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Serpent Cobra is a stoner/doom metal duo from Paraná, Argentina, built around vocalist and bassist Carolina Dussau and guitarist Emanuel Acosta, drawing comparisons to Witchfinder General, Pentagram, and early Venom. Their debut album Anatomy of Abuses (2020) was released on cassette via Stoner Witch Records and on vinyl/CD via Interstellar Smoke Records, followed by the mini-album Beware (2021) and their third full-length Metal Disaster (2024).
Stoner/doom band from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, formed in 2024. The five-piece lineup — JP Vieira on vocals, Arthur Biscotto and Daniel Hochwart on guitars, Iggor Concolatto on bass, and Lucas de Lucca on drums — recorded their self-titled Demo live at Rise Together Studio in May 2024, releasing it in August of that year.
Shelvy is a stoner and doom metal band from Banfield, in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, whose debut full-length Vol. 1 (2018) was recorded between November 2017 and September 2018 at Estudio MAD by Marcelo D'Addona and mastered by Cesar Barrabia at Estudio Rockville. The eight-track album, which includes songs such as "Medusa," "Nautilus," and "Apocalipsis," established the band within Argentina's growing heavy underground scene.
Stoner/doom metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, formed in 2019 by Lucas (guitar/vocals), Issac (guitar), Renata (bass), and Gabriel (drums). Their self-titled debut mini-album, released October 21, 2019 through Careless Records, contains five tracks including 'Any Street', 'Insomnia', and 'Witch'.
Spiritual Void practice doom metal from the Lake Constance area, building ponderous, meditative compositions that explore the emptiness between matter and spirit. Active since 2017, their Alpine lake setting provides a contemplative backdrop for their crushing sound.
Superkabras is a stoner/doom metal band from Ambato, Ecuador, playing entirely instrumental music. Active since at least 2014, they have released a series of EPs including Totem Gif (2014), Inorgánico universo (2018), and Alaska (2020), building a catalog of heavy, riff-driven soundscapes rooted in the stoner and doom traditions.
The Haze Palqui is a stoner/doom metal band from Peñaflor, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of Chile. The band released the EP Chamanic Palqui Experience in 2022, blending heavy fuzz-driven riffs with a psychedelic sensibility rooted in the desert and the underground doom scene.
Stoner/doom duo from Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2017 by Souza (vocals, guitar) and Castro (vocals, bass), later expanding to a trio with the addition of drummer Mitchell. Their debut release Pigs (November 2017), recorded at Underworld Homestudio, runs two tracks of heavy, psychedelic riffing drawing on Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd.
Stoner/doom metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, active since 2015. Their self-titled debut album was released on March 28, 2015, followed by Mangue on March 22, 2016, the latter recorded at Bend Studio in Joinville, Santa Catarina, with a sound drawing on heavy groove and psych-influenced riffs.
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