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BR · 2021–present · active
Drast is a solo black metal and dungeon synth project from Brazil, formed in 2021. The project is helmed by a single musician credited as Iniá, who handles all instruments, and debuted with the album DOR in July 2021, a four-part work blending raw black metal with atmospheric and ambient elements.
São Paulo, BR · 2024–present · active
Dräkul is a black metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2024. The band released the album Mondgesänge in October 2024 and followed it with Return of Wallachian Times in June 2025 via Onlyhate Propaganda, a release featuring themes of war, vampirism, and death.
Lima, AR · 2017–present · active
Dwimor is a folk/black metal project from Lima, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, built around sole member Alejandro Nahuel Sabransky (also known as Nawel), who is also the driving force behind the Argentine extreme metal band 1917. The project released two albums in 2017: "When Winter Cries...", a 13-track record of pagan black metal, and "Tales from Nowhere", issued independently in June 2017 and later made available on CD. In 2022 Sabransky announced work on a third Dwimor album and released the advance track "In Serpent-Tongues" on YouTube.
Rio de Janeiro, BR · 2022–present · active
Dör Prôfana is a black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that emerged in 2022. The band released a self-titled promotional CDR in 2022 featuring five tracks, including Portuguese and English-language material with raw black metal production.
Buenos Aires, AR · 2015–? · disbanded
Eaglenest was a black metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, active from 2012 to 2014. During their brief existence they released the EP "Supremacy" (2013) through Argenreich Records, the Argentine label dedicated to underground metal releases. The band split up in 2014 leaving "Supremacy" as their sole recorded output.
São Paulo, BR · 2013–present · active
Eisensturm is a black metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2013. The band is listed on the Encyclopaedia Metallum and has released material including the recording TotalerSieg!!!, operating within the Brazilian underground black metal scene.
Mar del Plata, AR · 2021–present · active
El Profanador is a one-man raw black metal project from Mar del Plata, Argentina, founded in 2021, with lyrics drawing on real cases of grave desecrations, black magic, and cult murders. The project released the EP 'Sendero Siniestro' in June 2024, a six-track recording featuring session contributions from drummer Lisandro Elzegbe and pianist Cristian Luna, who also handled recording and mastering.
Brasília, BR · 2020–present · active
Eligos is a death/black metal band from Brasília, Brazil, drawing on lyrical themes of Satanism, the Goetia, Thelema, and occultism. The band has released material including the track "Beast's Millenium Devours the World" through Prometheus Records, pursuing an uncompromising extreme metal approach rooted in the Brazilian underground scene.
Recife, BR · 2016–present · active
Elizabethan Walpurga is a blackened heavy metal band from Recife, Brazil, with roots stretching back to 1994 when the original members first formed together under a different name. After disbanding in 2002, the group reunited in 2015 and recorded their debut full-length Walpurgisnacht, released in October 2016 through Shinigami Records, blending traditional heavy metal with black metal and regional Brazilian musical influences.

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