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Radamathys is a black metal band from Ceilândia, in Brazil's Distrito Federal, formed in 2023. Their self-titled debut release, which appeared on Bandcamp in 2023, includes the track "A semente do mal" and draws on vampiric and occult themes.
Radiação Bestial is a speed/thrash/black metal band from Recife, active since at least 2011, with a lineup of vocalist Dominatorem ex inferi, guitarists Hellunatic and Bestial Atrocity, bassist Thiago Xaruto, and drummer Leandro Cavalcante. Their 2022 album Rex Maximvs — released jointly through Resistencia Underground, Satanic Sound Records, and Kingdom of Darkness — contains seven tracks and was issued in CD digipack format.
Raskol is a one-man black metal and grindcore project from Recife, Pernambuco, created and run entirely by Bruno Kbça Nascimento. The project released three records in quick succession — Kvlt Skvm Krvst (April 2019), Perturbado (July 2019), and Um Rato (February 2020) — all of which sit in a raw, crust-inflected blackened grindcore style rooted in the DIY underground of Brazil's northeast.
Depressive ambient black metal project from Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul, formed in 2009 by members known as Nocturnal War and Shaitandeath. Their release The Pain appeared on October 9, 2009, with lyrical themes centered on depression, desolation, and self-destruction.
Brazilian black metal project that writes all lyrics in Esperanto, addressing themes of anti-fascism, poverty, and class war. Their album Sango por Sango was released on March 31, 2020, and includes an adaptation of poetry by Eduardo Taddeo in the track "Estamos mortos".
Black metal band from Campinas/Valinhos, São Paulo, founded in 2005 and taking their name from a Baudelaire poem in Les Fleurs du Mal. Their lineup on the 2014 album Posthumum Haeresis Ecclesiastica included vocalist Tristenius Von Doom, guitarists Lutus and Cultus Nihil, bassist Mephisto, and drummer Impetus — the band's third full-length following Post Mortem Martyrivm (2007) and Les Poètes Maudits (Litanies I) (2010).
Raw black metal band from Minas Gerais, Brazil, founded in December 2014 by Hellblast (vocals, guitars, bass) and The Black (drums). The band released their debut rehearsal demo The Legacy of Death in 2015, followed by the full-length Crossing Into Darkness in 2016 through Terror Music, DFL Productions, and Impaled Records, recorded at Krypta Bestial Studio in São Paulo.
Raw black metal band from Guarulhos, São Paulo, formed in 2019, releasing their three-track Demo I in October of that year. The band also appeared on the split Sem Futuro alongside Maniac Force, Gomorraa, and Escombro A.V., and released the track Uma Dor Abissal Causada pela Desgraça Neoliberal as a standalone single.
Rhaug is a symphonic death/black metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed in 2021, consisting of Fausto (guitars, vocals), Maitzeth (drums), Akhan (bass), and Leandro Ferreiro (guitars). Their self-titled debut album, released on July 12, 2024, is a five-track record mixed and mastered by Nikita Kamprad, with drums and vocals recorded at Black Dot Studios and guitars, bass, and orchestral elements recorded at Hierophant Studios; the album explores themes of power, enslavement, and redemption.
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