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Antireligion is a São Paulo-based one-man black/thrash metal project formed in 2011, rooted firmly in the old-school tradition of the genre. The project has released demos including 'Total Desolation' and 'Demo II: Unholy Blasphemies 2012–2014', channeling the raw, aggressive spirit of early Brazilian and European black/thrash pioneers. Lyrically, the project centers on anti-religious themes consistent with the second-wave black metal tradition.
Anátema was a black/doom metal band from Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil, formed in 2021. The band combined the desolate atmosphere of black metal with the slow, crushing weight of doom metal, drawing from a region of Brazil with a small but growing extreme metal underground before splitting up.
Black and death metal band from Salvador, Bahia, active from 2014, fusing black metal and death metal with crust, punk, and grindcore influences. Their 2018 album "O Grotesco e o Desespero," released on Cospe Fogo Gravações and recorded at Estúdio Ruído Rosa in Salvador, explores themes of despair, resistance, and societal decay across ten tracks. The band also released the split "Aphorism / Rabujos" and the EP "I" (2014), making them one of the more prolific underground extreme acts to emerge from northeastern Brazil.
Apokalyptic Raids is a black/death/thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, originally formed in 1998 as Apocalyptic Raids — a name drawn directly from a Hellhammer EP — before adopting the current spelling in 2001. Driven by guitarist and vocalist Leon "Necromaniac" Manssur, they have released a string of albums and splits since their debut "Only Death Is Real" (2001), channeling the proto-black metal ferocity of Hellhammer, Bathory, and Vulcano while collaborating with acts like Whipstriker and Atomic Roar.
Apotheke der Seele — German for "pharmacy of the soul" — is a black/post-metal project from Fazenda Rio Grande, Paraná, Brazil. Their 2022 release Aqua Corrosiva blends corrosive black metal atmosphere with the slower, textured dynamics of post-metal, exploring themes of inner desolation. The German-language name signals a deliberate aesthetic distance from everyday Brazilian metal convention.
Artes Negras is a black/thrash metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina whose lyrical themes revolve around paganism, death, and Argentine werewolf folklore (the Lobizón). Their debut album "Let There Be Death" was released on CD in 2004 and featured members performing under pseudonyms including Necromandus on vocals, Lordnatt and Nan Noctambulus on guitars, Hellbastard on bass, and Funeris on drums.
As Dramatic Homage is a Rio de Janeiro project founded in 2001 by guitarist Alexandre Carreiro and vocalist Alexandre Pontes, beginning with black and doom metal before evolving toward extreme progressive metal. Their early catalog includes releases from 2001 such as "The Lover's Funeral" and "Incandescent Sun," with the 2012 track "Monumental" reflecting their later experimental direction. The name signals their central preoccupation: exploring antagonistic human behavior, philosophy, and existentialist themes through atmospheric, shifting compositions.
Aske is a black/death metal band from São Carlos, São Paulo state, operating in the Brazilian extreme metal underground since 2018. Their approach sits firmly in the raw, aggressive end of the black-death spectrum, with releases distributed independently through Bandcamp.
Asphalt Grieving is a black/death metal act from Santiago, Chile, who debuted in January 2024 with the EP "Lack of Certainty," released by Black Legion Records as a limited clear CD edition of 300 copies worldwide. Later in 2024 they released a second EP, "Transgression of the Quantum Self: Tertiary Magnitude," featuring session drums by Krzysztof Klingbein and three tracks totaling approximately 24 minutes.
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