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Aphis is a Viennese death/doom band whose Bandcamp identity connects to the ophis.bandcamp.com page — whether a direct alias or closely affiliated project of the Hamburg death/doom band Ophis, the aesthetic overlap is striking: nihilistic, slow-motion heaviness with an uncompromising "no light, no destination" ethos. The music leans into massive, crushing riffs and bleak atmosphere drawn from the genre's early-90s roots.
Aphonic Threnody delivers funeral doom metal from England since 2013, their name combining voicelessness with a song of lamentation. Over a decade of glacially-paced compositions place them among the UK's most committed funeral doom practitioners.
Walnut, California doom metal and grindcore hybrid with ten releases since 2024. Their catalog — including Anhedonic Empires and Cryptomnesis — blends seemingly incompatible genres at a feverish pace from suburban Los Angeles.
Apocalypse Orchestra crafts medieval folk and doom metal from Gävle since 2017. Their end-times-ensemble name drives compositions that imagine the apocalypse scored for medieval instruments and crushingly heavy guitars.
Phoenix death metal project from the Arizona underground.
Apocryphal Wound creates funeral doom metal from Seixal across the Tagus from Lisbon as of 2025. Their hidden-wound name drives glacially paced compositions of concealed suffering from the southern bank of the Tagus estuary.
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.
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.
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.
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