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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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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.
Knob Creek, Tennessee death metal project whose 2020 debut Heir to the Cosmos pairs cosmic ambition with rural isolation. Operating from a tiny Tennessee hamlet, they prove extreme music needs no metropolitan infrastructure to thrive.
Oakland grindcore outfit whose 2011 self-titled EP delivers rapid-fire aggression from the East Bay. Part of the Bay Area's long tradition of politically charged, musically ferocious extreme punk-metal.
Apocryptic is a melodic black and death metal band from Bochum, Germany, featuring Jan on guitar and bass, Simon on bass, Daniel on drums, and Matt on vocals. Their 2018 release Nothingness, produced by Dennis Koehne with artwork by Veit Schmoll, delivers three tracks of polished extreme metal blending black and death metal influences.
Apocrysm creates death metal from Wrocław as of 2026. Their portmanteau of apocalypse and cataclysm promises doubled devastation from Lower Silesia's cultural capital.
Louisville, Kentucky stoner metal project whose 2020 single Grasjonski hints at the eclectic influences lurking beneath the fuzz. A contribution to Louisville's rich tradition of heavy, experimental music that produced Slint and My Morning Jacket.
Apodemus crafts stoner metal and rock from Nizhny Novgorod since 2017. Named after the genus of field mice, their humble rodent identity contrasts with the fuzzed-out heaviness they deliver from the Volga-Oka city.
Apodictia channels black metal from Jyväskylä since 2019, their philosophical name meaning "necessarily true" signaling a project of unwavering conviction. Their output contributes to central Finland's growing reputation for thoughtful extreme metal.
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.
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