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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Ašarma practices raw black metal from Kurgan in the Trans-Ural region since 2021. Their diacritical-laden name adds visual distinction to lo-fi compositions from this western Siberian steppe city.
Atmospheric raw black metal project from Todmorden in West Yorkshire, emerging in 2026. Releases like Yn Turas Doal and Finis Meus Certus employ cryptic Latin and Celtic language alongside wintry, decayed imagery, wrapped in an intentionally enigmatic and minimal presentation.
Charlotte death metal band Babylonian War Chant has been one of the more enduring names in the North Carolina underground since forming around 2009, their ancient-world-themed moniker signaling a sound built on crushing, martial death metal.
Albany death/grind act Bacha Bazi has been delivering blasting, short-form extremity since 2020, their provocative name confronting exploitation and power in the grindcore tradition of naming the thing you oppose.
Punishing Death Metal out of Texas.
A raw black metal and dungeon synth project from Jonesboro, Georgia, Barksdale explores themes of nature, paganism, and anti-Christianity within the stripped-down aesthetic of the underground black metal tradition.
Raw black metal project from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2017. They channel the lo-fi, uncompromising spirit of raw black metal.
A raw black metal act hailing from Virginia Beach, Bastard Altar channels the unpolished, abrasive spirit of the genre's most primitive tradition, active since 2021.
Lazio / Abruzzo / Marche (early); Lazio/Abruzzo-based raw black metal project active since 2016, burying its compositions beneath layers of caustic distortion and lo-fi haze. Their uncompromising approach to production channels the most primitive currents of the second wave.
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