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Legio Inferi is a depressive occult black metal band from Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil, crafting rustic black metal with melancholic passages and dissonant harmonies centered on themes of anti-life, death, and the occult. The band released the full-length Tragédias do Infinito Nascer in 2014 and the EP The Black Host through Plague Demon Records, as well as a split with Namtaru titled That Is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie in 2021.
Swedish death metal band from Vaxjo, newly formed in 2025. Their Latin military name, meaning 'hidden legion,' channels secretive, subterranean death metal aggression.
Legion is a thrash metal band from La Plata, Argentina, whose lineup includes Nicolas Liendo on guitar and vocals, Rafael Garritano on guitar, Sergio Carrizo on drums, and John Williams on bass. Their debut album "Gran Mal" was recorded and mixed at Dormir Sucio studio in Berisso during 2016 and released in 2017. The band draws on the tradition of Argentine thrash acts such as Hermética and Horcas.
Greek act from Athens that evolved from grindcore/death metal origins in 2013 into black metal territory. Their genre transformation traces a path from grinding extremity to atmospheric blackened darkness.
Legion of Grandeur fuse symphonic orchestration with black and death metal extremity into an outsized, cinematic sound built since 2012. Grandiose by design and uncompromising in execution, they treat the epic as an obligation rather than an indulgence.
Sacramento's Legion of Malice have been thrashing the Northern California death and grind underground since forming in 2023, spitting out short, venomous bursts of noise with maximum hostility. Two minutes at a time, they leave little standing.
Legion of the Damned is a Dutch thrash and death metal band from the Netherlands, active since 1992 under the name Occult before rebranding under their current name in 2006. Their catalog spans over a decade of increasingly aggressive output rooted in horror and occult lyrical themes, with key records including Malevolent Rapture and Sons of the Jackal produced by Andy Classen at Stage One Studio. After signing to Napalm Records, the band released Ravenous Plague (2014), Slaves of the Shadow Realm (2019), and The Poison Chalice (2023).
Legionnaire's black metal lands somewhere between cold atmospheric density and outright hostility — a project that has been building its vision since 2015 without geographic or stylistic tethering. The name implies discipline; the music delivers disorientation.
Philadelphia's Legions of Eligos arrived in 2026 summoning demonic namesake in black and death metal hammered through grindcore's brevity and force. The city's extreme metal underground has a new entry that wastes no time on subtlety.
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