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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Phoenix, Arizona black metal project named after the early Christian concept of universal restoration. Their 2024 debut The Withering of the Disconsolate channels theological despair through atmospheric black metal, the desert heat providing an unexpected backdrop for such frigid sounds.
Apokathilosis has practiced black metal from Dublin since 2015, their name referencing the ancient Greek concept of celestial deification. Their theological grounding informs a black metal approach that seeks transcendence through extremity.
Apokrypha is a melodic death and black metal band from Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2018, fusing the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath with black metal's atmospheric intensity. The band operates from the heart of Franconia, a region with an increasingly active metal underground.
Federal Way, Washington black metal project with two EPs since 2017. Their releases blend atmospheric black metal with experimental elements, operating from the suburban corridor between Seattle and Tacoma.
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.
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