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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 metal act from Phoenix, Arizona operating in the tradition of lo-fi, blasphemic underground black metal with thematic ties to darkness and evil. The band remains fiercely independent and obscure within the Southwest extreme metal underground.
Raw black metal act from Tallahassee, Florida committed to the lo-fi, primitive tradition of the genre's most abrasive underground wing. The band operates well outside Florida's more celebrated death metal legacy, carving out space in the state's smaller black metal underground.
Culmen is a raw black metal band from Chavín, Ancash, Peru, formed in 2022. Signed to From Deepest Records, they released their debut single in 2022 and followed it with the EP "De un soplo la creación" in 2024, exploring themes of philosophical delusions and dreams through a harsh, minimalist black metal approach.
Culto Maligno is a raw black metal band from Aracruz, Espírito Santo, Brazil, formed in 2011. Operating independently on the underground circuit, the band released their debut material "Devotos de um deus assassino" in 2011. Their approach is rooted in the abrasive, lo-fi tradition of South American raw black metal.
Raw black metal project from Kremenchuk in central Ukraine, formed in 2025. Cunnalhum channels lo-fi, abrasive black metal from the Dnieper region.
Raw Raw Black Metal out of Texas.
Raw industrial black-crust metal band from Sheffield, England, formed in 2016. They fuse black metal with crust punk and industrial elements from the Steel City.
Raw black metal project from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, active since 2016. Cvlt delivers lo-fi, stripped-down black metal from the contested peninsula.
Raw black metal band from Northumberland, England, formed in 2024. Named after the Anglo-Saxon poet, Cynewulf channel ancient English themes through primitive black metal.
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