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Strangeways is an experimental black metal band from Jerusalem, formed in 2006 by Avi Caspi and Yossi Darmon (later joined by drummer Nir Nakav). Their sole full-length, Rotting Under the La La Bombs (2013, Orgasmatrön Records), delivers Mayhem-indebted, Attila Csihar-toned Norwegian-style black metal roughened by deliberate CD-skip glitch edits and two contrasting instrumental interludes (keyboard/piano, and pure dark ambient). A minor, single-album entry at the fringe of Israel's small extreme metal scene.

Nlorgpipe is the extremely prolific raw-black-metal solo/duo vehicle of Jesse (aka Zolgorm, aka Nlorgpipe), who is also the drummer/vocalist/bassist of Flint, Michigan act Baazlvaat. Since 2021 (as a rename of the earlier Zolgorm project) it has put out dozens of lo-fi, noise-caked releases blending black and death metal with industrial grit; a listener comparison to Finntroll's melodies surfaces on some tracks but was not confirmed as actual folk instrumentation.

A one-man Icelandic project from scene veteran Thordur Bjornsson (also of Illkynja, Hrae and Endalok), built on cavernous, chaotic black metal soaked in murky, oppressive atmosphere. Schizomenous // (2020) and Canvas of a New Dawn (2021) weave in drum machine, synths, field recordings and unsettling radio-broadcast samples. Released through UK label Onism Productions in small limited runs.

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Avant-garde metal duo of 47_N_74D0 and horrid_charme, recorded and arranged 2019-2020 between Warsaw and Madrid. Their debut Deformed by the Misuse of Soul [RG06] (ruego label, May 2020) fuses black metal and industrial metal with death industrial, noise, musique concrète, and glitch, using field recordings and sound design across four long-form tracks (one featuring guest act portento).

Ägakäken is a one-person Estonian black metal/experimental project helmed by SÜBÜR (guitar, vocals, synths, percussion). Its 2022 EP "BlÄkk VVärkk" mixes black metal with harsh noise, noise rock, and post-rock textures across short, abrasive tracks, some under 30 seconds. Other 2021–2022 releases include "DEMO 2021," "AxLxBxUxM," and "Seksiori Indrek."

Ragnarökkur is an atmospheric black metal project whose Bandcamp lists Iceland as its home (Metal Archives instead tags it Finland/Iceland, suggesting a split/international lineup), built around the core pairing of Matron Thorn (strings and synthetics) and Nefarious (drums and percussion), with Palmi and Stefan on voice and guest female vocals from Kabukimono. Its sole release to date, the 2021 demo Fjöldagröf Goðanna, sets furious, technically dense atmospheric black metal against Icelandic-language song titles drawn from Norse mythology (the name itself is an Icelandic form of Ragnarök), with orchestral synth layering thickening the atmosphere. Beyond that one five-track demo there is no further discography or biographical material available.

Gort was a short-lived Hungarian dark/black metal project from Makó, active 1998-2000, that served as the direct predecessor to Thy Catafalque. Founded by Tamás Kátai and János Juhász together with bassist Péter Gáspár and drummer Zoltán Kónya (later of Gire), the band released a single EP, Forest Myths (2000, reissued 2023), before Kátai and Juhász moved on to found the more extreme and experimental Thy Catafalque.

Sturmgeist is the solo vehicle of Norwegian musician Cornelius Jakhelln (Solefald, G.U.T.), founded in 2002 as an experimental black/thrash outfit that took an increasingly electronic/industrial turn from its 2005 debut Meister Mephisto onward. Sung across English, Norwegian and German, the project draws on Germanic mythology, war and poetry (Goethe), with Jakhelln handling vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, programming and sampling himself while rotating in session musicians for drums and second guitar.

Folgers is the 'Cult of Folgers' — a Tennessee bedroom project built around raw black metal and harsh noise, entirely fixated on the Folgers coffee brand as a running joke/lore concept (album titles include 'Damn Right, It's Folgers!' and 'Folgers Hates Maxwells'). Main contributor Hystalgia handles vocals/screams/growls, guitar, bass, synths, noise and production, blending household-object noise sources (shower, microwave, coffee maker) into the black-metal base, with Sikaydah contributing cover art and noise. The project is absurdly prolific — dozens of releases since its founding in December 2021 via the DIY label Lucid Haze Productions — culminating in the 2024 full-length 'Summoning of the Folgers.'

The largely electronic solo vehicle of Norwegian musician Cornelius Jakhelln (half of Solefald), pairing his avant-garde black metal roots with electronica, darkwave, hip hop and drum'n'bass production. The sole album, My Only Drug Is Madness (2007), trades metal instrumentation for programmed beats and samples, situating G.U.T. closer to Nordic electronic-avant-garde territory than to any conventional black metal scene.