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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Hoboken, New Jersey thrash metal project named after the angel of the abyss. Their 2020 single Esoteric delivers occult-tinged thrash from across the Hudson River from Manhattan.
Apollyon Mechanicus has evolved from black and death metal into atmospheric black metal from Moscow since 2012. Their name pairs the angel of the abyss with a mechanical epithet, driving over a decade of increasingly atmospheric compositions.
Apologoethia channels black metal from Barcelona since 2017, contributing to the Catalan capital's remarkably deep well of extreme metal projects. Their sound explores the philosophical dimensions of darkness that their name evokes.
Minneapolis black metal project from the Minnesota underground.
North Carolina/Indiana black metal project whose 2007 EP decline trades in the theological concept of defining the divine by what it is not. Cerebral black metal spanning the Eastern Seaboard and the Midwest.
Athens' Apoplous ('departure' or 'voyage' in Greek) craft black metal inspired by nautical journeys and ancient Greek seafaring traditions. Emerging in 2023, they bring a maritime thematic dimension to the Hellenic black metal scene.
Straddling black metal, death metal, and melodic black metal from the Sevillian town of Arahal, Apoptosis has been exploring extreme metal's full spectrum since 2016. Their genre-fluid approach, which also incorporates thrash and grind elements, reflects a band unwilling to be confined to a single sonic identity.
Apostata channels black metal from Tampere since 2022, their Latin name meaning "apostate" signaling a rejection of orthodoxy through extreme music. The project adds to Tampere's reputation as one of Finland's most productive metal cities.
Apostema is a death and black metal band from Saarland, Germany, formed in 2026, representing one of the newest entries into the German extreme metal scene. The band channels the combined ferocity of death and black metal from the small western German state bordering France.
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