I was looking for some raw yet melodic black metal preferably with a difference. And decided to make a thread?
Perhaps some typical examples would be Mystic Forest (RIP) or Book Of Sand. Notice I'm not speaking about atmoblack (we already have plenty of those) or ambient black (even plentier), and DEFINITELY not symphonic black (ugh) but actual black METAL with you know... riffs and blastbeasts and that stuff... Basically raw bm except for some melodic approach to it.

As examples I am aware the recent usbm scene has some good stuff:
El Ahraihah
Dressed In Streams
Mamaleek
Satan's Almighty Penis
(...)

...so I am looking for some more recent and underground stuff (because the old and well known I already know well... probably... unless it's an actual hidden gem from the past then you can also post)
Anyway, please post some recommendations of similar stuff would you? Give me your most underrated raw melodic blacks you know

and remember:
No atmo
No homo (just kidding)
No sympho
No drone/ambient with a very mild black influence
black metal

How about Deafheaven?

Written by [user id=159927] on 22.12.2017 at 15:53

How about Deafheaven?

He said no homo.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 22.12.2017 at 15:58

He said no homo.

Hey that's not very nice, Marcel

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 22.12.2017 at 15:58

Written by [user id=159927] on 22.12.2017 at 15:53

How about Deafheaven?

He said no homo.

I was actually saving that joke in the case anyone said something similar

I still think that is quite rude towards Deafheaven and their fans. I don't care what you think about the music, but mocking it for sounding or being homosexual is wrong.

But of course, you are joking

Deafheaven isn't raw either.

You need Nameless Coyote in your life.

You might like this too.

Been a while since I listened some Dressed In Streams. No Atonement is seriously good.

As for suggestions, here are some fitting criteria:
Panphage (tracksuit + acoustic guitar? Instant win. Seriously this is good stuff).
Julia Maesa (remember liking this last year, or two years ago technically).
Lubbert Das (dutch awesomeness)
Sale Freux (peste noiresque BM with over the top vocals)

I assume you are familiar with most of the masters of melodic raw BM, mainly from Finland (Horna, Sargeist, SW, etc...). Doesn't get better than that.

Here is the demo of a new band from the Finnish scene, maybe you'll like this kind of bm

https://uhrilahja.bandcamp.com/

Something less known... similar to Book Of Sand is very raw band Din of Awakening...


and cascadian Green Destroyed...

>raw yet melodic black metal
Lol, raw = almost always trve, it has nothing in common with melodic metal. I'm not sure but the only case this phenomenon can exist is that the band felt a lack of money, so they recorded on sh~tty equipment and that's how the result became raw.

Brazilian Pagan Black Metal

Idk about melodic but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTsMXMrmJaA&t=78s

Did Marcel say homo? I guess that kind of thing was accepted on here 3 years ago... Anyway Basmu and Lampir are the bands I'm talking about here, there latest release both just happened to be splits.

Check out "Spurvehauk" from Skarntyde:

Hmmm looks like I missed the "melodic" part in the title. I am unapologetic though because of the homophobia.

https://vampyricbvrial.bandcamp.com/