Origin: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location: Sarajevo
Status: Active
Formed: Unknown
Genre: Raw Black Metal
Label: Unsigned/Independent
Years active: Unknown
Opaque Blue is one of the newest and most enigmatic entities to surface from the Sarajevo underground—a scene already defined by secrecy, rawness, and spiritual corrosion. But unlike the Black Plague Circle’s ritualistic or nihilistic branches, Opaque Blue stands slightly askew from the established structures. It is raw, yes—but raw in a drowned, aqueous, dream‑rotted way rather than the scorched, death‑obsessed style of the Circle.
The name itself—Opaque Blue—signals a departure from the usual Bosnian black metal lexicon of rot, plague, and blasphemy. This is a project concerned with water, mist, dissolution, obscurity, and the emotional disorientation that comes with them. It is raw black metal refracted through a lens of oceanic melancholy rather than hatred or occultism.
The sound on the debut demo suggests:
It is raw black metal, but not in the Sarajevo tradition of spiritual violence. Instead, it leans toward a more atmospheric, depressive, and dream‑blurred interpretation.
Ocean’s Exquisite Mist (2023)
A title that perfectly captures the project’s identity: oceanic, opaque, dissolving.
The demo is short, raw, and emotionally submerged—an aquatic haze rather than a blast of hatred.
No splits, EPs, or full‑lengths are known yet.
No members are publicly credited.
There is no confirmed connection to:
Opaque Blue appears to be a solitary, self‑contained project, operating outside the established networks.
Given the sonic fingerprints, it is unlikely to be a side‑project of any major Sarajevo figure—its aesthetic is too distinct, too water‑bound, too atmospheric.
Opaque Blue occupies a rare and lonely niche:
This makes Opaque Blue an anomaly—one of the few projects exploring melancholy, mist, and dissolution rather than hatred or spiritual decay.
It is a quiet, drifting presence in a scene defined by violence and extremity.