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Fort Worth's Espials von Lethe has practiced black metal since 2003, taking its name from Lethe — the river of forgetfulness in Greek mythology — and building music around themes of oblivion and dissolution. Two decades of underground activity have kept the project true to an austere, uncompromising vision.
Black/doom metal band from Portugal launched in 2025. Their sound merges black metal's cold hostility with doom metal's crushing weight.
Espiritismo is a raw black metal band from San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded by Shabatu Mausthulem (Gaston G. Sturla) alongside guitarist Leithzara Azazelth, with themes rooted in Satanism and spiritual invocation. The band has been prolific since their 2009 debut "Otros modos...", releasing a string of albums including "Difuntos" (2010), "Perturbaciones" (2013), "NA.DE.EN.UN." (2016), and "Fragmentos de Mundos Paralelos" (2020), with "Ceremonia de Invocación" pressed in a limited edition of 300 copies by Escafismo Records.
Espíritu Oculto (Spanish for "Occult Spirit") is a black metal band from Bucaramanga, Colombia, formed in 2005. The band describes their music as committed to keeping the real black metal sound, with lyrics drawing on themes of darkness, hatred, and the malevolent forces of nature. Their lineup consists of Hakael Oculto on vocals and guitar, Aleera on second guitar, Merihim on bass, and Vreal on drums.
Black metal project from Claix in the French Alps, launched in 2023. They bring atmospheric black metal from the mountainous southeast.
Depressive black metal project from Roost-Warendin in northern France, active since 2017. They explore bleak, sorrowful soundscapes from the mining country of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
Raw black metal project from Portugal active since 2017. Their name — referencing the star Aldebaran — adds cosmic mysticism to an uncompromising raw black metal approach.
Esquife is a black metal project from Minas Gerais, Brazil, written and performed entirely by Rafael Mordente. The project released "TROPIKVLT" in January 2023, a seven-track album blending raw black metal with sardonic humor, followed by "Arrebatamento" in March 2024. The band has since split up.
Black/death metal band from Joensuu, Finland formed in 2021. They deliver fierce extreme metal from the forests of Finnish Karelia.
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