Celestial Sword is a raw black metal project with an emphasis on nocturnal and cosmic themes, active in the underground split-release community alongside acts such as LLYR, Nightmare Ecstasy, Nocturnal Effigy, Adrasteia, and Upir. Releases include "Nocturnal Divinity," "Nocturne of the Mourning Moon," and "Constellations of Fatality and Metamorphosis."

Cemeterial Aura is a raw black metal project from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, dedicated to the lo-fi, primitive aesthetic of raw black metal — hypnotic tremolo riffing, cold production, and a deliberately abrasive, anti-polished presentation.

California raw black metal project Chalice of Eden operate in the lo-fi, primitive tradition of raw black metal, prioritizing atmosphere and nihilistic intensity over production polish. Their music is harsh and stripped down, indebted to the second-wave Scandinavian style.

Youngstown's Chariot ov Wolves deal in raw, abrasive black metal soaked in the rust belt's industrial desolation. Their recordings favor primitive production and an unrelenting, hostile atmosphere.

Charred Hanging Victim is a raw black metal project operating at the ugliest, most confrontational fringes of the American underground. Primitive production and hostile atmosphere are the defining characteristics of their work.

Pennsylvania's Charred Husk of Pariah delivers raw black metal with a suffocating, nihilistic darkness that places it firmly within the most abrasive corners of the American scene. Their recordings trade in lo-fi ferocity and cold, unmediated aggression.

Massachusetts raw black metal project Chasmic Filth leans hard into lo-fi ugliness and punishing minimalism, operating with the contempt for accessibility that defines the American bedroom black metal underground. Their recordings are deliberately primitive and uncompromising.

Washington state's Chiasmus operates in the most uncompromising reaches of raw black metal, fusing its primitive savagery with death metal's heavier attack. The band strips the music down to its most corrosive, confrontational essence.

Los Angeles raw black metal act Christ Desecration traffic in primitive, lo-fi blasphemy in the Southern California underground tradition. Nothing clean, nothing polished, nothing forgiving.