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La Plata, AR · 2025–present · active
Desertica is an instrumental psychedelic doom/stoner rock band from La Plata, Argentina, featuring Ricky and Javi on guitars, Arnold on bass, and Chopo on drums. The band released their debut album MobyDick in November 2025, a three-track instrumental record — comprising "Los Asteroides," "El Desernauta," and "Desertica" — recorded, mixed, and mastered by Ariel Belok at MobyDick studios in La Plata.
Foz do Iguaçu (early/later); Curitiba, BR · 2014–? · disbanded
Desertor is a Brazilian crossover/hardcore band that began in Foz do Iguaçu before relocating to Curitiba, Paraná. The project blends aggressive thrash metal with hardcore punk, and released the album "Vision Nocturna" in 2014 via their Bandcamp page. The band is associated with Christian hardcore circles in Brazil and delivered a fast, moshing crossover sound influenced by acts like R.D.P.
São Borja, BR · 2025–present · active
Desfiladeiro is a black metal band from São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, drawing on a dark, visceral sound that combines black metal with elements of death and thrash metal. Their lyrics, written in Portuguese, address nihilism, misanthropy, and mental illness. The band released their debut full-length "Nihil" in 2025, featuring tracks such as "Funeral de Párias" and "Profundo Abismo."
Maringá, BR · 2007–present · active
Desgraceria is a death metal and grindcore band from Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2007. The band released the album "Crença Cega," which drew comparisons to early Napalm Death for its balance of chaotic blasting and sludge-driven riffs. They also appeared on the split release "Terrorgrind Sudamericaos" alongside Yukaha, reissued on cassette in 2021.
Osasco, BR · 2017–present · active
Desgraça is a depressive black metal project from Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2017 and active in the Brazilian DSBM underground. The band's lyrical themes center on affliction, depression, and suicide, placing them firmly within the depressive suicidal black metal tradition. They have released material independently, including recordings available on their Bandcamp page.
Montes Claros, BR · 2022–present · active
Desgraça Eterna is a black metal band from Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil, noted for being among the earliest black metal acts to emerge from the northern Minas Gerais region. The band explores lyrical themes of chaos, nihilism, misanthropy, and anti-religion in the raw Brazilian black metal tradition. Their discography includes the album "Sombrio Pacto Com A Escuridão Eterna" and an EP released through Wolfmond Production.
São Paulo, BR · 2013–? · disbanded
Desideratum is a melodic doom/death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil. The band recorded the demo "Dismal Untouchable Beauty" and operated within São Paulo's underground extreme metal scene. They have since split up, leaving behind a small body of work catalogued on Metal Archives under the melodic doom/death metal genre.
Natal, BR · 2011–present · active
Desista is a post-black metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, formed in 2011. The independent project explores themes of despair, inner reflection, and solitude through atmospheric black metal textures.
São Paulo, BR · 2024–present · split-up
Desmodus Rothundus was a death/doom metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active in the 1990s Brazilian underground extreme metal scene. The band, alongside Guehenom, later evolved into the project Tenebrario.

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