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Athus Cerimonae is a Brazilian black metal and dark ambient duo — Anatole (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Angellus (bass, vocals) — whose music explores existential metaphysics and occult writing. Since their 2022 debut "Foedera Naturae," the project has released a series of albums weaving multilingual lyrics in Portuguese, English, and Romanian through atmospheric, ritualistic compositions.
Bong of Depression is a Brazilian doom, black metal, and drone project formed in 2024, with member Niili handling instruments alongside drummer Guna. The project released a split with Mourning Souls through Podreira Records in January 2024 and followed it with the full-length 'Æternal Doomed' in August 2024, exploring bleak atmospheres across drone, doom, and dark ambient terrain.
Gloomy Misanthropy is a one-man black metal and dark ambient project from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, driven entirely by the sole member known as Wandering Moribund. The project debuted with a 2016 demo and released its first full-length album, "Dark Procession from the Abyss," on July 11, 2021, through Astral Nightmare Productions, recorded and mixed at Wolf's Lair Home Studio between 2018 and 2020. Drawing on anti-cosmic Satanism and misanthropic themes, the project is rooted in the raw traditions of LLN, Abruptum, and Leviathan.
Incidere is a one-person atmospheric/depressive black metal and dark ambient project from Mexico City, formed in 2018 by multi-instrumentalist Lura Dyzert. The project is signed to BMC Productions and released the full-length Return the Light in 2021.
Lignum Mortis is a one-man black and doom metal project from Valdivia, in southern Chile, that merges sounds drawn from death metal, black metal, and dark ambient to create densely layered sonic landscapes. The project's self-titled debut was released in 2015 as a limited CD-R run of 30 copies before being made available digitally, followed by Vacuum Inferno in 2022 and Lignum Mortis II in December 2025. All music, recording, mixing, mastering, and artwork are handled entirely by the sole member.
Lignum Mortis is a one-man black and doom metal project from Valdivia, in southern Chile, that merges sounds drawn from death metal, black metal, and dark ambient to create densely layered sonic landscapes. The project's self-titled debut was released in 2015 as a limited CD-R run of 30 copies before being made available digitally, followed by Vacuum Inferno in 2022 and Lignum Mortis II in December 2025. All music, recording, mixing, mastering, and artwork are handled entirely by the sole member.
The solo project of Kavera, Northern Forest merged raw black metal aggression with expansive dark ambient passages inspired by the Amazonian landscape and the themes of seasons, night, and misanthropy. Releases including the album Natureza and the cassette A Eternal Winter on Depressive Illusions Records captured a desolate, nature-saturated sound rooted deeply in the northernmost reaches of Brazil.
Nostalgie Depression was a one-person depressive black metal and ambient project from Santiago, active from 2012 until splitting up, created by the sole member Adramelejch. The project released several albums through Ukrainian label Depressive Illusions Records, including Del Cerro a la Luz Resplandeciente bajo el Sol and El Canto de las Aves en la Niebla in 2014 and Psychedelic Eyes in 2015, exploring themes of misanthropy, depression, and melancholy.
Penitent is a Norwegian darkwave, gothic, and dark ambient project formed in 1994 in Stavanger by multi-instrumentalist Karsten Hamre as a vehicle for combining personal poetry with music. The project's debut album Melancholia appeared in 1996 on the Swedish Cold Meat Industry label, followed by The Beauty of Pain (1997) and a series of releases across several labels spanning neoclassical darkwave and symphonic black metal influences. Penitent has remained active for three decades, with remastered editions of early albums released via The Circle Music in recent years.
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