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Ushuaia, AR · 2020–present · active
Mórbida Exhumación is a death metal band from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego — one of the southernmost active metal acts in the world. The band released the EP Liberando el Dolor in 2020, followed by the full-length Alteracion Morbosa de la Personalidad in October 2021, a ten-track record with lyrics drawing on horror and gore themes.
Vitória, BR · 2020–present · active
Mörbidez is a one-man black thrash project that recorded its entire debut, Sob o Signo de Belial, between April and May 2020 at the creator's own Casa da Bruxa studio in Vitória. The album channels the ragged energy of first-wave black metal and South American speed metal through nine Portuguese-language tracks steeped in satanic imagery, and was released in June 2020 alongside a bonus covers EP titled Limbo.
La Plata, AR · 2018–present · active
Mörmo is a stoner/doom metal trio from La Plata, Argentina, formed in 2018, consisting of Gonzalo Soria on guitar, vocals, and synthesizers, Nicolas Reggiardo on bass and synthesizers, and Rodrigo Carlos on drums. The band released their debut demo Siluetas in August 2018, and followed it with the full-length Nueva razón in February 2023, recorded at Estudios Mirifico in La Plata and mastered by Gonzalo Villagra at Estudios Audion.
Natal (early); Mossoró (later) / Rio Grande do Norte, BR · 2023–present · active
Mötim is a speed metal trio from Rio Grande do Norte comprising vocalist and guitarist Alexandre Almada, drummer Glenio, and bassist Gustavo. The band delivers fast, stripped-down heavy metal with an aggressive underground ethos, documented across a run of self-released recordings on Bandcamp including "Heavy Metal and Rotten Hearts" and "Genocida".
São Paulo, BR · 2012–present · active
Mørk Visdom crafts raw symphonic black metal steeped in Luciferianism and occult darkness, releasing their debut "Fenrisulfr" through Impaled Records in 2012. The project has remained prolific, with subsequent releases including "Impure Nights of Dense Witchcraft" (2020) and "Obscure Symphonies (The Cursed Chant Of The Fallen Angels)" (2021) cementing their place in the extreme underground.
Campo Grande, BR · 2023–present · active
A raw black metal cult drawing directly from the second wave Scandinavian tradition, Mørkalv features members with roots in other extreme underground acts including Necroholocaust and Blood Sorcery. Their 2023 debut album "An Ancient Cult to the Aesir" delivers eight tracks built on Nordic themes, cold-blooded riffs, and an organic, deliberately rudimentary production that suits the band's uncompromising aesthetic.
Brasília, BR · 2011–present · active
Founded in 2010 by bassist and vocalist Marcel Ianuck, N.W.77 (Nuclear Weapon 77) play old-school crossover that sits at the intersection of hardcore punk and thrash metal, citing Suicidal Tendencies, S.O.D., Municipal Waste, and Ratos de Porão as key touchstones. The band has been prolific on wax, with releases including the albums Youth Explosion and Nuclear Awake, and the 2025 EP Touching the Terror appearing on CD, 7" vinyl, and cassette through multiple international labels.
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N.W.D. (New World Disorder) is a crossover thrash metal band from San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela, formed in 2013 after the members previously played together as Epidia from 2007 to 2011. Their 2013 debut album "Press Start to Try Again" features fast, aggressive thrash driven by socially conscious lyrics focused on global crisis and individual agency. The lineup of Luis Orozco on vocals, Yonht Figueroa on guitars, Giuliano Lossio on bass, and Félix Castañeda on drums draws influence from classic thrash acts such as Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer.
Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, BR · 2021–present · active
Nadarkhani are a Christian black metal project from Santa Bárbara d'Oeste whose 2021 album Divine Transcendence Supremacy anchors explicitly theological lyrics to a raw, lo-fi black metal framework. The project features Abisai Darkaliel on guitar and bass alongside Melancton Samengaleff on vocals, operating within the unblack metal tradition that runs against the grain of the genre's typical anti-religious posture.

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