Chakal & Olexesh

Alongside the world-conquering Sepultura and lesser-known bands like Mutilator, Sarcófago, and Holocausto, Chakal emerged from the surprisingly fertile extreme metal breeding grounds of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in the mid-'80s. Formed in early 1985, to be exact, Chakal (which is the Portuguese word for jackal) barely had any time to write and rehearse their songs before being asked to perform at the Metal BH II Festival (also featuring Sarcófago, Sagrado Inferno, Armageddon, Sepultura, and, from São Paulo, Minotauro), where they essentially just thrashed away at borrowed instru...