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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Filth-encrusted raw black metal from Moscow, forged in 2018. Intentionally abrasive production values serve as a weapon, wrapping venomous riffs and shrieked vocals in a blanket of corrosive static.
Yekaterinburg-based raw black metal project active since 2015, burying its compositions beneath layers of caustic distortion and lo-fi haze. Their uncompromising approach to production channels the most primitive currents of the second wave.
Enigmatic Portuguese one-man raw black metal project active since 2009, producing some of the most uncompromising lo-fi extremity in contemporary black metal. Across six studio albums and numerous demos, the anonymous sole member has built a monolithic body of work that defines and defies the modern raw black metal idiom, earning unlikely crossover recognition.
Black Cocaine is a Brazilian raw black metal and noise project formed in 2022 and released under Podreira Records, a DIY underground label based in Catanduva, São Paulo. The band released the demo "Reality, Insanity, Drugs..." in 2022, operating firmly within Brazil's lo-fi extreme underground.
Filth-encrusted raw black metal from Samara, forged in 2022. Intentionally abrasive production values serve as a weapon, wrapping venomous riffs and shrieked vocals in a blanket of corrosive static.
Black Vulture is a raw black metal and experimental band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, active since 2009. The trio has been prolific on Bandcamp, releasing a string of albums including "Nossas Virtudes" (2009), "Depois Disso" (2013), and "Enquanto Remédio" (2016), all exploring lo-fi black metal aesthetics with an experimental edge. The band operates independently within the Brazilian underground metal scene.
Orzesze-based raw black metal project active since 2008, burying its compositions beneath layers of caustic distortion and lo-fi haze. Their uncompromising approach to production channels the most primitive currents of the second wave.
Swedish raw black metal project active since 2025, burying its compositions beneath layers of caustic distortion and lo-fi haze. Their uncompromising approach to production channels the most primitive currents of the second wave.
French raw black metal band from Agen, active since 2005. With two decades of blasphemous raw black metal, they are a veteran of the Gascon underground.
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