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Of Human Bondage is one of my favorite sleeper BM bands. They're Canadians that released three albums, all of which titled The Goat Sessions (vol 1-3). Vol II is probably in my top ten favorite BM releases. Also, Im not sure how obscure you would consider Leviathan, the one-man project from the US, but I always enjoyed Tenth Sublevel of Suicide

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Of Human Bondage is one of my favorite sleeper BM bands. They're Canadians that released three albums, all of which titled The Goat Sessions (vol 1-3). Vol II is probably in my top ten favorite BM releases. Also, Im not sure how obscure you would consider Leviathan, the one-man project from the US, but I always enjoyed Tenth Sublevel of Suicide
Tenth Sublevel is my favorite of theirs (his) too. I don't think they're terribly obscure, Leviathan is one of the first names I see tossed around whenever anyone mentions USBM. I haven't listened to Of Human Bondage; what's their sound like? Speaking of Canadians, I'm really enjoying the new Thantifaxath album at the moment.
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I think I would describe them a little Naglfar-ish, but not shy to use cryptic bridges and interludes. Here's their bandcamp, all three albums are up, my favorite is As the Cross Turns off the second tape. The Goat Sessions Volume 2 Antichristendom, A Revelation | Of Human Bondage
Thanks for the link. The songwriting is a bit basic for my taste, but they had some decent parts. I don't really hear Naglfar in there, but that's fine with me - I liked them for a little while when Vittra came out, but I couldn't get into their other albums and Vittra hasn't held up well at all for me. I hear a Satyricon influence in the riffing here, never a bad thing even if it's a bit derivative. What other BM are you into lately?
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Mostly classics. I love Antichrist-era Gorgoroth and I just recently bought Mayhem's Mysteriis dom sathanas on vinylI that's what reawoken my interest. I'm primarily a death and sludge listener I've never been die hard about the blackness but I've always appreciated it, hell one of the first songs I learned to play on bass was Immortal's Where dark and Light don't Differ. My favorite bm band ever tho is Dissection.

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I don't know if this band is what you would call that "obscure" but France's Peste Noire is one of my favorites.

Another french band I enjoy is Nuit Noire, an odd b.m./punk/comedy group who write songs about fairies.
Then a group that's become another favorite of mine is Finland's Noenum. They have only released a couple of eps a few years back but they're still together and I've heard rumors of a full lp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-gz-2YqTw&feature=player_detailpage
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Don't know if it qualifies as obscure, but I'm a great fan of The Secret (Italy) after I discovered them this year. It's basically black metal meets grindcore. 8PXfSAzX09Q Also, Young and In the Way (USA), raw, in-your-face depressive BM in the Darkthrone tradition. lDMoSjHL6x8 And how could I forget Damaar from Lebanon? An all-time favourite of mine, just insane. D6qeDrBHGSo

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not sure how to gauge how obscure a band is unless I have to trade five bloody rubys to a bridge-keeper for a demo, but i've recently discovered Acherontas, from greece. They've been around for a while but apparently broke up for a while and recently reformed, but the newest album has been getting heavy rotation from me, has that trademark Greek warmth to it as opposed to the northern euro bm sound. https://wtcproductions.bandcamp.com/album/ma-ion-formulas-of-reptilian-unification

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not sure how to gauge how obscure a band is unless I have to trade five bloody rubys to a bridge-keeper for a demo, but i've recently discovered Acherontas, from greece. They've been around for a while but apparently broke up for a while and recently reformed, but the newest album has been getting heavy rotation from me, has that trademark Greek warmth to it as opposed to the northern euro bm sound. https://wtcproductions.bandcamp.com/album/ma-ion-formulas-of-reptilian-unification
That melodious Greek sound is pretty rad, I need to fill out my collection with more from that scene and era.
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