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Apriori merges death and thrash metal from Istanbul since 2020. Their philosophical name — knowledge independent of experience — drives compositions of pre-experiential aggression from Turkey's largest city.
Aprosopy is a death metal band from Dresden, Germany, formed in 2013, whose name references the medical condition of facial absence, fitting the genre's fascination with bodily horror and medical pathology. The band contributes to Dresden's active extreme metal underground.
APRS channels atmospheric and post-black metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2022. Their abbreviated identity maintains cryptic anonymity while their atmospheric compositions speak in expansive sonic paragraphs.
Apsis is a black metal band from Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 2009, blending black metal with blackgaze, post-metal, and ambient soundscapes. Their 2009 three-track Demonstration, featuring songs like Cradle of Creation and Four Elements, showcases a band that uses the celestial mechanics concept of their namesake to frame an expansive sound encompassing memories, noise, and emptiness.
Aptakhar practices black metal from Moscow since 2021. Their name, possibly derived from Turkic or Central Asian origins, adds steppe-culture mystique to their Russian capital-born black metal.
Grants Pass, Oregon death metal project whose 2019 self-titled EP delivers extremity from southern Oregon's Rogue Valley. Named after wingless insects, their music stays grounded in earthbound heaviness.
Florida progressive melodic death metal project whose 2021 instrumental EP strips the vocals away to spotlight technical musicianship. Another entry in the Sunshine State's legacy of technically ambitious extreme metal.
Lockport death metal project from the Illinois underground.
Apu Rumi is a power/folk metal band from Huaraz, Ancash, Peru, formed in 2014 and signed to Metal Media X Productions. Notably cited by Metal Archives as the first metal band to record with lyrics entirely in Quechua, the native language of the Incas, the band grounds its music in Andean and Incan cultural themes. Their debut full-length "Puka Yaku" was released in 2016 to strong critical reception within the South American metal underground.
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