California's Sadisme has operated since 2018 in the unforgiving terrain of raw black metal, building a catalog defined by primitive production and an unwillingness to soften any edge. The project strips the genre down to its most confrontational elements — hissing tape noise, venomous riffs, and an atmosphere of pure contempt.

Los Angeles's Satani Infernalis have operated in the raw black metal underground since 2016, a project that deliberately resists the city's association with polished production in favor of primitive, corroded sound design. Their music treats lo-fi aesthetics as an ideological position — raw black metal as it was always meant to be heard, unmediated and contemptuous of commercial refinement.

Sacramento raw black metal project that surfaced in 2024, embracing the deliberately primitive, corrosive production aesthetic of the raw black metal underground with unfiltered menace.

A California-based one-person project formed in 2021, Sinn Demonisk fuses raw black metal austerity with crust punk's d-beat aggression, producing lo-fi, deliberately abrasive material with no interest in polish or compromise.

Modesto, California's Siom have been working in raw black metal since 2015, producing intentionally lo-fi, caustic material that prioritizes atmosphere and malevolence over any concession to modern production standards.

Spectral Woods is a raw black metal solo project from Eureka, California, formed in 2019, producing primitive, lo-fi black metal rooted in harsh production and misanthropic Northern California forest aesthetics.

Spira is a raw black metal project from Santa Rosa, California, formed in 2023, embracing the primitive, lo-fi aesthetic of second-wave black metal with a harsh and deliberately unpolished sonic approach.

Stosstruppen is a raw black metal band from Sacramento, California, formed in 2022, practicing an unpolished, lo-fi approach to black metal rooted in the most primitive and corrosive end of the genre.

Sutekh Hexen is an Oakland, California raw black metal and noise act formed in 2010, known for their harrowing blend of lo-fi black metal aggression and experimental noise manipulation, releasing prolifically across tape and vinyl formats.