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Saagar was a black metal and ambient project from Concepción del Uruguay, Argentina, active from around 2011 until splitting up in 2016. The band released the demo Interitum Universalis in March 2013 through Depressive Illusions Records as a limited CD-R edition of 33 copies, and contributed the track "Woodwoman" to the Odens Ride Over Southernland — An Argentinean Tribute to Bathory compilation released by Misanthropic Spirit Records the same year.
Black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 1994. The band recorded and released the EP Magnificent Forest of the Rising Sun in 1995 via independent channels; it was reissued in 2021 as Magnificent Forest of the Luciferian Rites MMXXI through Nekrolust Records, a Rio de Janeiro-based extreme underground metal label. The reissue contains five tracks including 'The Ways of Infernal Kingdom,' 'Ad Perpetuitatem Occultum,' and 'The Slaves Shall Serve.'
Two-piece black metal band from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2020 by Lucyferatus (guitars, vocals, bass) and Nuit Oscura (drums, vocals). The band released the self-titled two-track EP Sete Velas in May 2021, containing 'Imperial Satanás' and the title track 'Sete Velas.' The project operates independently with lyrical themes centred on Satanism and anti-Christianity in the Brazilian raw black metal underground.
One-person black metal project from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2017 by Nyktophyllus, who handles all instruments and vocals. The project has released four albums: Eucharistica Maledictio (2017), Gloria Malefica (2020), The Soulstalker (2022, issued through Nekrolust Records), and The Dysangelion (2023), all rooted in a self-described Holocaust Satanic Black Metal aesthetic.
Christian black metal band from São Paulo, active since 2000. The band performed at the Zadoque Inaugural Fest on April 29, 2000, captured on VHS by Zadoque Extreme Productions, and the same year circulated the Demo M.M. cassette in approximately 100 copies. In 2018, the band self-released March to Fatality, a digital compilation of tracks drawn from those early underground performances.
Death/black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, founded in March 2023 by Black Sin And Damnation, who previously served in Grave Desecrator. Bassist Vitor Giovanni, formerly of Escarnium, joined in September 2023, with drummer Sórtór Impuros completing the lineup. The band released Demo I in 2023 on 33 hand-numbered cassettes via Unpure Records (Poland), then issued the full-length debut Impaled Nazareno in January 2025 through Murder Records (Netherlands).
Black metal band from Itabaiana, Sergipe, formed in 2020. They released their self-titled demo on February 29, 2020, a five-track cassette featuring songs including 'Light the Fire', 'Profane Ritus', and 'Satanic War', dedicated to 'the true black metal warriors'.
Satanic Count is a black metal band from Quito, Ecuador, founded in 2019. They have maintained an active output since their formation, releasing the full-lengths Worship Evil Arts (2019) and UtterHell Scorn (2020), contributing to multiple split releases, and issuing the double-disc full-length S.S in 2025.
Satanic Death were a black metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose lyrical themes centred on Satanism and occultism. The band released the demo "Black Mass" through Satanic Propaganda Records, the sole documented release in their catalog before the band split up.
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