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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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Obscure Dreams trades in a deliberately lo-fi strain of black metal that bleeds into ambient territory, sitting somewhere between harsh raw recordings and introspective drone. The 2021 release "Burden" — a three-track set featuring the corrosive "Craving for Lamentations" — captures a project more interested in mood and texture than convention, while earlier material like "Murmúrios da Lua" leans further into atmospheric, near-wordless drift.
California's Occult Mountain traffic in raw black metal and dungeon synth with the lo-fi intensity of a project that has nothing to prove to anyone. Born in 2025, their sound is primitive, isolated, and entirely committed to the underground's most uncompromising traditions.
Raw black metal project from Split, Croatia, formed in 2021. The project delivers lo-fi, abrasive black metal from the Dalmatian coast.
Officium Apud Satanas trades in harsh, lo-fi raw black metal from the northeastern underground, issuing singles like "Serpente da Tormenta" and "Mate o Redentor" alongside the release "Rites Of The Pure Evil." The project embraces the primitive, ritualistic end of the genre with no concessions to polish or accessibility.
A solo raw black metal project launched in 2022 by Billy Grind, Old Bats operates deep in the primitive end of the genre, self-releasing the EP "Primitivo" and a self-titled single through Bandcamp with minimal production and maximum menace. The project is a one-person affair in the truest underground tradition.
Raw black metal/ambient project from Baranovichi, Belarus, emerging in 2022 with lo-fi recordings that alternate between hostile tremolo passages and meditative drone. The project represents a growing current of atmospheric black metal in the Belarusian scene.
Raw black metal project from Vinnytsia, Ukraine, active since 2012. Over a decade of lo-fi, abrasive black metal from the central Ukrainian city.
Steeped in lo-fi grime and occult atmosphere, Olde Witchery channels the rawness of early second-wave Scandinavian black metal through a distinctly French lens. Their demo material and "L'Offrande de la Sylve Noire" conjure dense, forest-dwelling aggression with tremolo-picked melodies buried beneath layers of tape hiss.
Raw black metal project from the Netherlands, active since 2019. The project delivers lo-fi, abrasive black metal in the underground tradition.
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