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Formed in Chicago in 2005, Locrian is an experimental trio built around the intersection of black metal, drone, noise, and electronics. The band—Terence Hannum, André Foisy, and Steven Hess—has released a series of critically noted albums on Profound Lore Records, including Return to Annihilation (2013), Infinite Dissolution (2015), and End Terrain (2024), following a seven-year recording hiatus. Their densely layered approach draws on krautrock, 1990s death metal, and avant-garde electronics in equal measure, placing them at the extreme edge of experimental metal.
M60 in Hands is a raw black metal and noise solo project from Catanduva, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2023 and operated entirely by Billy Grind, who handles all instruments and vocals. The project released the EP "Infinity War in My Head" in 2023 and appeared on the 2024 split "Old Skull Black Metal" alongside Night Goat on Podreira Records, paying tribute to first-wave black metal acts Von and Root.
Malignus Morttvss is a singular one-man project that began in raw black metal territory before mutating into a deliberately abrasive collision of noise and goregrind, self-released through the project's own MASMORRA Independent imprint. Albums like "WHITENOISE" and "FUCK LOVE" reveal an artist more interested in sonic provocation and controlled chaos than genre conventions, operating entirely outside the mainstream underground.
Merzbow is the noise project of Tokyo-born artist Masami Akita, active since 1979 and named after Kurt Schwitters' Dadaist Merzbau installation. One of the most prolific artists in any genre, Akita has released over 500 recordings of dense, abrasive harsh noise, with landmark releases including Venereology (1994), Pulse Demon (1998), and the fifty-disc Merzbox (2000). Beginning as a cassette-trading project in the early 1980s, Merzbow has remained the defining name in Japanese noise music for over four decades.
Formed in 1998 in Minas Gerais, Necrocult deliberately stayed out of the commercial underground, releasing a string of cassette and CD-R demos between 1999 and 2001 — including "Sadistic Armageddon" and "Spiritual Rape" — through the local Godless Records imprint. Decades later the band resurfaced with "For Thine Is The Kingdom, And The Power, And The Glory" (2015), released jointly by Satanath Records and Ira Militias Productions.
Raw deathgrind duo from Brazil consisting of vocalist Niili and multi-instrumentalist Billy Grind, active since early 2021. The project released three recordings in its first month — Toda Desgraça do Mundo, O Pior Lado do Capitalismo, and Sessão de Foda-se — followed by a Demo in June 2021 and the EP Pequenas Empresas, Grandes Cuzões in August 2022.
Zen Garden was a short-lived avant-garde project from São Paulo that merged black metal, gothic, and noise elements into an experimental framework, releasing the recording Chained to Time in November 2019. The band's willingness to dissolve genre boundaries put them on the fringes of São Paulo's already eclectic underground metal scene before they split up.
Zonal is a UK industrial dub and noise project formed in 2017 by The Bug's Kevin Martin and Godflesh's Justin Broadrick as a reformation of their 1990s collaborative outfit Techno Animal. The duo debuted with Wrecked in early 2020 on Relapse Records, a record made in collaboration with Philadelphia poet and performer Moor Mother, fusing crushing industrial textures with dub bass weight and confrontational spoken word. The project premiered live at the Unsound festival in 2017 and performed at Roadburn in 2018 before committing the collaboration to record. Wrecked stands as one of the more uncompromising industrial releases of its era.
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