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São Paulo, BR · 2024–present · active
Begotten Terror is a death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2024. An independent act operating in São Paulo's active extreme metal underground, the band channels Satanic themes through their death metal approach, carrying on the city's long tradition of brutal underground death metal.
BR · 2022–? · disbanded
Behael was a raw black metal project from Blumenau, Brazil, active around 2020–2023. The trio — Null (vocals), Empty (guitars/bass), and Paragon Belial (programmed drums) — recorded their album "Inner Abyss" at Emptiness Studios during 2020–2021, releasing it in July 2023 before dissolving. The project operated in the lo-fi, minimalist vein of Brazilian raw black metal, favoring atmosphere and primitive production over technical polish.
Belém, BR · 2015–present · on-hold
Brutal death metal outfit from Belém, Pará, Brazil, formed in 2015 and released via Necropsy Records. Their debut EP Blood Stool (2015) delivers four tracks of compact, technically-inflected brutality in the tradition of the Brazilian extreme underground. The band has been on hold since the mid-2010s.
Salvador, BR · 2018–present · active
Death metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, drawing on themes of serial killers, occultism, and death. Their debut album The Awakening of Madness was recorded at Revolusom Studio in Salvador with lyrics by Fabricio Pazelli and Marcelo Almeida, showcasing a straightforward, punishing approach to the genre rooted in the Bahian extreme metal scene.
Santiago, CL · 2021–present · split-up
Behead Christ was a black metal band from Santiago, Chile, active from 1998 until their split in 2021, with lyrical themes centered on blasphemy and Satanism. Their discography spans nearly two decades and includes Your Will Is Mine... Satan!!! (1999), In Your Cross! In Your Anus!, and a split release with fellow Chilean black metal act Hades Archer. They were one of the longer-running bands in Chile's underground black metal scene.
Atibaia, BR · 2020–present · active
Death metal band from Atibaia, São Paulo state, Brazil, tracing roots to an earlier project called Eviscerate Lies. Their debut album Morbid Blood was recorded at Pró-Sound Studios in Atibaia and released in 2015, mixing gore and sociopolitical themes with blunt, no-frills death metal drawn from the interior São Paulo underground.
Barbacena, BR · 2004–present · active
Black/death metal band from Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil — not to be confused with the Polish act of the same name. The Barbacena Behemoth are part of a lineage of extreme metal from the city that stretches back to the early 1990s underground, and they operate in the raw, Satanic-themed tradition of South American black and death metal.
João Pessoa, BR · 2012–present · active
Thrash/death metal band from João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, formed in 2012. Operating out of one of Brazil's northeastern cities, Behest delivers aggressive, riff-driven metal that blends the velocity of thrash with the heavier tonality of death metal, contributing to the underground extreme scene of the Paraíba state.
Anápolis, BR · 2013–present · active
Thrash metal duo from Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil — brothers Gabriel and Lucas Alves on guitar/vocals and drums — who later relocated to New Jersey. Formed in 2013, they blend old-school thrash with progressive arrangements and modern production, citing Metallica, Sepultura, Death, and Dream Theater as touchstones; their debut album Burn Up This Truth arrived in August 2020.

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