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São José dos Campos, BR · 2012–present · active
Les Mémoires Fall is a doom/gothic metal band from São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil, formed around 2011–2012. The band released their debut album "Endless Darkness of Sorrow" in 2014, earning recognition in the Brazilian and South American doom scene, and followed it with the digital EP "Dying Dried" in 2016. In 2021, they participated in the Latin American doom metal split "Legiones del Pantano" alongside bands from Argentina, Bolivia, and Uruguay.
Campo Limpo Paulista, BR · 2007–present · active
Letargia is a crossover/doom/thrash metal band from Campo Limpo Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2001 and associated with Kill Yourself Productions. The band released the "Stragado EP" in November 2006, recorded at The Magic A.S.O.M. studio with founding members Pacu on guitar and vocals and Mindu on drums. Their music mixes crossover thrash with doom-inflected heaviness and themes of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.
Rio de Janeiro, BR · 2018–present · active
Liträo is a sludge/doom metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2018 by four musicians drawing on shared history in other local projects. The lineup features Guilherme Kirk on guitar and vocals, Guilherme Stephano on lead guitar, Gabriel Fontes on bass, and Marcos Soli on drums, with the band citing Sleep, Crowbar, and Electric Wizard as primary influences. Their debut full-length album "Egomorte" was released in 2020.
São José dos Campos, BR · 2021–present · active
Los Suffers is a doom/sludge/death metal trio from São José dos Campos, Brazil, consisting of Luiz Dias (vocals/guitar), Jean Carreira (bass), and Brendan Kitchen (drums). The band released their debut full-length "Quando A Chama Se Apaga" in March 2022, a six-track album spanning over fifty minutes of heavyweight doom recorded at AS Studio in São José dos Campos. The record drew praise from the international doom and stoner metal press, with Doomed and Stoned highlighting it as a standout entry in Brazil's underground heavy scene.
San Martín, AR · 2016–present · active
Los Yithians are a doom and stoner metal trio from San Martín, Argentina, whose name references the Great Race of Yith from H.P. Lovecraft's fiction. Their debut album Pnakotus — seven tracks recorded live in October 2016 and mixed and mastered at 7 Cuchillos Records by Marcos Verón — was released in May 2017. The band's lineup on that record consisted of Edgar Sosa on guitar and vocals, Gastón Olaguibet on bass, and Alberto Adrián on drums.
São Paulo, BR · 2016–? · disbanded
Magzilla was a doom, stoner, and sludge metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active from 2013 until splitting up in 2017. The quartet — featuring Guilherme Foresti on vocals and guitar, Pedro Alves on guitar, Joe Borges on bass, and Leandro Furini on drums — released two records: The Oath in March 2016 and a self-titled album in July 2017.
São Paulo, BR · 2022–present · active
A one-man project by Élcio Junior, who also performs in Tocaia and the death metal duo All I Hate, Malsagrado channels the anguish and frustrations of modern life through a tormented blend of doom-laden riffs and post-black metal atmosphere. The 2023 debut EP 'Trauma Calma Karma' presents three Portuguese-language compositions that shift from raw, impure black metal passages into heavier, suffocating doom, with guest vocals from Helder Ribeiro on the track 'Calma.'
BR · 2025–present · active
Melencolia I is a one-man project by guitarist and multi-instrumentalist João P. Amorim Xavier, weaving together atmospheric black metal, doom, shoegaze, and progressive metal into a dense philosophical framework that the artist describes as exploring the depths of human existence through poetic themes. The project released the EP "Introspective Violence" in early 2026, following the earlier full-length "Hermitage."
Curitiba, BR · 2022–present · active
Mono Histeria is a Curitiba outfit blending progressive, doom, and stoner metal into a dense, riff-driven sound. The band released "Volume 1" in 2022 and has tracks such as "Instinto" and "Primata" available on streaming platforms, pointing toward a sound influenced by the heavier end of the psychedelic and doom rock spectrum.

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