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Black metal band from Osasco, São Paulo, founded by vocalist and bassist Cláudio Monteiro in 1993. After several demos including the live-recorded Malefik (1994), the band released the 7-track EP Your Belief in 2011 through Miceli Records of the Netherlands, with a lineup that included Francisco Monteiro and Jaime Reis on guitars and Julio César on drums.
Black/death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 2022 by guitarist Rodrigo Führer and drummer Armando Leprous, the latter known for his roles in early Sarcófago and Mutilator. Their debut full-length Morte Negra, released July 18, 2022 on Nuclear War Now! Productions and Brazilian Ritual Records, draws directly on the extreme metal tradition that emerged from Belo Horizonte in the mid-1980s.
Black/death metal band from Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, active since 2011 and operating independently. The band released the split 7" Oráculo de Fezes / Pentáculo de Crânio alongside Necrosodommy in 2016 through Arauto da Morte Records, with their side recorded at Estúdio Riff in Cuiabá, and followed it with the EP Não in 2019.
Toxic Goat is a one-man black/thrash metal project from San Isidro, Argentina, founded by Varg Von Deviant in 2020 during the pandemic as a solo outlet for the style he felt was underrepresented in the Argentine underground. The project debuted with the EP "Hellish Thrash Metal" on July 27, 2020, and followed it with the first full-length "Crucifix Destroyer," home-recorded and released on September 4, 2021, drawing on the raw energy of Bathory, Venom, and early Slayer.
Black/death metal solo project from Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul, active since 2019. The project's debut full-length Chalice of Disease was self-released in May 2020 and subsequently issued on CD and limited vinyl LP by Iron Bonehead Productions on September 10, 2021, with stated influences including Beherit, Sarcófago, and Archgoat. The project went on to release Saturnian Gate in 2021 and Dawn of Resurrection in 2025, all material written, performed, and produced by the sole member.
Death/black/thrash metal band from São Paulo, formed in 2022, comprising Bataille N.Z.F.E.D.K. on drums, Bloodshed SS on guitars, and Scytherman 1150 on vocals and bass. Their debut EP Imperial Genocide was recorded and mixed at Krypta Bestial Studios by Mallus and released on October 31, 2022 through Black Hearts Records; the four-track release uses cover artwork derived from Pedro Américo's 1871 painting Batalha do Campo Grande.
Urach is a Brazilian black/death metal act that emerged in 2022, releasing their debut "Obsessive Trypophobic Exhibisionism" that same year. They followed it with "Lust's Dark Feast" in 2024, continuing a raw and dissonant approach to extreme metal rooted in the South American underground tradition.
Vargskraft is a black/pagan metal band from Comodoro Rivadavia, in the Chubut province of Patagonian Argentina, featuring a multi-member lineup including Velkan on vocals, VargVind on bass, DysterEnsomheit and Vinter on guitars, and Panzer on drums. The band released their debut EP "Aullidos de Libertad" on December 2, 2015, a three-track release with songs including "Estrategia Alfa" and "Fortaleza de Lobo."
Viletale is a blackened death metal band from Blumenau, Santa Catarina, active since 2016, whose output draws heavily on H.P. Lovecraft's mythology. The band built their discography through a succession of EPs — including "From the Depths Ov Mind" (2017) and "The Suicide of Dei" (2017) — before issuing their first full-length, "Land of Thousand Pleasures," in December 2018.
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