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Bestial Possession is a Black/Thrash Metal band from Trujillo, Peru, formed in 2003 and currently signed to Tyrants Records. The band blends raw South American black metal aggression with thrash fury, drawing on themes of Satan, sex, and death. Their discography spans demos and splits from the late 2000s through to the 2020 full-length "Altares sangrientos" and the 2021 split "Legacy of Terror."
Bestialgoat is a two-piece war metal act from São Cristóvão/Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, formed in 2020 by I. Lead Injektor (guitars/bass) and A. Mutilator (vocals/drums). The duo has been noted as a standout in the new wave of Brazilian bestial black metal, releasing the full-length "Infernal Goat Extermination" in 2024.
Black Mass was a Black/Thrash Metal band from Belém, Pará, Brazil, formed in 2013. Operating out of northern Brazil’s oldest metal city, the band blended raw black metal aesthetics with thrash metal aggression. They released music independently, including material available through their Bandcamp page, before splitting up.
Black Pullet is a one-person Black/Doom Metal project from Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2023. The project released the EP “A Man of Sorrows” as a self-produced digital release, presenting a four-part work that shifts between depressive slow doom metal on the opening and closing tracks and raw atmospheric black metal in the middle, unified by an atmosphere of cold isolation and melancholy.
Blackgoat Holocaust was a black/thrash metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, active briefly before splitting up. The band was an independent underground act exploring themes of death, lust, and destruction in the tradition of the Brazilian extreme metal underground.
Blasphemaniac is a black/thrash metal band from Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil, playing what they describe as old school black speed metal rooted in blasphemy, satanism, and witchcraft. The band has released several records including "Lust Possession" (2021), "Bestial Occult Ceremony" (2022), and "Night of the Necromancer" (2023) via Black Hearts Records and Death Defier Productions. They performed at the Brazilian Harmageddon 2024 festival in São Paulo alongside international acts such as Sabbat.
Bleed for Me are a Buenos Aires black/doom metal band who have been active, under various interruptions, since the early 2000s, releasing a self-titled album, "The End...", and the full-length "Reborn" in 2017. Their music dwells on themes of sadness, pain, and despair, rendered through slow, crushing doom riffs layered with black metal atmospherics. The band has remained independent throughout their career.
Bode Maldito is a one-man black/death/thrash metal project from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, operating within the Brazilian underground extreme metal scene. The project released the demo "Sodomizing Christ" digitally in 2024, with a limited physical edition of 33 copies issued in late 2024 by Poland's Unpure Records as part of their DIY Ungodly Underground Series. Lyrical themes revolve around Satanism and anti-Christianity.
Bömbraid are a black/thrash metal band from Dosquebradas, Risaralda, Colombia, formed in 2020 and signed to High Tension Records. The trio—trading under the names Hellbomber, JJA Nekro, and Nunsfucker—released their debut demo Meet Me in the Graveyard in 2021, blending first-wave black metal aggression with punk-infused speed.
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