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Bong of Depression is a Brazilian doom, black metal, and drone project formed in 2024, with member Niili handling instruments alongside drummer Guna. The project released a split with Mourning Souls through Podreira Records in January 2024 and followed it with the full-length 'Æternal Doomed' in August 2024, exploring bleak atmospheres across drone, doom, and dark ambient terrain.
Bullet Course is a doom and post-metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2011. The band blends dissonant guitar work with themes of existential emptiness, drawing on blackgaze and experimental rock influences alongside their doom and post-metal core. They have released three albums — "Without Memories," "Into the Solitude," and "She's Looking for Flowers Under City Light" — and performed at the Eclipse Doom Festival in São Paulo.
Caligo is a stoner/doom/sludge metal band from Brasília, Brazil, formed around 2012 by bassist Sandro Santos alongside musicians from other local acts including Death Slam, Terror Revolucionário, Isolate, and I.T.D. Their sound draws heavily on classic doom forebears such as Black Sabbath, Cathedral, Saint Vitus, Pentagram, and Candlemass, and some of their compositions incorporate poetry by Brazilian writer Augusto dos Anjos. The band has released a demo titled “Templo da Descrença” and the single “Monstro Manto,” and members have also contributed to the doom metal supergroup Summa.
Carahter is a doom/sludge/post-metal band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The band blends slow, heavy sludge with metallic and hardcore elements, recorded at Minério de Ferro Studios in Belo Horizonte, and have released music including the album "Ripping Flags" available on Bandcamp. They have toured South America and performed at festivals in São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Santiago, Chile.
Celestial Funeral is a doom and stoner metal project from Rio Claro, São Paulo state, Brazil, formed in 2020. Their first recording, “Tubal Cain – People of Goda,” blends stoner and doom metal with passages into black metal, and was released as a single in 2020 on Bandcamp and Spotify. The project is dedicated to exploring the sonic diversity of heavy metal across its heavier sub-genres.
Darkest Æmber is a doom/death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, originally formed in 2010 before going on hiatus in 2016 when founding member Fernando Melo relocated to Germany. The band was reactivated in 2023 as a studio project after Melo reunited with the core lineup, continuing to explore themes of death, existence, and depression through their slow, heavy sound.
Dios Serpiente is an industrial drone, doom, and post-metal project from Buenos Aires that released its debut album Fuego Austral in July 2023 through Venado Records, a seven-track record running just over 37 minutes. The band followed it with Duelo de Gigantes in 2024 via South American Sludge Records, cementing their presence in Argentina's heavy underground scene.
Drogula is a Buenos Aires stoner/doom duo founded in March 2022 by Nicolas Casabona (guitar/vocals) and Marcelo Soria (drums), who describe their sound as "sludge stoner space doom with occultist touches of necropsycodelia." The band released their debut full-length "Volume 1" on March 1, 2023, followed by "Volume 2" in January 2025, with both records receiving vinyl editions through Austin-based Herby Records.
Hevnoraak is a Brazilian doom/death metal project formed in 2019. Their debut release Sinking Into Nothingness, issued on February 8, 2019, comprises three tracks — "Tangible Existence," "A Fair Death," and "Ensnared Aura (An Ode to Emptiness)" — establishing a slow, oppressive sound rooted in atmosphere and weight. A cassette edition of the release was pressed by Final Hours of Christ Productions in 2022.
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