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Minas Gerais, BR · 2018–present · active
One-person atmospheric black metal project from Minas Gerais created by composer and multi-instrumentalist Limac, who released the self-titled debut demo in September 2018. The second album The Days Were Like This followed in June 2021 through Nomade Records, Black Hearts Records, and Old Metal Rites, recorded at Tempest studio in Minas Gerais.
Rio de Janeiro, BR · 2024–present · active
One-person black/death metal project from Rio de Janeiro in which the sole member records all instruments under the name Bestial Vomit. The debut recording Bloody Exorcism - The First Damnation appeared in May 2024, followed by the demo Crushing the Messiah - The Second Damnation in May 2025.
Catalão, BR · 2025–present · active
Black/doom metal band from Catalão, Goiás, founded on September 13, 2024, with all lyrics written in Portuguese and themes drawn from occultism, melancholia, and classical literature. The band released the EP O Sexto Círculo in 2025.
São Paulo, BR · 2019–present · active
One-man black metal project from São Paulo, with all instruments and vocals handled by V0cifer. The project released the demo Eterno Reino and the EP A Face do Mal (both 2017, Cvlminis Records), followed by the full-length Execution of the Sadistic Goddess on November 20, 2018.
Teresina, BR · 2016–present · active
Black metal band from Teresina, Piauí, with a lineup consisting of Imperador Mórbido (bass/vocals), Doomed Lycantropo and Lord Herege (guitars), Lord Infamme (vocals), and Zbigniew Hell (drums). Lyrics address Satanism, anti-Christianity, and depression. The band released a self-titled EP in 2019 and the single Lamentos de uma Inutil Serventia in 2024.
Bogotá, CO · active
Ritual Merhim are a Black Metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2018. Operating as an independent act, they released the EP "Victoria nocturna" in 2020, and contributed tracks to the Colombian underground compilation "Encuentro de conciencias divididas #4" via Chatarra Producciones in 2021.
Porto Alegre, BR · 2013–present · active
Heavy metal band from Porto Alegre that began rehearsing in the metropolitan region in 2012, built around vocalist Ricardo Janke and guitarist Rogério Reis, who also produced all the band's recordings. Their album Awakening Protocol explores dystopian themes about the conflict between human nature and technological advancement, with Janke alternating clean and aggressive vocals over arrangements influenced by Megadeth and Iron Maiden.
Espera Feliz, BR · 2013–present · active
Symphonic/gothic metal band from Espera Feliz, Minas Gerais, formed around siblings Milady Rizzi Franklin (vocals), Grégory Rizzi Franklin (guitar), and Taty Rizzi (bass). The band released a self-titled EP in 2015 and contributed a cover of Deep Purple's Stormbringer to the compilation Woman from Brazil: The Brazilian Tribute to Deep Purple (Armadillo Records, 2020).
Santa Maria da Vitória, BR · 2014–present · active
Christian heavy metal and power metal band from Brazil that released the full-length Judgement Angel on August 19, 2014, and followed it with Black Rider on August 19, 2016, both self-released via Bandcamp. The band's sound draws on melodic power metal and traditional heavy metal with explicitly Christian lyrical themes.

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