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Apotelesma crafts doom and death metal from Utrecht Province since 2017. Named after the astrological concept of cosmic influence on earthly events, they create compositions that channel celestial weight into terrestrial heaviness.
Washington death metal project from the Indiana underground.
Denver death metal act whose Mechanically Consumed EP arrived in both standard and instrumental versions in 2017. The dual release reveals a band confident enough in their compositions to let the music stand without vocals.
Apotheoses is a death metal band from Freiburg im Breisgau in the Black Forest region of Germany, formed in 2012, delivering extreme metal from one of southwestern Germany's most picturesque cities. The band's name, meaning the elevation of someone to divine status, suggests grandiose thematic ambitions within their death metal framework.
Charlotte, North Carolina black/death metal project. Their untitled debut represents another node in the Carolinas' growing network of extreme metal acts.
Minneapolis death metal project whose untitled debut adds another entry to the Twin Cities' deep extreme metal catalog. The name — evoking hidden, esoteric knowledge — signals dark intentions from Minnesota's underground.
Richmond, Virginia death metal outfit with three releases since 2016. From raw demo origins to the full-length Sacrilege, they've refined their approach to punishing extremity while remaining rooted in Richmond's thriving heavy underground.
Appalling Testimony delivers brutal death metal from Kyiv since 2019. Their horrifying-witness name drives compositions of court-testimony-level brutality from the Ukrainian capital.
Apparatus is an experimental blackened death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2014, whose extensive catalog includes the Cthulhu trilogy, Demonomicon, Yonder Yawns the Universe, and HM-2. The band draws heavily on Lovecraftian cosmic horror themes, building a thematic universe around the eldritch mythology across their releases.
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