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Salt Lake City death metal act active since 2022, building toward their 2026 full-length Misanthropic Transcendence. The progression from the Endless Nights EP suggests a band refining their misanthropy into something focused and devastating.
Apollow is a German death and doom metal band formed in 2016, combining the crushing slowness of doom metal with death metal's guttural heaviness. The band occupies the intersection of the two genres where ponderous riffs and overwhelming weight create an oppressive sonic atmosphere.
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.
Dayton death metal project from the Ohio underground.
Apollyon Rising delivers death and thrash metal from the Cheshire town of Ellesmere Port since 2009, named after the angel of the abyss from Revelation. Over fifteen years of extreme metal from the Wirral speaks to sustained commitment.
Groove-infused death metal band from Minsk, Belarus, whose albums include "Black Depth Domain" (2015), "Супраць Сонца / Against the Sun" (2017), and "type: HUMAN – status: INCOMPATIBLE." The band merges chunky down-tuned riffing and death metal intensity with the rhythmic drive characteristic of groove metal.
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.
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