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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.
Recife, BR · 2016–present · active
Elizabethan Walpurga is a blackened heavy metal band from Recife, Brazil, with roots stretching back to 1994 when the original members first formed together under a different name. After disbanding in 2002, the group reunited in 2015 and recorded their debut full-length Walpurgisnacht, released in October 2016 through Shinigami Records, blending traditional heavy metal with black metal and regional Brazilian musical influences.
São Paulo, BR · 2017–present · active
Em Ruínas is a speed metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, dedicated to the raw, high-energy sound of 1980s speed metal. The duo has released two full-length albums — ...From the Speed Metal Graves (2010) and No Speed Limit (Metal Tornado) (2017) — along with an EP titled Furiosa (2016), maintaining a long-running presence in the Brazilian underground metal scene.
Passo Fundo, BR · 1991–present · split-up
Embalmed was a death/doom metal band from Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, active during the 1990s. The band recorded two demos — Spiritual Coma (1997) and Alive Forever (1999) — before eventually disbanding, leaving behind a small but representative catalogue of the era's Brazilian underground extreme metal scene.
Niterói, BR · 2013–present · active
Embalsamado is a black/doom metal band from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2013 by members of the established Brazilian black metal act Imperador Belial. The band pursues a morbid and atmospheric extreme metal sound, releasing the full-length Vasta Escuridão in 2018 and following it with Abismo in 2022.

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