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Salvador, BR · 2016–present · active
Deep Silence is a doom/death metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, active in the city's underground extreme metal scene. The band performs death-doom in a style reminiscent of 1990s acts, featuring guttural vocals layered over keyboards and melodic guitar work. They have contributed to Brazilian doom metal compilations and are listed in the Encyclopaedia Metallum under their Salvador origin.
Buenos Aires, AR · 2023–present · active
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.
Buenos Aires, AR · 2023–present · active
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.
BR · 2019–present · active
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.
Natal, BR · 2006–present · active
Huma is an alternative post-metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, with a lineup that includes vocalists, dual guitars, bass, drums, and synth. Their 2025 debut album Afronta, recorded at EMUFRN and Black Hole Studio in Natal, blends doom and post-metal textures with Portuguese-language lyrics and features a Lana Del Rey cover alongside five originals.
Jundiaí, BR · 2019–present · split-up
Human Hate was a downtuned sludge doom hardcore trio from Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil, featuring Thales Gory on guitar, bass, and vocals alongside Davi on vocals and ET on drums. The band released the live EP Eternal Torture - Doomed and Live in August 2019, recorded at Sotão Estudio, before splitting up.
Sorocaba, BR · 2012–present · split-up
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.
Anápolis, BR · 2013–present · active
In the Shadows is a doom/death metal band from Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil. The band contributed the track "De Profundis (the Chorus of the Damned)" to the Doomed Serenades Vol. 1 Brazilian doom metal compilation (2012) and later appeared on The Sound of Satanic Hellbangers Vol. III (2023), demonstrating a long-running presence in the Brazilian doom underground. Their music engages with themes of darkness, despair, and death common to the doom/death tradition.
Porto Alegre, BR · 2021–present · active
Insanity Seas is a doom/death/sludge metal project from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, conceived by Henrique and Love Streit and active since 2021. Drawing lyrical inspiration from the cosmic horror fiction of H.P. Lovecraft, the band channels oppressive, slow-grinding riffs into an atmosphere of dread rooted in Lovecraftian mythology.

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