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São Paulo, BR · 2024–present · active
Begotten Terror is a death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2024. An independent act operating in São Paulo's active extreme metal underground, the band channels Satanic themes through their death metal approach, carrying on the city's long tradition of brutal underground death metal.
BR · 2022–? · disbanded
Behael was a raw black metal project from Blumenau, Brazil, active around 2020–2023. The trio — Null (vocals), Empty (guitars/bass), and Paragon Belial (programmed drums) — recorded their album "Inner Abyss" at Emptiness Studios during 2020–2021, releasing it in July 2023 before dissolving. The project operated in the lo-fi, minimalist vein of Brazilian raw black metal, favoring atmosphere and primitive production over technical polish.
Salvador, BR · 2018–present · active
Death metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, drawing on themes of serial killers, occultism, and death. Their debut album The Awakening of Madness was recorded at Revolusom Studio in Salvador with lyrics by Fabricio Pazelli and Marcelo Almeida, showcasing a straightforward, punishing approach to the genre rooted in the Bahian extreme metal scene.
Santiago, CL · 2021–present · split-up
Behead Christ was a black metal band from Santiago, Chile, active from 1998 until their split in 2021, with lyrical themes centered on blasphemy and Satanism. Their discography spans nearly two decades and includes Your Will Is Mine... Satan!!! (1999), In Your Cross! In Your Anus!, and a split release with fellow Chilean black metal act Hades Archer. They were one of the longer-running bands in Chile's underground black metal scene.
Anápolis, BR · 2013–present · active
Thrash metal duo from Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil — brothers Gabriel and Lucas Alves on guitar/vocals and drums — who later relocated to New Jersey. Formed in 2013, they blend old-school thrash with progressive arrangements and modern production, citing Metallica, Sepultura, Death, and Dream Theater as touchstones; their debut album Burn Up This Truth arrived in August 2020.
Brasília, BR · 2018–present · active
Doom/gothic metal band from Brasília, Brazil, founded in late 2016 by vocalist-guitarist Felipe Stock alongside Pedro Paes on keyboards and Tama Oliveira on drums. Drawing heavily from Tiamat, Lake of Tears, My Dying Bride, and Saturnus, the band released their debut EP Cult of Solitude in 2018 — selling out all physical copies — and followed it with their dense nine-track full-length Our Darkest Home in 2021, which earned airplay on US radio stations.
Jujuy, AR · 2021–present · active
Behtria is a black metal band from Palpalá, in the Jujuy province of northwestern Argentina, fronted by vocalist Gaby and anchored by drummer Mariela. The duo are noted for their outspoken feminist stance within Argentina's metal scene, with Mariela helping to organize the Obnoxious Fest, a feminist metal festival in Palpalá, and both members regularly protesting against femicides in their city.
BR · 2020–present · active
Brazilian black/death metal project formed in 2020, released via WarCore Records, featuring the duo of Tormentor on all instruments and Necromaniac on vocals. The band channels the raw, occult-drenched collision of black and death metal that defines much of the South American extreme underground, operating with a two-piece war-metal austerity.
Londrina, BR · 2016–present · active
Christian power metal band from Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, originally formed in 1996 under the name Völlig Heilig before rebranding as Belica in 2001. The band favors 80s-influenced heavy metal power with melodic and progressive passages, and has released albums including Looking for the Light and For All on Megahard Records and Frontline Rock.

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