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Apocrysm creates death metal from Wrocław as of 2026. Their portmanteau of apocalypse and cataclysm promises doubled devastation from Lower Silesia's cultural capital.
Apodikt is a blackened death metal band from Berlin and Finsterwalde, Germany, formed in 2020, whose debut album Glaube features five German-language tracks exploring themes of faith, dominion, and judgment. The band's compositions range from concise three-minute assaults to expansive seven-minute pieces, blending black and death metal with a thematic focus on religion and authority.
Apogem delivers death metal from an undisclosed Polish location since 2021. Their gemological name — the highest point, as in a gem's crown — drives compositions that aspire to peak intensity.
Apokatastase is a thrash/death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active since 2022. Taking their name from the theological concept of universal restoration, the band operates within the city's well-established extreme metal underground, delivering aggressive, riff-driven material at the intersection of thrash and death metal.
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.
Apokrifos is a death metal and grindcore band from Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico, active since 1997. The band released their debut album Fatal Demencia that same year, a thirteen-track assault of Spanish-language death metal touching on themes of violence, societal critique, and gore. They have maintained an active underground presence in Mexico's extreme metal scene for nearly three decades.
Apokrisis is a progressive death/thrash metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, whose name derives from the ancient Greek word for "revelation." Formed around 2016 after years of earlier development, they released the debut album "Misanthropy" in 2020 — produced by Michel Villares and co-produced by Ricky Franco — drawing on influences from Slayer, Death, Pantera, and Dream Theater while exploring psychological and nihilistic lyrical themes.
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.
Apokryphos creates death and doom metal from Nizhny Novgorod since 2024. Their Greek-derived name meaning 'hidden' drives compositions that uncover dark truths through the combined weight of death and doom.
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