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Infortunia is a one-man raw black metal project based in Palhoça, Santa Catarina, Brazil, created in 2025 by the sole member known as Count Boulanger. The project has released two recordings, Aquilo Que Nós Vemos and Dissonance of Chaos, channeling a stripped-back, lo-fi approach to the genre.
Inhorium is a raw black/doom metal project from Belarus, formed in 2018, dwelling in the murky intersection of lo-fi black metal and crushing doom. The band strips its sound down to jagged essentials, favoring atmosphere and oppressive weight over polish.
Raw black metal band from Le Mans in western France, formed in 2020. Their inquisition-referencing name channels lo-fi black metal from the Sarthe department.
Raw black metal band from Paris, France formed in 2020. Their French name — meaning 'quartered innocence' — channels visceral black metal from the French capital.
Insómnia Pálida is a raw black metal project from Bragança, Portugal, active since 2026 and dealing in lo-fi, primitive black metal hostility stripped to its most essential and aggressive core. The project embraces the rawest traditions of the genre.
Inverted Sunrise is a raw black metal project from Porto District, Portugal, active since 2025 and dealing in lo-fi, primitive black metal hostility stripped to its most essential and aggressive core. The project embraces the rawest traditions of the genre.
Raw black/Viking metal band from Caen in Normandy, active since 2017. Their classical Greek name — referencing the Athenian general Iphicrates — adds historical gravitas to their blackened Viking metal from the D-Day beaches region.
Raw black metal band from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, formed in 2020. Their enigmatic name channels lo-fi black metal from France's volcanic heartland.
Iron Legion is a raw black metal/noise/ambient project from Donetsk, Ukraine, active since 2024 and dealing in lo-fi, primitive black metal hostility stripped to its most essential and aggressive core. The project embraces the rawest traditions of the genre.
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