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"A journey of devastating loss, bitter loneliness and the slim hope of redemption, Virulent Host explores places few dare to go, with an honesty that can’t be faked. It would have been interesting to see what this album would have been with accompanying vocals, if only for gratuitous reasons, as it stands well without. Speaking through music alone is a monstrous task befitting a true artist—and Aidan is exactly that".

 

- TEO Magazine -

Melodic Death Metal from Australia with hints of doom metal and ambient music

Founded in 2017 by mutli-instrumentalist Aidan Cibich, Apophis quickly established itself as a metal force to be reckoned with, quickly releasing the first full length album "Under A Godless Moon" in the second half of 2017. This album would set the precendent of what Apophis was about, seemlessly blending styles such as melodic death metal, black metal, doom metal and post-rock into a unique blend of instrumental music, which can only truly be described with one word, Apophis.

The foundation set by the first album would be elaborated on in the early stages of 2018 until Septemeber, when Apophis was ready to unleash its sophomore album "Virulent Host"

Drawing on the influences from the first album and delving deep into different ideas, Apophis second album went places only breifly touched in the previous album, bringing more doom elemets to the table, more savage technical riffs and longer, progressive aspects to take the listener on a journy to the very depths of hell and back.

After the release of the second album, Aidan went on a little break from Apophis and founded the Blackened Death Metal group Tanin’iver, writing, producing and mixing two records with that group before deciding it was time again to return to Apophis

After a year and a half of writing, recording, mixing and mastering, Apophis has returned with the third album “Echoes In Eternity”

As brutal and aggressive as ever with Apophis’s music, this album also bought a sense of refined elegance to the music which had only been touched on in previous releases and more of a cinematic experience for the listener, something Apophis has always wanted.

This album not only serves as the rebirth for Apophis, but also signals towards the future

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