eye on the Brazilian scene of these genres.
Today, we are proud to call our artists:
VIPER
As one of the biggest Brazilian heavy metal bands, VIPER needs no introduction. The group, currently composed of Leandro Caçoilo (vocals), Hugo Mariutti (guitar), Guilherme Martin (drums), Felipe Machado (guitar, acoustic guitar and backing vocals), and Pit Passarell (bass, vocals and backing vocals), has over three decades of career and six albums released. In 2022, the band is preparing to release its first album in 15 years, through the Wikimetal Music label.
Latest release:
“The Spreading Soul Forever” (Single)
Claustrophobia
Since brothers Marcus and Caio D'Angelo formed the group in 1994, Claustrofobia has definitively established its status as one of the ambassadors of Brazilian heavy metal: traversing diverse cultures, the band has explored Brazil, the United States, and Europe on tours in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Russia, among others. These world tours have led the band to share the stage with big names such as Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Soulfly, Sepultura , and many others. In 2019, the band also opened for Slayer's last show in São Paulo.
Always true to their roots and surviving all musical and technological trends, the band forges its own path, creating a unique and timeless style. In 2022, they released the brutal Unleeched Wikimetal Music label
Latest release:
Unleeched (Album)
Pit Passarell
Pit Passarell is a rare talent. Since forming VIPER in the 1980s and recording his first album at age 18, he has never stopped creating. He was one of the creators of the style we know today as melodic metal. He created masterpieces such as "Living For The Night" and "To Live Again," among others, anthems that catapulted Andre Matos to international fame. Later, he took over vocals for VIPER and, with the success of "Rebel Maniac" and "Evolution," took the band to shows in Japan and Europe. Later still, he lent his great talent as a creator of beautiful melodies, an urban troubadour, and a poet and writer of autobiographical lyrics to Capital Inicial, the band his brother, guitarist Yves Passarell, joined after leaving VIPER.
And in 2020, Pit decided to venture into a solo career for the first time. He recorded his greatest songs in his own way, putting his personality on full display in Praticamente Nada .
Latest release:
Practically Nothing (Album)
Val Santos
Guitarist and producer Val Santos boasts one of the most talented and versatile careers in Brazilian heavy metal. In the 1980s, after founding the band Zuris , he was the drummer for VIPER and responsible for many of the arrangements that can be heard on the band's most classic album, Theatre of Fate . Later, he switched to guitar and formed Toyshop , a band that became popular in the 1990s and had hits like "Run Away" and "Everybody Crazy," which were part of the soundtrack for the Hollywood hit Holiday in the Sun (2001). Alongside these groups, Val has toured Brazil, Latin America, and the United States over the last four decades.
So much experience generated a lot of inspiration and countless stories to be told. And that's why the musician and producer decided to release 1986 , his first solo album, in 2021. With great compositions, unforgettable collaborations and impeccable production, the album is already born as a classic of Brazilian thrash metal, proving that the genre remains current and powerful as ever.
Latest release:
“Fire” (music video)
