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Black Empire was a black metal band from Contagem, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2009 with themes centered on Satanism. The band released the album "2000 AD" as an independent act before eventually splitting up. They were part of the active Brazilian underground black metal scene based in the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area.
Black Funeral was a black metal band from Avaré, São Paulo, Brazil, active in the mid-to-late 1990s. The band released the demo "Symbol of Power and Dignity" in 1997, an underground cassette featuring raw Satanic black metal in the style prevalent in Brazil at the time. They split up shortly after, leaving only demo recordings as their documented output.
Black Grail formed in Santiago in 2005 and play a style they call ultra hardcore black metal, drawing on occult and mystical themes delivered with bestial ferocity. They released their debut "Misticismo Regresivo" in 2015 through Tyrannus Records, followed by "Dinámicas Espirituales" (2021) and the mini-album "VIIII" (2022) on Iron Bonehead Productions, the latter a five-track, 26-minute release praised as one of the standout works from the Chilean black metal underground.
Black Invocation is a black metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with roots going back to a 2003 demo titled "The True Warriors of Black Metal." The band released a compilation, "Profane Rites in Worship to Satan (16 Years of Blasphemy)," collecting material from 2006 to 2013, and their debut full-length album "Chaos - Triumph - A New Beginning" in 2017 through Abrasax Distro & Records. Their sound centers on Satanism, anti-Christianity, and the rawer traditions of Brazilian black metal.
Black Mausoleum was a black metal project from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, that released a self-titled Demo 2023 on Bandcamp in March of that year. The four-track demo showcased a raw, extreme black metal approach before the band dissolved shortly after its release.
Black River is a Thrash/Black Metal band from São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, with their name translating the Portuguese meaning of their home city. Listed on the Encyclopaedia Metallum, the band operates in the extreme metal underground of inland São Paulo state, with lyrical themes centered on Satanism, hate, and occultism.
Black Vul Destruktor is a black metal band from Neuquén, Argentina, known for a primitive, tribal sound rooted in South American black/death metal traditions. Their catalogue includes the EP Bestial Obscure Metal Kaos and the compilation Ov Temple ov Vul, with the LP Beyond Time and Portals of Death released through Sweden's Blood Harvest Records.
Black War is a black metal band from Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil, tracing its roots to 1996 when members Holykran and Hammer founded a project called Necronomicon, before adopting the Black War name. The band's lyrical themes center on anti-Christianity, misanthropy, and mysticism. Their debut album "Winter Sorrow" was released in 2009 through Hammer of Damnation, incorporating material from their 1999 demo "As the Darkness Prevails."
Black Wind is a black metal band from Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 1999 and now split up. The band operated as an independent act within the Brazilian underground black metal scene. Their Metal Archives entry documents them under contact for Arch Devil Lucfatanaz in Guarulhos, SP.
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