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Apontokation creates death metal from Guadix in Granada province since 2014. From this extraordinary Andalusian town where people still live in cave dwellings, they craft death metal with an underground provenance that is literally subterranean.
Tucson, Arizona death metal act named after the tendency to perceive meaningful connections in random patterns. Active since 2010, their self-titled album and anniversary reissue of The Rise of Resister demonstrate staying power in the Sonoran Desert's extreme underground.
Apophis delivers death metal from Aalen in Baden-Württemberg since 2021, named after the Egyptian serpent god of chaos who threatens to devour the sun. From the eastern edge of the Swabian Alb, they bring ancient mythological destruction to modern death metal.
Apophizys is a death metal band from Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, originally operating under the name Slaughter Fleshcult before reforming with a new identity and releasing their debut full-length Into the Chaos in 2015. The album featured drummer Luana Dametto, who would go on to international recognition with Nervosa and Crypta, and the record established the band's blunt, gore-drenched approach to death metal. They continue to perform in the Rio Grande do Sul underground circuit.
Inglewood, California grindcore veterans whose 1999 debut Monarchy of Damned predates the genre's modern revival. A piece of LA County grind history from the turn of the millennium.
Apoptose has been delivering death-doom metal from the Alsatian town of Haguenau since 2000, their cell-death name reflecting the programmed destruction at the core of their sound. Over two decades make them one of the Bas-Rhin's most enduring extreme metal acts.
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.
Watertown, New York death metal project whose 2021 self-titled EP delivers brutal extremity from the state's remote North Country, near the Canadian border and Fort Drum.
Apos combines death metal's intensity with progressive metal's structural ambition from Helsinki since 2020. Their abbreviated name belies the complexity of a sound that bridges extremity with technical sophistication.
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