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Apátrida is a black metal project with roots in Honduras that relocated to Queens, New York, exploring themes of darkness, nihilism, blasphemy, and existentialism. The project is signed to French label Atelier Arcanum and has released a prolific body of work including full-lengths and EPs such as Espectros, Individuación, and Weltschmerz. Their output ranges across raw black metal and more experimental directions, sung primarily in Spanish.
Apócrypha is a heavy metal band from Villa Giardino, Córdoba, with roots going back to the mid-1990s and a discography that includes the albums "Cabezas de Metal" (2003), "Convicción Salvaje" (2008), and "A Los Motores Del Metal" (2012). The band operates independently and has maintained an active Bandcamp presence, releasing material and continuing to represent the Córdoba province metal underground. Their sound sits squarely in traditional heavy metal territory with a distinctly Argentine character.
Apóstasis is a melodic black/death metal band from Brasília, Brazil, whose 2018 self-titled album draws on Nietzschean philosophy and misanthropy as lyrical touchstones. Their sound fuses the melodic sweep of Scandinavian black metal with death metal aggression, reflecting the increasingly ambitious underground scene in Brazil's federal capital. The band remains independent and active.
Thessaloniki's Apocalypse A.D. emerged in 2025 with a blistering combination of heavy and thrash metal, delivering old-school aggression with a modern intensity. Their umlaut-adorned name pays homage to the classic metal tradition while their sound pushes forward.
Apöstät brings sludge metal from the Champagne capital of Troyes since 2015, their umlauted apostasy name adding a Germanic edge to their rejection of musical orthodoxy. Their crushing sound channels the weight of eastern France's medieval architecture.
Folk/thrash metal band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 1997 and drawing on both early Teutonic thrash influences—Destruction, Kreator, Sepultura—and Belarusian ethnic music traditions for their lyrical and melodic content. Their 2001 album "Zaklik Kryvi," released through Metal Records, roots their sound firmly in ancient Belarusian cultural soil.
Tacoma, Washington thrash metal project. Aquatic apocalypse from Puget Sound.
Aquaria is a symphonic power metal band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2002 under the original name Uirapuru before adopting their current identity, and their debut Luxaeterna (2005) and follow-up Shambala (2007) were both mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth at Gate Studios in Germany. Their sound weaves orchestral arrangements and soaring vocals around themes drawn from Brazilian mythology, nature, and spirituality. After a decade-long hiatus, the band returned with the album Alethea in 2020, featuring vocalist Vitor Veiga and keyboardist Alberto Kury.
Aquarius has been crafting progressive symphonic metal from Aix-en-Provence since 1993, making them one of the longest-running metal acts in all of Provence. Over three decades of compositional ambition speak to an extraordinary commitment to the genre.
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