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Swiss raw black metal project from Vaud with roots stretching back to 1995, making them one of Switzerland's longer-running underground acts. Their sound embraces the lo-fi abrasiveness and primal fury characteristic of raw black metal's uncompromising ethos.
Greek raw black metal band from Athens, formed in 2020 and channeling lo-fi hostility. Their celestial name contrasts with the raw, unpolished character of their black metal approach.
Italian raw black metal and harsh noise project from Fondi near Latina, formed in 2022. Named after the rabies virus, their approach merges lo-fi black metal hostility with abrasive noise elements.
Greek grindcore/raw black metal band from Athens, formed in 2020 and merging grinding brevity with blackened hostility. Their name, meaning fear of rabies, signals the feral, uncontrolled aggression of their sound.
Italian raw black metal/noise project active since 2015, merging lo-fi blackened aggression with harsh noise. Their name, derived from Latin for 'noose,' signals the suffocating, strangling intensity of their sound.
Mal du Siècle is a raw antifascist black metal project from Spain, channeling 19th-century Romantic disillusionment through abrasive extremity. Their releases include 'Dark Ceremonies Under A Cursed Moon' and 'Lost Relics From The Ancient Satanic Cult,' marrying lo-fi black metal with explicitly political ideology.
Malachia Carne Nera is a raw black metal, noise, and ambient project from Italy, formed in 2023. They blend lo-fi black metal with noise and ambient textures.
Maledicō is a raw black metal duo from Etruria, Italy, consisting of Vexillarius on drums and GP5 Asphyxia on guitar and vocals. Their 2025 demo was recorded in Vexillarius's remote hut without mixing or polishing, embodying the bestial and war metal tradition of deliberately primitive sonic violence.
Malicious Storm is a raw black metal band from Finland whose sound has 'merged into darkness.' Their 2022 debut full-length 'Forbidden Rites of the Black Arts' spans three expansive tracks across thirty-four minutes, released on CD through Obscure Abhorrence Productions and on cassette via The Hidden Art and Bitter Misery Records.
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