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Raw black metal project from Krasnoyarsk in central Siberia, launched in 2024 and stripping the genre to its most primal essence. Their lo-fi approach embraces the harshness and minimalism that defines raw black metal's underground ethos.
Washington state's GLA operate in the most unfiltered and deliberately lo-fi end of raw black metal, stripping the genre down to static, spite, and atmosphere. A 2022 project for those who want their black metal as abrasive as possible.
Glaisemort is a raw black metal project from Clermont-Ferrand, France, formed in 2026, self-described as 'urban rot worship,' blending raw black metal, lo-fi production, dark ambient, and noise aesthetics. Their four-track demo includes a Lifelover cover alongside original compositions exploring shame and silence.
Raw, unpolished, and deliberately hostile, Glaive strips black metal back to its most primitive essentials — primitive tremolo lines, blizzard-blast drumming, and vocals dragged up from the frost. A project born in 2020 with no interest in compromise.
Glemt is a raw black metal project from London, formed in 2019. Their Norwegian name — meaning 'forgotten' — brings Scandinavian character to their raw London-based black metal.
GM-1 is a raw black metal project from Santander, Spain, formed in 2016, delivering lo-fi, stripped-down black metal from the Cantabrian coast. The project channels cold, uncompromising rawness from northern Spain.
Gmer is a raw black metal project from Poland, formed in 2026. They represent the newest addition to Poland's vast black metal underground.
Gnomehorn is a raw black metal project from Daugavpils, Latvia's second-largest city, formed in 2021. They deliver lo-fi black metal from the Latgale region near the Lithuanian and Belarusian borders.
Amherst's Gnosis strip black metal down to its most abrasive, unvarnished core — raw production, cold atmosphere, and no concessions to accessibility. Formed in 2018, they belong firmly to the lo-fi, adversarial wing of the underground.
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