Ratos de Por
Speaking of rats, Brazil’s Ratos de Porão (“basement rats”) began in 1981. In 1984, they released Crucificados Pelo Sistema, purportedly the first hardcore punk album in South America. You may recognize the name from Sepultura’s cover of the title track on 1993’s Refuse/Resist EP. Last year Metal Mind reissued RDP’s late-’80s/mid-’90s records on Roadrunner. 1989’s...