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Hordes of Empire is an Ecuadorian raw/pagan black metal act formed in 2025, described as a project emerging from "ancient European ruins to Andean abysses" with a sound rooted in "iron and sacred hatred." Their 2025 debut release "A Gathering of Ancient Belirfs" was issued in a cassette edition limited to 30 copies through Nocturnal Forest Records.
Hordes of Wrath is a one-man death/black metal project from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, active since 2020 under the sole authorship of Necro Tyrant. The project has released a steady stream of material including "Satanic Abominations" (2020), "We Are At War" (2021), and "Black Hordes" (2023).
Hyperborean is a black metal band from Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil, active since the early 2000s and signed to Arte Ancestral Records. The band released the cassette "Ravens Weeping over Path" in 2013 and followed it with the full-length "Rising from the Dark Past" in 2014 on the Pagan War label, a ten-track record running nearly 44 minutes. Their lyrical themes have shifted over the years from Satanism to philosophical influences including Nietzsche and Goethe.
I Proélefsi is a Chilean one-person black metal project by a musician credited as M., who handles all instruments, orchestral arrangements, programming, artwork, recording, mixing, and mastering. The project blends instrumental atmospheric and avant-garde black metal with dark ambient influences drawn from bands such as Emperor, Setherial, Abigor, and Limbonic Art, and released its self-titled debut EP on July 4, 2025 — a five-track conceptual work tracing a journey from emptiness through strength and contemplation toward liberation.
Iconoclastarum XXI is a black metal band from Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2021 as a continuation of the project previously known as Jegfalt, which had been active since 2018. The band released "Demo XXI" on April 7, 2021, a nine-track recording made at Daswolf Studios between October 2018 and February 2019. Their lyrical themes draw on literature and philosophy.
Igni Dare is a black metal band from San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela, formed in 2003 and drawing on themes of darkness, Luciferianism, and paganism. The band issued a full-length debut, "Preludio," in 2012, followed by the EP "Presage" in 2015 and a split release in 2017. Their Bandcamp describes the project as rooted in the "union of fellowship and brotherhood," with lyrics inspired by nature and occultism.
Ignis Gehennalis is an instrumental atmospheric black metal project from Buenos Aires that was founded in 2023 and has been prolific since its inception, releasing the EP Ecclesia Daemonica in August 2023 and 7th Circle in December 2023. The project continued with the EP INFERNO in June 2024, building a Dante-themed body of work entirely through self-released Bandcamp recordings.
Imopectore was a heavy/doom/black metal band from Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil, drawing on dark, obscure themes across their self-released material. Operating as an independent underground act, the band blended slow doom weight with black metal atmosphere and traditional heavy metal elements. The project eventually split up after a limited activity period in the Brazilian underground scene.
Impacto Profano is a black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded with the explicit aim of delivering fast, aggressive, and technically sharp black metal. In 2006 the band recorded the demo "Invocation to Destruction of Jehovah and Christianity", which also included earlier material recorded as "Propagation of the Blasphemy" as bonus content. They have remained active within the Brazilian underground black metal scene since their formation.
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