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Khazad Dûm is a black/death metal duo from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, founded around 2014–2015 by Noatún (guitars, vocals) and Gothmog (bass), drawing their name and lyrical themes from Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology. The band released the EP Garmadh in 2017 before issuing their debut full-length Khásma (BloodRock Records, 2019), which blends old-school extreme metal aggression with NWOBHM and doom influences, acoustic passages, and piano. A remastered edition of Khásma was released through Masked Dead Records in 2023.
Killer Karnivore Society is an active black/sludge metal band from Mexico, formed in 2021. They released a self-titled EP in 2021 and followed it with singles in 2024.
Krushhammer is a black/thrash metal band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, formed in 2019. The quartet — Marcel Krusher (vocals), Nekrolucifer (guitar), Alberth Desecrator (bass), and Philippe Hellish (drums) — debuted with the EP Speed Blacking Hell before releasing their first full-length, Blood, Violence & Blasphemy, in November 2022 through Helldprod Records and Iron Pegasus Records.
Kultist is a black/thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2014 and known for their conceptual approach rooted in the cosmic horror fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. Their 2019 debut album The Black Goat — featuring vocalist Dan Pacheco alongside a rhythm section of Yasmin Amaral (guitar), Karine Campanille (bass), and Letícia Figueiredo (drums) — weaves each of its eight tracks around a specific Lovecraftian entity.
Lord Devastador is an Ecuadorian black/death metal solo project with roots stretching back to Quito in 1996, when it was active as a band before disbanding in 2000 and relaunching as a one-man outfit. The project's 2014 release "Infernal Holocaust" compiled two unreleased demos from 1998 and 2000 with remastered sound, showcasing a raw, Deathrashing Metal style sung entirely in Spanish.
Lucifer's Doom is a black/doom metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, active since 2015. The band released a self-titled EP in June 2015, a three-track CDr debut that blends avant-garde black metal atmospherics with mournful doom sensibilities. Their sound features high baritone vocals over heavy, slow-burning riffs with lyrical themes drawn from Christian eschatology.
Lábar'Oculto is a black/doom metal band from Piraju, São Paulo, formed in 2017, whose lyrics draw on poetry, literature, and occultism. The band released their self-titled debut album in 2020 through Misanthropic Records and Black Hearts Records, recorded at Amarello Sound Studio between 2017 and 2019. The album was preceded by the single Lábar'Oculto (Contravulgata) and a live recording from UMF XVIII.
A ritualistic project fusing black metal ferocity with the suffocating weight of doom, Malaise Shire conjures dense atmospheres rooted in darkness and despair. Their 2022 release "Painful Ritual of Despair" showcases a brooding blend of tortured riffs and ceremonial dread, recorded entirely in Paraíba.
Taking their name from the infamous 15th-century witch-hunting manual, this Belo Horizonte outfit channels the sinister crossroads between black and death metal with a sound rooted in darkness, blasphemy, and extreme aggression. Operating from one of Brazil's most historically fertile metal cities, Malleus Maleficarum carry forward the traditions of the Minas Gerais extreme underground.
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