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Xenia, Ohio death metal project whose name evokes both domestic horror and a near-miss on the number of the beast. Minimal output from a small Ohio city known more for tornadoes than extreme music.
Apata delivers death metal from Bremen since 2022, named after the Greek spirits of deceit. From the Hanseatic city of the Bremen Town Musicians, they create death metal rooted in mythological deception.
Apathetic delivers thrash and death metal from Eskişehir in central Anatolia since 2013. Their emotionally disconnected name drives over a decade of compositions from this Turkish university city and railway hub.
Bremen/Athens, Georgia death metal project telling their story in chapters since 2021. From the despair of Bleak, Broken, and Heavy-Hearted to the violence of Bloodletting, they build a serialized narrative of misery through crushing death metal from the Georgia college-town circuit.
San Francisco thrash metal act with six releases since 2018, including the Connecticut-referencing Connecticut Casual series. Their prolific output and the cryptic King Of Gods. No Second demonstrate a band with both the ambition and work ethic to stand out in the Bay Area's crowded thrash field.
Albany death metal project from the New York underground.
Battle Creek death metal project from the Michigan underground.
Apatra delivers death and thrash metal from Moscow since 2017. Their name, possibly derived from the Greek word for deception, drives compositions of duplicitous aggression from the Russian capital.
Apeiron is a melodic death metal band from Heppenheim on the Bergstrasse in Hesse, Germany, formed in 2019, blending melodic guitar harmonies with death metal's aggression. The band's name, drawn from the ancient Greek concept of the infinite and boundless, reflects an ambitious approach to the genre.
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