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Aphangak is a Melodic Black/Gothic Metal band from Marinilla, Antioquia, Colombia, active since 2001. The band has released five full-length albums, beginning with Shadows of Death in 2003 and most recently Memorias de un territorio ancestral in 2023, and have appeared on multiple Colombian metal compilations through labels including Manitú Records.
Apóstasis is a melodic black/death metal band from Brasília, Brazil, whose 2018 self-titled album draws on Nietzschean philosophy and misanthropy as lyrical touchstones. Their sound fuses the melodic sweep of Scandinavian black metal with death metal aggression, reflecting the increasingly ambitious underground scene in Brazil's federal capital. The band remains independent and active.
As Darkness Fell is a melodic black/doom metal band from Buenos Aires that has been active since 2000, releasing the album Below the Fog in 2015 on Misanthropic Spirit Records. The record was driven by Hernan Figueredo on guitars, bass, and keyboards alongside vocalist Matias Herrera, crafting a cold, melancholic sound rooted in the Northern European black metal tradition.
Asterean is a melodic black/death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, that traces its roots to 2011 through a predecessor project called Espera XIII before formalizing under the current name around 2020. The four-piece — featuring Renan Brito on guitars, vocals, and keyboards alongside Fernando Henrique Ribeiro on drums — released their debut full-length Cosmorama in July 2022, a 33-minute record blending nature-themed black metal atmospherics with crushing riffs and cosmic imagery, followed by the Sovereign EP in 2024.
Devakhan is an active melodic black and death metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, listed on Encyclopaedia Metallum as an independent act. The band released a demo in 2010 featuring tracks such as "In the Name of Justice" and "Slaughter," placing them within the northeastern Brazilian extreme metal underground.
Heavenheim is an Argentine extreme metal project formed in 2024 with a lineup of Kai (vocals), Dave (guitar), Andy (bass), Gisa (drums), and Leon (keyboards), blending symphonic black metal and melodic death metal with Christian metal themes. The band released the album United Forever on December 2, 2024, featuring tracks including the 13-minute title piece, followed by the single Take Your Cross in February 2025 and the two-track EP Have You Ever Heard of the Cross in November 2025.
Hostinalia is an extreme heavy metal band from the Pernambuco metal scene in northeastern Brazil, formed in 2020. The band released the album "Millions of Orphans" alongside singles including "Morbid Anxiety" and "Black Hole", blending melodic black and gothic metal elements.
Isfet are a melodic black/death metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Drawing heavily on the Swedish melodic black metal tradition of the late 1990s, they released their debut full-length Shards from a Formless Past in October 2017, an eight-track record recorded at GERE Studios. Their lyrical themes revolve around misanthropy, occultism, and anti-cosmic philosophy.
Litosth is a melodic black/death metal band from Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2016, featuring members who have also played in prominent Latin American black metal acts including Patria, Mysteriis, Swords at Hymns, and Dark Celebration. The band released their second full-length album "Farther From the Sun" in 2022, recorded at Dead Marshall Records, blending the melancholy of black metal with atmospheric death metal. Their third full-length "Cesariana" followed in February 2024 through Personal Records.
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