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Ebheron is a one-man symphonic black metal project from Santa Catarina, Brazil, active since 2020. The project blends black metal aggression with orchestral arrangements, drawing on themes of Lovecraftian horror and fantasy. Releases include the single "God of Blood" (2021) and "The Immolation" (2022), the latter featuring string arrangements co-written with Mayki Fabiani.
En Fandens Ridder was a symphonic and avant-garde black metal band from Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2011. The band released their debut demo Forest of Thy Light in July 2011, a six-track recording blending black metal with experimental and atmospheric elements before splitting up.
Erzsébet is a symphonic black/gothic metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2023 and signed to Sinne Records. The band's lyrical themes center on vampirism, gothic eroticism, romanticism, and death, drawing on the dark legacy of the historical figure their name references.
Exortta is a symphonic black/doom metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, playing in the Christian unblack metal tradition. The band released their debut album "Last Called" in 2015, later remastered and reissued in 2020 through Vision of God Records, and contributed the track "David's Lyre" to the Brazilian extreme metal compilation "Evig Mørke Collection Vol. I" in 2017.
Gloriam Satanas is a symphonic black metal band from Campana, Argentina, formed around 2018–2020, featuring vocalist Gabriel Teggi (Tormentor), guitarist Agustín Ávila (Valtasael), bassist Maximiliano Gallipi (Barbol), and drummer Damián Cisneros (Dr. Satan). The band released their debut demo "Spell of Possession" in September 2020, followed by their first full-length "There Above, Here Below" in September 2022, and the concept album "Blood Mysticism" — exploring vampirism and lycanthropy — in November 2025.
Hawthorn was a symphonic black metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil that operated under the Christian black metal (unblack) banner. The female-fronted group wove Scandinavian-influenced melodic extremity with symphonic arrangements, releasing material including the EP Thorns and Blood and the full-length Dark Tales. The band was later signed to Intense Millennium Records before splitting up.
Hiereus is a symphonic black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2021. The band released their debut full-length Após o Portal do Oeste, a twelve-track album recorded in 2019 and mixed and mastered by Gabriel Cabral at Vampire's Studio, released through Mountain Distro/Prod.
Insane Devotion is a symphonic black metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, active since 2000 and one of the more enduring acts from the city's extreme metal scene. Their discography spans multiple decades, opening with the split release In Inferioribus Terrae alongside Scorner in 2000, and continuing through Slaves Will Serve (2005), Infidel (2015), and Tormento (2022), the latter released via Mindscrape Music.
Micarlla II is a symphonic black metal solo project founded in Mexico in 2021 by multi-instrumentalist Victoria Carmilla H., drawing on themes of vampirism and the poetry of Emily Dickinson. The debut album Cemetery of Illusions was released in October 2021, followed by The Martyrs in October 2022, both released through the self-run V.C.H. Music label.
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