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Raw black metal project from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, active between 2020 and its dissolution. The name 1835 references the year the Farroupilha Revolution erupted in the region, a decade-long separatist uprising that defines the cultural identity of southern Brazil, lending the band a distinctly regional character. With no Spotify presence and a short lifespan, 1835 existed firmly within the lo-fi Brazilian underground black metal tape and Bandcamp circuit.
A two-piece raw black metal band that began as a collaboration between Santa Catarina and Espírito Santo before the lineup shifted to a Santa Catarina / Minas Gerais axis, with Krakör handling vocals and Aamon on instruments. Signed to Madre Muerte, their lyrics explore paganism, nature mysticism, and spiritual hatred in the tradition of stripped-down South American black metal.
A raw black metal project from Germany, Aasfresser emerged in 2019 delivering stripped-down, lo-fi black metal with an uncompromising hostility. The name, German for 'carrion eater,' signals the project's appetite for the genre's most primal and abrasive expressions.
Abezethibou channels raw black metal from Kópavogur, a suburb of Reykjavík, taking their name from a one-winged demon of the Testament of Solomon. Formed in 2022, they tap into Iceland's fertile tradition of atmospheric extremity.
Abmontium practices depressive and raw black metal from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island as of 2025. From Russia's most remote Far Eastern outpost — an island between the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk — they channel ultimate geographic isolation into DSBM.
Abrasion is a thrash and death metal band from Corpus Christi, Texas. Their 2016 split with Beelzebud showcases the band's aggressive, no-holds-barred approach to extreme thrash from the South Texas underground.
Abysmal Serpent is a raw black metal project from Tuusula, emerging in 2025 with the lo-fi ferocity that defines the genre's most unpolished expressions. The project embraces black metal's most primitive aesthetic from the heart of southern Finland.
Abyss Cult is a raw black metal band from Torello in Catalonia, Spain, formed in 2025, channeling the genre's lo-fi hostility and uncompromising aggression from the rural Osona valley north of Barcelona. The band is among the newest raw black metal acts in the Catalan extreme metal underground.
Abîme delivers raw black metal from Lyon since 2017, their French word for "abyss" reflecting the bottomless hostility of their sound. The project embraces the genre's most unpolished aesthetic from one of France's largest cities.
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