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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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Raw black-grind act from Tuchów in the Lesser Poland highlands, formed in 2021. Chainsaw Gutsfuck channels lo-fi, primitive extremity from rural southern Poland.
Raw black metal project from Norway. Chalice Ablaze channels primitive, stripped-down black metal in the raw Norwegian tradition.
Raw black metal project from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2021. They craft lo-fi, uncompromising black metal stripped to its most primitive essence.
California raw black metal project Chalice of Eden operate in the lo-fi, primitive tradition of raw black metal, prioritizing atmosphere and nihilistic intensity over production polish. Their music is harsh and stripped down, indebted to the second-wave Scandinavian style.
Genre-defying German extreme metal act, active since 2015. Chaos Cascade blend raw black metal, grindcore, and power metal into an unconventional and unpredictable sonic assault.
Youngstown's Chariot ov Wolves deal in raw, abrasive black metal soaked in the rust belt's industrial desolation. Their recordings favor primitive production and an unrelenting, hostile atmosphere.
Charred Hanging Victim is a raw black metal project operating at the ugliest, most confrontational fringes of the American underground. Primitive production and hostile atmosphere are the defining characteristics of their work.
Pennsylvania's Charred Husk of Pariah delivers raw black metal with a suffocating, nihilistic darkness that places it firmly within the most abrasive corners of the American scene. Their recordings trade in lo-fi ferocity and cold, unmediated aggression.
Massachusetts raw black metal project Chasmic Filth leans hard into lo-fi ugliness and punishing minimalism, operating with the contempt for accessibility that defines the American bedroom black metal underground. Their recordings are deliberately primitive and uncompromising.
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