Black/death metal band from Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil — not to be confused with the Polish act of the same name. The Barbacena Behemoth are part of a lineage of extreme metal from the city that stretches back to the early 1990s underground, and they operate in the raw, Satanic-themed tradition of South American black and death metal.

Thrash/death metal band from João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, formed in 2012. Operating out of one of Brazil's northeastern cities, Behest delivers aggressive, riff-driven metal that blends the velocity of thrash with the heavier tonality of death metal, contributing to the underground extreme scene of the Paraíba state.

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.

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.

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.

Beleriand were an Argentine heavy and power metal band whose name and lyrical themes drew directly from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, specifically the sunken realm of Beleriand from The Silmarillion. The band released three records in quick succession — Far Over Wood and Mountain Tall (2020), February (2021), and Anthropology (2022) — before splitting up. Their lineup included bassist Juan C. Martín, drummer Sebastián R. Ricciarelli, and guitarists Gonzalo J. Lemos and Ignacio G. Basualdo.

Thrash metal and crossover band from São Paulo, Brazil, active from 2012 until their split-up. Rooted in the São Paulo scene's affinity for American-style crossover thrash, Belial played fast, aggressive music at the intersection of metal and hardcore punk, in the tradition of the city's long-running street-level extreme underground.

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.

Beliar are a heavy metal band from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, active since 2009 and catalogued on the Encyclopaedia Metallum. The band has built up a body of recorded work in the Argentine independent metal scene, and their music is available on Bandcamp and other streaming platforms.