The anonymous American act Dreading surfaced in 2021 operating squarely within the raw black metal tradition, a genre that prizes fidelity to atmosphere over technical clarity and wears its lo-fi production as a statement of intent. Without a listed city or state, they exist as little more than a name and a sound — which is precisely how the most uncompromising raw black metal projects prefer it. Their music prioritizes the corrosive and the obscure, deliberately resisting the kind of accessibility that would betray the genre's confrontational spirit.

Named after a shrieking specter from Slavic folklore, Cleveland's Drekavac have been conjuring raw, unpolished black metal since 2013. Their recordings lean into the lo-fi aesthetic that defines the raw black metal underground — cold production, relentless aggression, and an uncompromising hostility toward accessibility.

Madison's Drucastil arrived in 2022 with raw black metal that strips the genre down to its most unforgiving essentials — lo-fi production, freezing atmosphere, and a contempt for polish that signals absolute commitment to the form's underground roots. They carry forward the raw black metal tradition with no interest in softening its edges.

A Berkeley, California project active since 2013, Dunnock operates in the harshest margins of raw black metal and noise, crafting lo-fi, abrasive recordings that prioritize atmosphere and primitive menace over production polish.