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Post-black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2015, featuring vocalist Victor Teixeira, guitarist/programmer Vitor Coutinho, and bassist Bruno Rodrigues. The band released the album Avenoir in 2016, drawing comparisons to atmospheric black metal acts such as Alcest and Agalloch.
Solipsismo is a technical/melodic death metal project from Cuenca, Ecuador, initially active around 2009 before being revived by Daniel Ortega and Gabriel Cuesta, who released the band's debut full-length Sangre Antigua in 2017. The band went on to release three further recordings — the EPs Antología de maldiciones (2018), Festival de la resurrección (2019), and Confession of a Fellow Citizen (2020) — and primarily explores instrumental and anime-influenced themes.
Doom/black metal band from João Pessoa, Paraíba, active from 2011 through approximately 2018, releasing two albums: A Sorrowfull Madness of Existence and From the Dark Ages to the Era of Nowhere. The band operated independently and centered their lyrical themes on philosophy, death, and suffering.
Blackened death metal one-man project from Embu das Artes, São Paulo, conceived by Harrison Cadáver, who also participates in Impetuoso Desdém, Ocultismo Etérno, Treblinka, and K.C.U.F. The self-titled debut EP, released in 2014, contains three tracks of black/death metal and was recorded independently.
Solsticio is a symphonic metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, fronted by vocalist Carolina Guedes and featuring keyboards, dual guitars, bass, and drums in a full ensemble lineup. The band released their debut album "Lost Souls" in June 2012, a record blending Gothic metal influences with Argentine tango, and followed over a decade later with a self-titled album in August 2023.
Black metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 2014, featuring vocalist Senapos, guitarist Diogo Rocha, bassist Alex Hiroshima, and drummer Ariel Osodrac. Their debut album No Infinito do Cosmos was released in 2018 through Disastrous Messiah Productions, a Mexican underground black metal label.
Somberspawn is a blackened death metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, active since 2019 and operating as an independent act. They have released two full-length albums — Inumbrate in 2020 and Invocate in 2024 — along with the 2023 single Barquero de los muertos.
Sombras y Fuego are a death/thrash/black metal band from Puerto Montt, Chile, formed in 2017. They released their debut demo "Tiranía oculta" in 2020, a three-track recording that introduced their aggressive, multi-genre attack.
Somdark is a raw black metal band from Mérida, Venezuela, active since the late 1990s and a former member of the now-dissolved C.M.B. (Cantus Maleficorum Bestiae) Congregation, a collective of Venezuelan underground black metal acts. The band has released a large body of work including Guerreros del Foso, Vltracosmos (2022), Taknara (2022), and Kaos (2025), with themes of strength, nihilism, and heresy running throughout. Their recordings have appeared on Wolfmond Production.
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