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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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Saint-Petersburg-based raw black metal and dungeon synth project active since 2024, oscillating between caustic, lo-fi black metal hostility and fantastical synthesizer passages dripping with medieval atmosphere. Their dual-natured output bridges the gap between the genre's most primitive impulses and its escapist, RPG-influenced side.
Bode Samurai is a raw black metal band from Catanduva, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2020. The band is an independent, unsigned act whose lyrical themes encompass war, death, Japanese history, and horror films. They have contributed material to compilation releases within the Brazilian underground black metal scene.
Moscow-based raw black metal project active since 2022, 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.
Savage Raw Black Metal / Ambient out of Texas.
Greek raw black metal and dungeon synth project active since 2023, oscillating between caustic, lo-fi black metal hostility and fantastical synthesizer passages dripping with medieval atmosphere. Their dual-natured output bridges the gap between the genre's most primitive impulses and its escapist, RPG-influenced side.
Finnish raw black metal band from Kajaani, formed in 2018. Named after an ancient dawn deity, they channel primordial raw black metal from the forests of Kainuu.
Norwegian raw black metal project active since 2023, 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.
Boske are a Buenos Aires raw black metal project who have maintained a prolific output since 2021, releasing "Meditacion y muerte" and "Una leccion de Metal Negro" that year, followed by "Perseverancia y disciplina" in 2022 and "A punta de espada" in 2024. Their recordings lean hard into lo-fi production, visceral intensity, and an uncompromising fidelity to black metal's most primitive aesthetic. The band operates independently and remains active.
Athens-based raw black metal project active since 2023, 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.
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