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VE · active
Somdark is a raw black metal band from Mérida, Venezuela, active since the late 1990s and a former member of the now-dissolved C.M.B. (Cantus Maleficorum Bestiae) Congregation, a collective of Venezuelan underground black metal acts. The band has released a large body of work including Guerreros del Foso, Vltracosmos (2022), Taknara (2022), and Kaos (2025), with themes of strength, nihilism, and heresy running throughout. Their recordings have appeared on Wolfmond Production.
Santa Cruz do Sul, BR · active
Raw black metal solo project from Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, created and recorded entirely by the musician known as Myling. The project's debut demo Tangible Dawn of Malicious Dreams, a four-track tape released in April 2019, was followed by the 2025 release Upon the Threshold of Crimson Flesh.
Cachoeirinha, BR · active
Raw black metal solo project from Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul, run by Tiago Colizzi under the pseudonyms Lord Invoker and Barbarian Lord. The project released two cassettes — Night Hymn (1999) and Brave Hordes of War (2000) — the latter featuring programmed drums, and never performed live.
Luis Guillón, AR · 2020–present · active
Templo Negro are a raw black metal act from Luis Guillón, Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose debut album "Eclipsando la última luz" was released in 2020 on Nekrolust Records as a limited CD edition of 110 copies. The eight-track record includes Satanic and occult lyrical themes and closes with a cover of Dead Can Dance's "Anywhere Out of the World." The album was later issued on CD digipak through Paragon Records.
Santiago, CL · active
Tjohorr is a raw black metal band from Santiago, Chile, active on the Total Pagan Madness Prods label. The band has released two demos, Viechen (2018) and Kwáke (2023), with the former featuring track titles drawn from the indigenous Selk'nam language of Tierra del Fuego.
São Paulo, BR · 2024–? · disbanded
Vegllem was a raw black metal and DSBM project from São Paulo that came and went within 2024, leaving behind a small clutch of recordings including the album Hell — whose tracks "Lord Vampire," "War," and "Catacumba" sketch the project's bleak, lo-fi aesthetic — and a separate release titled Sky Angell. Short-lived even by underground standards, Vegllem has since split up.
Loja, EC · active
Wampyric Rites is a raw black metal band from Loja, Ecuador, formed in 2019 by members operating under the monikers Wampyric Strigoi and Eblis Destructor. Their music centers on themes of vampirism and darkness, drawing from the primitive end of the black metal spectrum, and they have released a steady stream of demos, splits, and EPs since their inception, culminating in the full-length debut Under the Tragic Fullmoon of the Vampire in 2026 on Inferna Profundus Records.
BR · 2025–present · active
Wanadi is a raw black metal project from Brazil, formed in 2025. The project made its debut with the demo Marchando Para A Batalha (Marching to Battle), establishing a primitive and belligerent sound typical of the Brazilian underground raw black metal tradition.
Rio Grande do Sul / Minas Gerais, BR · 2013–? · disbanded
Wolfsoul is a Brazilian raw black metal project spanning Rio Grande do Sul and Minas Gerais that has operated under the banner of pitch-black minimalism since its formation. The project later adopted the name Illumination of Moon and released the demo "Rites of Värcolac" through the Dirae Tenebrae label, channeling primitive, lo-fi black metal aesthetics rooted in lycanthropic and occult themes.

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