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Schmelz-based Patricide has been delivering thrash-death crossover since 2019, their name implying a violence directed at the paternal order. Their Saarland origins place them in Germany's smallest state, where the metal scene compensates for its size with intensity.
Barcelona's Pycaya has been delivering groove metal's mid-tempo crunch since 2015, channeling rhythmic heaviness through a Catalan lens. Their Mediterranean base adds warmth and swing to their head-nodding, riff-driven approach.
Raw black metal band from Ufa, Russia, formed in 2015, delivering a decade of raw, unpolished black metal from the Bashkortostan capital. They bring primal extremity from the southern Urals.
Raw black and funeral doom metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2020, whose name means 'lack' or 'deficiency' in Finnish. They combine the raw aggression of black metal with funeral doom's crushing despair.
Raw black metal and ambient project from Agder, Norway, active since 2015 under the guidance of sole member Grev Frostsorg. The discography includes two self-titled releases, a 2018 demo, and a rehearsal recording with Deildegast, all rooted in the lo-fi Norwegian black metal tradition. The project's name, Latin for "Who is like God?," reflects its spiritual and adversarial thematic underpinnings.
Rabenvolk is a raw black metal project from Stockach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2018. The project delivers stripped-down, lo-fi black metal in the underground tradition from southern Germany's Lake Constance region.
Rance is an atmospheric/raw black metal project from Paris, France, formed in 2017. The project channels cold, atmospheric black metal from the French capital's diverse extreme metal underground.
Ranzau is a raw black metal project from Germany, formed in 2024 and committed to the lo-fi, unpolished aesthetic of underground black metal. The project strips the genre to its most primitive and abrasive essentials.
Raphus Cucullatus Holocaust is a raw black metal, punk, and D-beat project from southern Germany, formed in 2020. Named after the scientific name of the dodo bird, the project combines the aggression of raw black metal with the propulsive energy of D-beat and punk.
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