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Anagneia channels raw black metal from the Basque-Atlantic town of Anglet since 2025, bringing lo-fi hostility to the French Basque Country's underground. Their arrival represents the newest wave of extreme music from France's southwestern border.
Ancient Morass crafts raw black metal from Utrecht since 2018. Their name conjures images of primeval swamps — fitting for the Netherlands' waterlogged landscape — and their lo-fi approach mirrors the murky depths of the Dutch bogs.
Andkristur is a raw black metal solo project from Neuquén, Argentina, dealing in themes of occultism, anti-Christianity, and esoteric darkness. The project operates in an almost entirely instrumental mode, releasing a succession of demos and full-lengths including Triumphant Darkness (Demo III), The War of Evil (Demo II), and the full-length Mors Sinistri Cruci. The Latin-titled releases reflect the project's embrace of classical anti-Christian black metal aesthetics.
Anfauglir are a raw black metal band from Santiago, Chile, whose work draws on themes of magic, war, and occultism rooted in Chilean underground traditions. The band released "Demo MMXXIII" as a limited CDr in 2023, documenting their austere and confrontational approach to the genre.
Anhangah is a raw black metal project from Artur Nogueira, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2025. The project released a demo and the single "Profecia do Caos," working in the lo-fi, primitively produced style characteristic of raw black metal with lyrics rooted in occult and prophetic themes.
Anihilar is a raw black metal project emerging from Catalonia in 2024, stripped to its most primal and lo-fi essence. The project embraces the genre's most uncompromising aesthetic, rejecting polish in favor of pure sonic hostility.
Anorak is a raw black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, active since the late 2000s and signed to Holokaostor Productions. The band operates firmly in the lo-fi, primitive black metal tradition, with lyrical themes centered on Satanism, anti-Christianity, and blasphemy.
A one-man raw black metal project from Rio de Janeiro by Fernando Count Old, originating in Nova Friburgo before relocating to Nova Iguaçu. Active since 2010, the project has built a consistent lo-fi discography across multiple EPs and singles — including "Bem Vindos ao Começo do Fim" (2012) and "Imemorável Falso Império" (2022) — with all material recorded and mixed by Count Old himself. Lyrical themes circle around anti-Christianity, political crisis, war, and misanthropy, in keeping with the uncompromising aesthetics of Brazilian underground raw black metal.
Antichües practices raw black metal from Petřvald in the Moravian-Silesian Region since 2023. From this former mining town near Ostrava, they craft deliberately primitive black metal with industrial-town hostility.
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