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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Rawthrone is a two-piece raw black metal band from Rio de Janeiro formed in 2020, consisting of Hellmaniac (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards) and Splatter (drums). The project released its debut full-length Encased in Darkness in 2020 through Blizzard Records, followed by Crossing Limits — a ten-track album that includes a Darkthrone cover ("Unholy Black Metal") — and Ready to Chaos.
Reflet Crépusculaire is a raw black metal project from France, formed in 2022. Named 'Twilight Reflection' in French, the project channels cold, lo-fi black metal.
Repossessed was a raw black/death metal band from Beveren, East Flanders, Belgium, originally formed in 1997 and active intermittently until 2006. The band cycled between raw black metal in its early phase and black/death metal in a later incarnation before permanently splitting.
Raw black metal project from Portugal, active since 2019. Their Portuguese name, meaning 'repudiation,' channels lo-fi hostility.
Requiem of Death is a raw black metal project from Sweden, formed in 2021. The project channels bleak, lo-fi black metal with ambient undertones, embracing the raw and unpolished end of the black metal spectrum.
Prolific raw black metal and dark ambient project from Wales, active since 2018. The project has built a considerable reputation in the raw black metal underground for lo-fi, atmospheric recordings rooted in Welsh landscapes.
Rigel is a raw black metal and ambient project from Oulu in northern Finland, active since 2014. Named after the bright star in Orion, the project merges raw black metal with ambient soundscapes from the Finnish north.
Riifaust is a raw black metal project from Finland, formed in 2019. The project delivers stripped-down, lo-fi black metal in the primal Finnish tradition.
Raw black metal project from the Donetsk Oblast, formed in 2021 and channeling primal aggression from one of Ukraine's most conflict-affected regions. Their lo-fi approach embraces the harshness central to raw black metal.
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