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Araçatuba, BR · active
Black metal band from Araçatuba, São Paulo, active since 1999, with member Maguz Azmoth also running the Anthem Productions distro. Their debut release was the demo W.A.R: Frontline Tormentor (1999), a seven-track recording, followed that same year by a split with Ethan titled LIVE in 13th Temple of Black Gods.
Santiago, CL · active
Throne of Evil is a black metal band that formed in Antofagasta, Chile in 2006 before relocating to Santiago. Signed to Schattenkult Produktionen, the band has released four full-lengths including Muerte por creencias (2013), Orator (2020), and La noche más oscura (2026), drawing on themes of paganism, ancestry, and anti-religious misanthropy.
CO · 1998–present · active
Thy Antichrist formed in Medellín, Colombia in 1998 under vocalist Andres Vargas, and has since relocated to Dallas, Texas while maintaining ties to the Latin American black metal scene. The band is regarded as one of the most significant black metal acts to emerge from South America, building a catalog over more than two decades that includes Wicked Testimonies (2004) and Wrath of the Beast (2018). Their music operates within orthodox black metal conventions while drawing on the intensity and rawness of the South American extreme metal tradition.
Rio de Janeiro, BR · active
Death/black metal band from Rio de Janeiro summoned in 2005, operating under a framework of Satanism, blasphemy, and war, with multi-instrumentalist Nekrotizer as the central figure. Their debut full-length Thy Infernal Coronation was released in 2008 — recorded, mixed, and mastered at Fast Forward Studio in Rio de Janeiro — and the band has remained prolific, issuing records including Daemoniacal Terror (2019), Nekrolatreia (2021), Satankorps (2022), Trivmfyre (2023), and Arsenal Infernal (2024).
BR · active
Underground black metal project from Brazil, formed in 2012, deliberately maintaining a low online profile and operating as a self-financed, independent act. Their debut release Descendente Arcanjo Gabriel (March 1, 2012) is a six-track EP combining raw black metal, thrash-inflected riffs, and a punk attitude, distributed through Death to Music Productions as a name-your-price download.
Vitoria da Conquista, BR · active
One-person black metal project from Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, operated entirely by Putrefactus, who handles all instruments. The band name translates to 'rotten liquid' in the Tupi-Guarani language, and the project released two albums in 2017 — Land of the Red Wood (March 28) and Hymns to Anhangá (July 16) — both centered on Brazilian indigenous history and mythology.
Luz, BR · active
Black metal project from Luz, Minas Gerais, formed in May 2022. The debut album O Sétimo Selo was released on June 27, 2024, preceded by the single Ergo Non Sum in March 2023; the band operates independently with a doomed, raw approach to black metal.
Rio Grande do Sul, BR · active
Black metal band from Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, formed in 2021, signed to Hammer of Damnation. The band debuted with the demo Fallen Angel of Arcturo (October 11, 2021), followed by the live recording The Sermon of the Impure: Prophecy and Disgrace — Live Ritual (2022) and the EP Mokk (2023), drawing on the raw occult black metal aesthetics of the mid-1980s and early 1990s.
Iquique, CL · active
Totemcult is a traditional black metal band from Iquique, Chile, in the country's far north. Formed in 2022, the band released their self-titled debut full-length that same year, a seven-track record that includes a cover of Isengard's "I Kamp med Kvitekrist" and draws on themes of misanthropy and Andean cosmology.

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