vulcano was launched in 1981 in santos, são paulo, brazil by zhema paul magrão and carli cooper. due to their early date of formation, vulcano is regarded as one of many bands to inaugurate the extreme metal scene in brazil and latin america. however, unlike the development of extreme metal scenes in europe and the united states, brazil's extreme metal scene did not develop out of much of an existing metal scene, so musicians of early bands like vulcano had to build a network to promote and support their live performances from scratch. it was also difficult to acquire standard performing equipment.