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São Paulo, BR · active
Electric Age is a hard rock and heavy metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, that began as a Deep Purple tribute act before developing their own arena-oriented sound with '70s-influenced guitar work. The band released a self-titled six-track EP through Divebomb Records in December 2013 and has won multiple festivals in the São Paulo region.
La Plata, AR · 2023–present · active
Electric Morgan is a heavy/thrash punk band from La Plata, Argentina, formed in 2023. They released their debut album Bandera Negra in 2023 and followed it with Hecho En El Under in 2025, establishing themselves as part of La Plata's active underground metal scene.
Santiago, CL · 2008–present · active
Electrozombies are a Santiago trio — Comegato on guitar and vocals, Marcela Z on fuzz bass, and Paola Z on drums — playing a down-tuned blend of old-school death metal, sludge, and crust. Their discography includes the 2013 full-length Skull of Chaos and the 2024 album Ancestral Terror, with the band drawing conceptual inspiration from consumerism, electrification, and slow, putrid heaviness.
Buenos Aires, AR · 2022–present · active
Elenion is a symphonic power metal band based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Berenice Piceda as a project uniting musicians from South America, North America, Europe, and Asia. The band released their debut album The Symphony of the Night on October 31, 2025, a 23-track record featuring lyrics in English, Spanish, Latin, Greek, and German, blending operatic vocals with orchestral arrangements drawing on Baroque, Celtic, and Brazilian traditions.
Blumenau, BR · 2020–present · active
Elephantus is a stoner/doom duo from Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2020 by vocalist and guitarist Marcelo Maus and drummer Andrei Mamede. The band fuses heavy riffing with psychedelic and Brazilian northeastern folk influences, releasing their self-titled debut EP through Electric Funeral Records in June 2020 and the full-length Solstício in 2025.
Arica, CL · 2015–present · active
Eleva is a metalcore band from Arica, in northern Chile, who released their debut album Tempvs in August 2015. The five-piece — featuring Mario Espinoza on vocals, Gonzalo Fajardo and Francisco Justiniano on guitars, Duilio Cuellar on bass, and Pablo Miranda on drums — built their sound around rhythmic variation and contrasting textures, blending heavy riffing with melodic elements.
Mogi das Cruzes, BR · 2015–present · active
Eleven Strings is a progressive metal band from Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in the early 2010s by vocalist Evandro Braito and bassist Marcelo Nespoli. The band takes its name from string theory in quantum physics, a concept that informs their expansive sound. They have released three full-length albums — Chaos and Creation (2015), Aeon (2017), and Void (2020) — and built their reputation opening for established Brazilian acts including Matanza and Ratos de Porão.
Brasília, BR · 2020–present · active
Eligos is a death/black metal band from Brasília, Brazil, drawing on lyrical themes of Satanism, the Goetia, Thelema, and occultism. The band has released material including the track "Beast's Millenium Devours the World" through Prometheus Records, pursuing an uncompromising extreme metal approach rooted in the Brazilian underground scene.
Buenos Aires, AR · 2008–present · active
Elixir is a heavy metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed in 2007, featuring guitarist Fernando Conde and drummer Guillermo Venuto (since 2010) among their core members. The band has released three albums: Los sueños vivirán (2011), Ancestral (2015), and Nuevo mundo artificial (2020), building a consistent presence in the Argentine metal scene over more than a decade.

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