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.

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.

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.

Straddling black metal, death metal, and melodic black metal from the Sevillian town of Arahal, Apoptosis has been exploring extreme metal's full spectrum since 2016. Their genre-fluid approach, which also incorporates thrash and grind elements, reflects a band unwilling to be confined to a single sonic identity.

Apos combines death metal's intensity with progressive metal's structural ambition from Helsinki since 2020. Their abbreviated name belies the complexity of a sound that bridges extremity with technical sophistication.

After a massive hiatus from their 1990 origins, Aposento roared back in 2012 and has since become one of Spain's most respected old-school death metal acts on Xtreem Music. Across albums like "Bleed to Death" and "Conjuring the New Apocalypse," they channel the classic brutality of Cannibal Corpse and Deicide through a distinctly Riojan lens.

Apostate delivers death and melodic death metal from the Pirkanmaa town of Valkeakoski since 2010, balancing brutality with Finnish-style melody. Their name, shared with many metal acts, reflects the genre's inherent spirit of rebellion.