Sign of Evil

Chile has been a nest of great metal acts.

Altar in Darkness

Gauntlet Ring

Ophthalamia

Underrated swedish gem

Białywilk

It surely will be featured on some "Best of 2021" lists.

Suffering Sights

Unto Others

These guys used to be called "Idle Hands" but they had to change their name.

Hereticae

This one was one of my top 10 favorite records of 2020.

Hinsides

Your black metal is either raw or it's wrong.

Thron

From: Abysmal (2018)

Funeral Nation

Kaleikr

Beautiful 

The Cross

First full length record of this old-schooler band. Doom at its finest: melancholic, slow and lots of beautiful, guitar driven riffs.

Brazilian Thrash Metal scene

I've been into some underground Thrash Metal bands lately. Bands still active which haven't yet achieved the cult status (or stardom). They're worth a check.

• Whipstriker (RJ) - Crude, dirt and distorted Thrash/Speed
• Cerberus Attack (SP) - Thrash Metal. 

Svatan

New band from veteran musicians. Straight forward Black Metal.

Cathedral

Doom!

New Thrash Metal Bands

I must confess at first I didn't like this new - by now, not so new - Thrash Metal wave. Yeah, I am a hater, I know. But I've found so many good records lately. Here are some:

• HeXen - Being and Nothingness (2012): Unfortunately the band split in 2012. It reads in their Metal-Archive's that they play "Melodic Thrash Metal with Progressive influences". If I had read this before actually listening, I probably wouldn't have given this a try.
• Warbringer - Woe to the Vanquished (2017): I knew their first two records and they are killer! With time they begun to develop their own sound, expanding their musical variety.

Acherontas

Great ambient, powerful Black Metal. Greece is a wonderful school of Black Metal.

Blackslash

Young and full of energy folks from Geramny. Heavily backed by N.W.O.B.H.M. sound, but better. 🙊
Note: N.W.O.T.H.M - New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal. That's something new to me.

Obskure

Death Metal with small hints of keyboards here and there.