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Dores de Campos, BR · 2013–present · active
Left Behind is a melodic death metal band from Dores de Campos, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2013. The band released the album Death, Take Me in October 2013, establishing themselves in the Brazilian underground melodic death metal scene.
Curitiba, BR · 2003–present · active
Legacy of Kain is a groove and thrash metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, featuring guitarists Angelo Torquetto and Karim Serri, both veterans of bands including Doomsday Hymn and Desertor. The band released their debut album I.N.V.E.R.S.O in 2017, sung entirely in Portuguese, followed by Paralelo XI in 2019, and has toured Argentina as part of regional metal festival circuits.
Irecê, BR · 2022–? · disbanded
Legacy of the Dead is an epic doom metal band from Irecê, Bahia, Brazil, drawing heavy influence from Candlemass and the classic Scandinavian doom tradition. The band performed the track "Spaceship of Doom" live and contributed to The Power of Doom Metal Bahia, a regional compilation uniting thirteen doom metal bands from Bahia state.
Campos do Jordão, BR · 2020–present · active
Legio Inferi is a depressive occult black metal band from Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil, crafting rustic black metal with melancholic passages and dissonant harmonies centered on themes of anti-life, death, and the occult. The band released the full-length Tragédias do Infinito Nascer in 2014 and the EP The Black Host through Plague Demon Records, as well as a split with Namtaru titled That Is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie in 2021.
La Plata, AR · 2018–present · active
Legion is a thrash metal band from La Plata, Argentina, whose lineup includes Nicolas Liendo on guitar and vocals, Rafael Garritano on guitar, Sergio Carrizo on drums, and John Williams on bass. Their debut album "Gran Mal" was recorded and mixed at Dormir Sucio studio in Berisso during 2016 and released in 2017. The band draws on the tradition of Argentine thrash acts such as Hermética and Horcas.
Buenos Aires, AR · 2018–present · active
LegionSky is a symphonic power metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring vocalist Gaston Lopez Gullen, keyboardist Luca Medina, and guitarists Gonzalo Albarracin and Sebastian Duarte. Their debut full-length "Víspera bélica" was released in November 2014, conceived as the first part of a concept trilogy in which each track represents a chapter in history. Vocals and guitars for the album were recorded at Luca Medina's private studio in Buenos Aires.
Mossoró, BR · 2008–present · active
Lei do Cão is a crossover thrash band from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, formed in 2008. Their debut full-length Possuído pelo Tubarão was released in September 2008, delivering eight tracks of fast, aggressive crossover blending thrash and hardcore punk. The band also appeared on a split release with Crippled Fox in 2011, cementing their place in the Brazilian underground crossover scene.
Rio Grande, BR · 2016–present · active
Lelantos is an atmospheric funeral doom metal one-man project from Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, founded in 2016 by multi-instrumentalist Bruno B. Braga. The project released its debut full-length Akrasia in February 2017 through Loneravn Records, a five-part conceptual work featuring ethereal keyboards and clean vocals that explores themes of loneliness and the limits of human will. The band's name is drawn from Greek mythology, where Lelantos was the titan of air, with its root meaning "to move unseen."
Chuí, BR · 2013–present · active
Lembrando os Mortos is a black metal project from Chuí, a border town between Brazil and Uruguay, formed in 2013. Their debut demo Ritual de Despedida was released the same year, subsequently issued on CD by Metalthrone Productions and on professional tape by the German label SchattenKult Productionen in 2014. The project has since released additional material including Cerimonias ao Abismo and Na imensa negridão da alma, continuing to explore cold, lo-fi black metal from one of Brazil's southernmost cities.

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