AKANTOPHIS is a German black metal band with a modern, atmospheric, and dissonant sound. Their approach leans progressive, with a dense dystopian atmosphere and touches of death metal, a combination that sits outside any easy genre classification. For them, black metal is less about aggression than about inner transformation and artistic renewal. Founded in 1998, the band had a stable line-up by mid-2000. A year later, Galaria: Terra@ Exitus put them on the underground map. Live im Klima followed, adding four new tracks alongside live material. By 2004, they'd gone on hiatus — personal circumstances, and a period spent exploring other projects, including HIDDEN IN THE FOG, THROAT CUT, and PSYKRA. They returned in April 2017 with a slightly altered line-up. Wiederkehr, a 7-inch vinyl, came out in 2018. EXITUS XX (MCD, 2020) closed out the band's earlier chapter and pointed toward what was next. Their current album is the result, and the one they believe can bring them to a wider audience. |
