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Adversæ is a post-black metal and atmospheric black metal project from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, that composed, recorded, mixed, and mastered its debut self-titled album entirely in Rosario in 2022. Released on August 6, 2022, the record's five tracks — including the ten-minute opener "Ouroboros" and "Enemy of Man" — blend black metal aggression with shoegaze textures and post-rock dynamics. The project describes its music as "an interpretation of the path of humans in the universe," grounding its sonic ambition in a philosophical framework.
Desista is a post-black metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, formed in 2011. The independent project explores themes of despair, inner reflection, and solitude through atmospheric black metal textures.
Dreams of December is a post-black metal project from Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2021. The band released their debut album "Ashes of a Decadent Life" that same year, a seven-track record in the blackgaze and post-black metal tradition, with tracks drawing on philosophical and literary themes including the poetry of William Blake.
Dysthymia is a post-black metal project from Santiago, Chile, active since 2021. The band released a split with Denver-based Saeva in 2024 through Red Nebula, blending post-black metal and depressive black metal influences.
Días Oscuros por Venir is a one-person project from Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires, helmed entirely by Ignacio Elías Rosner, who handles all instruments, vocals, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering. The project released its debut album Heraldos del Final on August 14, 2024 — a nine-track, approximately 35-minute record blending crust punk and post-black metal with apocalyptic lyrical themes sung in Spanish. The album's closing track, "Destruir el Arca," runs nearly ten minutes and includes a dedication in memory of Argentine metal figure Ricardo Horacio Iorio.
Ensimesmamento is a depressive/atmospheric black metal project from Brazil formed in 2019 by Astratta and Reverand Despair, both veterans of the Brazilian DSBM scene. The project released the EP "Notívago" in September 2019 and contributed a track to the DSBM Brazil Vol. I compilation the same year.
Fenece is a post-black metal project from Buenos Aires that self-records and self-produces, drawing on the blackgaze of Altar of Plagues, Deafheaven, and Celeste to explore themes of consciousness, death, and institutional dogma. The project released its self-titled debut in May 2018, followed by the EP "Distracción, Anclaje" in October 2020, the full-length "Inercia. Abandono. Renuncia." in May 2023, and "Hacia la oscuridad eterna" in April 2025.
Homunculi was a post-black metal and post-rock project from Curitiba, Brazil, that released a self-titled album featuring three tracks including "Crows," "Viver Fim," and "Depois de falarem os dominantes, falarão os dominados." The band operated as an independent act and channeled themes of anti-fascism, anarchism, and social critique into their music before splitting up.
Huszar is a one-man progressive post-black metal and ambient project from San Antonio de Padua, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, formed in 2015. The project released the full-length "Los Nuevos Absolutos De Todos Los Días Quemados" in October 2016 and its sequel "Los Nuevos Absolutos: Acto Segundo" in February 2017, and also contributed to a split release with Youth Against Christ in 2017.
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