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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Thriven from Berlin craft raw black metal that strips the genre to its most primal essence, embracing lo-fi production and visceral intensity since 2020. Their approach channels the underground ethos of the capital's vast extreme music scene through unpolished, ferocious compositions.
Derby, Kansas one-piece Throsk works deep in raw black metal and ambient territory since 2016, stripping the sound back to primitive aggression and abrasive texture with no concern for production sheen. The project fuses the nihilistic spirit of raw black metal with stretches of cold, isolationist ambient — a fitting approach for the flat, windswept Kansas plains.
Wilmington, California's Thulcandra take raw black metal to its most unvarnished extreme, honing a deliberately lo-fi, confrontational approach since 2010 that strips the genre down to its most hostile and primitive elements.
Thulian is a raw black metal project from Jyväskylä, Finland, formed in 2021. They pursue the most stripped-down end of the black metal spectrum.
A Pennsylvania raw black metal project formed in 2018, Thuringwethil takes its name from the vampire bat-demon of Tolkien's mythology and pursues the cold, lo-fi austerity that defines the raw black metal underground. Deliberate in its hostility to polished production, the project channels a misanthropic intensity through minimal, corrosive sound design.
A Citrus Heights, California raw black metal project that surfaced in 2025, Thy Lamentum embraces the stripped-down, buzzing ferocity of the raw black metal underground, building music that prioritizes atmosphere and misery over technical display. Brand new to the scene, they arrive from a Sacramento suburb with the urgency and bleak focus the subgenre demands.
Tihi Sadist is a raw black metal act from Split, Croatia, active since 2005. Their name translating to 'Quiet Sadist' in Croatian, they deliver harsh, lo-fi black metal from the Dalmatian coast.
Timeless Kingdom is a raw black/doom metal project from Germany, formed in 2020. They merge the rawness of black metal with doom's crushing weight in timeless compositions.
Tjohorr is a raw black metal band from Santiago, Chile, active on the Total Pagan Madness Prods label. The band has released two demos, Viechen (2018) and Kwáke (2023), with the former featuring track titles drawn from the indigenous Selk'nam language of Tierra del Fuego.
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