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Santiago, CL · 2018–present · active
Enucleacion is a death/grind band from Santiago, Chile, operating in the city's underground extreme metal scene. Their debut Demo 2020 was released in December 2020 through Santiago-based underground label Burning Coffin Recs, pressed to a limited run of 100 cassettes with distribution split between Chile and the United States. The label described their sound as a "rotten and chaotic" death/grind assault.
Quito, EC · active
Equidnos is a Black/Doom Metal band from Quito, Ecuador rooted in occultist themes. The project released its debut full-length, "Una larga noche de nekromancia 'Kuddesiell Konsinnatio Korporis'", in 2019 through Wolfgang Records, followed by the EP "Instrumentos para medir el viento" in 2021.
Feira de Santana, BR · 2014–present · active
Erasy is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil, drawing inspiration from Black Sabbath and the slow, heavy end of the metal spectrum. The band has released three studio albums — The Valley of Dying Stars (2016), Under the Moonlight (2018), and Some Nice Flowers (2020) — through Dopesmoke Heavy Music Productions, and has performed at regional festivals including the Dopesmoke Festival.
Santiago, CL · 1998–present · active
Espermaticidio is a stoner/doom power trio from Santiago, Chile, active since the 1990s with early recordings dating to 1993 and material written through 1998. The trio — Gonzalo Garcia on bass and vocals, David Véliz on guitar, and Rodrigo Villalobos on drums — blends Sabbathian proto-doom with heavy psych and fuzz rock, singing in both Spanish and English. Their 2025 album Kalkutun, released through their own Bandcamp, is considered their strongest output to date.
Belo Horizonte, BR · 2002–present · active
Eternal Fall is a doom/death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, blending the heavy atmospheres of both genres with sincerity and determination. The band's discography spans from early demo-tapes such as "Ministers of Mayhem" (1997) through their 2003 full-length "And in Forbidden Sky" and the 2019 album "Under the Mind's Sheet".
San Francisco, AR · 2022–present · active
Eternal Sun Temple is a stoner/doom trio from San Francisco, Córdoba, Argentina, who released their debut album "Vol. I" in July 2022. A live companion release, "Vol I: Live," followed in November 2022, documenting their early performances.
Suzano, BR · 1999–present · active
Excisio is a black doom metal band from Suzano, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 1999 by Ricardo Santos, whose compositions draw inspiration from the fantasy and horror literature of Tolkien, Lovecraft, and Poe. The band self-released the demo "Dark Chamber Symphonies" in 1999 and the demo "Lost Kingdoms" in 2001, later issuing a split with LALSSU titled "Like Ashes Carried by the Wind" in 2021.
Belo Horizonte, BR · 2015–present · active
Exortta is a symphonic black/doom metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, playing in the Christian unblack metal tradition. The band released their debut album "Last Called" in 2015, later remastered and reissued in 2020 through Vision of God Records, and contributed the track "David's Lyre" to the Brazilian extreme metal compilation "Evig Mørke Collection Vol. I" in 2017.
Brasília, BR · 2013–present · active
Extinction Remains are a death/doom metal band from Brasília, Distrito Federal, formed in 2013. Their discography spans four releases — Ecologic Noise (2013), Genetics of Defeat (2015), Human Disaster Never Ending (2017), and the 2019 compilation Smog, which was pressed to 500 copies by Polish labels Defense Records and Mythrone Promotion. Themes of ecological collapse, misanthropy, and industrial death run throughout their catalog.

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