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Land of Lemuria is a symphonic gothic metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, formed in 2018. The band released the three-track EP "Anathema" in 2018, featuring songs including "White Roses" and "The Days Seems Grays." Their music blends orchestral arrangements with gothic metal songwriting rooted in the northeastern Brazilian metal underground.
Land of Tears is an old-school death metal band from Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with roots tracing back to 2000. Drawing on influences such as Bolt Thrower, Entombed, and Dismember, the band released their debut album "The Ancient Ages of Mankind" in 2014, which led to a European tour through Germany, Belgium, Holland, and Poland. The band returned in 2022 with a reformed lineup after a break in activity beginning in 2018.
Langor is a raw black metal duo from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, active since 2012. The band released the demo "Inferno Astral" in 2021 through Necroeucharist Productions in a limited cassette edition of 100 copies. Their sound occupies the rawer, stripped-down end of the Brazilian black metal underground.
Langour was a depressive black metal project from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, formed in 2018 and active until splitting up shortly after. The band contributed the track "...And for Eternity Suffer" to the DSBM Brazil Vol. III compilation released by Recanto da Dor in 2021. Their brief existence fit into the tight-knit Brazilian DSBM underground, with themes centering on despair and insignificance.
Lanthanein is a gothic/doom-death metal project from Córdoba formed by soprano vocalist Marilí Portorrico and multi-instrumentalist ANXIIIU.X, blending orchestral arrangements and neoclassical textures with heavy guitars. The duo debuted with the EP "Nocturnálgica" in 2015, followed by the full-length album "Lágrimas" in 2016, released digitally through Nihil Art Music and on CD via Dark East Productions.
Lapidation were a death metal band from Castro, Chiloé, Chile, one of relatively few extreme metal acts to emerge from the island of Chiloé in the Los Lagos region. The band was released on Premature Cremations Productions and put out the EP Condemned to Eternal Darkness in January 2015. Lyrical themes centered on death, suffering, and torture.
Laracna is a black metal band from Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2009 as a two-piece project. The band released their debut demo Cursed God in 2010, with themes centered on anti-religion, philosophy, and history. The project features Sabrahmon on guitar and bass and Midgard on drums and vocals.
Lark Puden is a symphonic/gothic/power metal band from Rosario, Santa Fe, featuring vocalist Melani Hess alongside Nicolás Farante, Pedro Pablo Farante, and Nahuel Nieri. The band released their debut album "Stories of a Mind Gone Astray" on July 30, 2014, a 10-track, 46-minute record praised for its melodic hooks and heavy orchestration.
Larvae are a death metal band from Concepción, Chile, operating within the long-established extreme metal scene of the Biobío region. The band released the full-length Entitled to Death in April 2023, documented on the Encyclopaedia Metallum under band ID 3540466302. They play straightforward death metal in the old-school tradition.
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