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São Francisco Xavier, BR · 2013–present · active
Abate is a pagan black metal band from São Francisco Xavier, a small mountainous district in the state of São Paulo, formed in 2013. Their music incorporates pagan and naturalistic themes typical of the subgenre, drawing on the forested, isolated character of their home region in the Serra da Mantiqueira highlands. They maintain a Bandcamp presence and remain active within Brazil's underground pagan metal scene.
Votuporanga, BR · 2013–present · active
Akuma is a pagan black metal band from Votuporanga, São Paulo, formed in 2013. They released the album "For The Beloved Bones" and describe their music with the cryptic motto "We came from the depths," signaling a dark, ritualistic aesthetic rooted in pagan and occult themes. The band operates within the Brazilian underground black metal scene.
Santiago, CL · 2003–present · split-up
Hedenskrig was a Viking and pagan black metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2003 and driven by themes of Norse mythology, war, and ancient legends. The band recorded a demo series in 2003 and 2004 and later released the "Warsongs" demo in 2013, featuring tracks such as "Warsong," "Ambush in the Woods," and "Odin Calls to War."
El Carmen de Viboral, CO · active
Jaue is a pagan black metal solo project founded in 2020 by Julián David Trujillo Moreno in El Carmen de Viboral, Antioquia, Colombia, and released through Satanath Records. The project draws on Latin American ancestral thought and released its debut full-length, "Cantos del sur salvaje", in 2023.
São Paulo, BR · 1998–present · split-up
Mystical Fullmoon were a pagan black metal act whose output included the 1999 promo tape and the albums Beyond Somber Passages and Hermits Amidst the Marvels of Darkness, weaving occult and satanic themes into a raw, mid-paced black metal framework. The band drew on the South American underground tradition while incorporating the ceremonial atmosphere typical of European pagan black metal of the late nineties.
Natal, BR · 2021–present · active
Formed by Griffin, Ascheswolf, and Arthan Deadhymns, Nomades play a raw and ritualistic pagan black metal steeped in the mythologies and ancestral shadows of northeastern Brazil. From their limited first demo Eras de Sangue (2012) through to their 2023 full-length Paganus, the horde has maintained an atmosphere of archaic defiance and pagan darkness.
Manizales, CO · active
Sacrilegio Excelsi is a pagan black metal band from Manizales, Colombia, active since 2010 (originally under the name Sacrilegio). Their sound draws on paganism, mythology, and anti-Christianity, and they released their debut full-length "Apología bafomética" in 2017 followed by "Más allá de los eones" in 2021 on In Darkness Records.
EC · active
Wiracocha is a pagan black metal band from Ecuador, formed in 2016, whose music draws deeply from indigenous Andean culture and pre-Columbian mythology. Their releases, including the album Antiguas Ceremonias de Guerra en los Andes and a split on Pagan Warriors Records, incorporate Quechua language and Andean spiritual themes into a raw black metal framework.

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