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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Ildganger is a raw black metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2023, pursuing lo-fi, unpolished black metal from Denmark's second city. The band's name references an arsonist or fire-walker, reflecting their scorching approach to the genre.
Immortal Flame is a raw black metal project from Sala, Sweden, 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.
Imperi de Tenebra is a raw black metal band from Catalonia, Spain, formed in 2025, pursuing lo-fi black metal steeped in darkness. The band's name — Catalan for "Empire of Darkness" — signals their commitment to the genre's most unpolished traditions.
Raw black metal band from France formed in 2023. Their ritualistic name channels lo-fi black metal from the French underground.
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.
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