Steve A. - guitar/vocals, Jake E. Jake - drums, Robbie Valentine - bass,
Rob Close - guitar
Influences
So many to mention, anything that crushes.
Sounds Like
A wicked combination of older fear Factory, Napalm death, Death, Immolation, Morbid Angel, Candlemass, Slayer, the list goes on......... You tell us.
TO ORDER OUR NEWEST CD SEND $10 TO:
Apnea
P.O.Box 4742
Springfield, MO 65808
OR PAYPAL US!!!
The roots of APNEA began in the summer of 1999 when Steve Allington recruited members of a Lebanon, MO death metal band SICKENED. The name was changed to APNEA, a sleeping disorder in which a person suffocates and barely breathes in their sleep. Steve got this name due to the fact that he had it at this time. The name change signified the band's newer direction. A direction of being able to use the elements of different genres within the metal scene. APNEA mix elements of death, thrash, speed, and doom without sounding trendy or monotonous, two things too prominent in the metal scene today. In 2000 APNEA released their first cd "Dwelling"and recieved positive reviews from Metal Maniacs and Last Judgement 'Zine among others. Due to Steve's advertising on Napster, cds were sold worldwide. People bought cds from Portugal, Spain, England, Japan, France, Canada, Greece, and Russia.
In 2001 APNEA released their second cd "Off The Beaten Path". This release got positive reviews from Metal Maniacs, Throat Culture Mag, and countless web 'zines. The band still gets orders for this cd to this day. Then the following year APNEA recorded "Infinite Decay". This was a signal for a transitional period for the band. Drummer Remy Cameron left to join VORE and the band needed a drummer to fill his shoes. Jake Norman joined the band in January of 2003 more than filling Remy's shoes and brought new life into APNEA's music. In 2004 APNEA released "In The Darkness".. It had all the elements of the previous cds but with more brutality. Soon the band would start to recieve positive reactions by both fans and musicians and more gigs were floating their way. 2005 Apnea released "Tainted Purity" which annhilates anything they have done in the past.
APNEA continues to work hard playing shows and writing killer matierial. They have opened for national acts including SIX FEET UNDER, SOULFLY, CRISIS, IMMOLATION, ORIGIN, PISSING RAZORS, THE RED CHORD, VAMPIRE MOOSE, VOMIT REMNANTS, BRODEQUIN, MORGUE METAL CHURCH, CATTLE DECAPITATION, GOATWHORE, LAMB OF GOD, M.O.D. 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, UNMERCIFUL, with more potential shows coming up. APNEA is also a proud Heavycore band and is featured on Heavycore Records comp Core til Death III along bands MALEVOLENT CREATION and LUST OF DECAY among others. For ordering info and dicography go to www.thebandapnea.net.
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Hey bro when you get a chance please check out my new website @ benenterprises.net I do booking, promotion and make fliers for bands, promoter. And I have a new message board up leave me some feedback. Later
kick ass, your music makes me want to eat the skin off of someone's face, and then puke it up and wear it as my own face, so keep rocking;] Hope to roll with you on some concerts!
Check out Apnea in the latest edition of the Heavycore Chopping Block!
Part 1: Arsis - We Are the Nightmare Cannibal Corpse - Pit of Zombies Bloodbath - Sick Salvation Obituary - Dead Silence Sodom - Sodomized (live) Decapitated - Spheres of Madness Lividity - Exhibition of Carnage Embalmer - The More Fuckers Dead, The Better
Part 2: Destruction - The Defiance Will Remain Pro-Pain - Life's Hard (live) Immolation - Swarm of Terror Stinkditch - Junkies For Jesus Skitzo - Gag Like a Maggot Apnea - Smoldering Skeptik - Rebirth Sacred Oath - Darkness Visible
Hey check out the new track..no vox..but we are merely updating at a constant and it is totally a scratch track. Just to show everyone the gist of the direction we are going to go.
4/4/2009 9:30 PM at ALL AGES! Billiard’s, The Blue Room
541 E Saint Louis Street, Springfield, Missouri 65806
Cost: $8
Black Note & Death May Die will be performing at Billiard’s, Blue Room. Billiard’s is located across from the Shrine Mosque, on the corner of St. Louis Street & Kimbrough. Doors open at 9:00; music should start at 9:30. ALL AGES ARE WELCOME!!! (I.D. MUST be shown at the bar for alcohol. ) Also seeking venues & bands to contact us for next gig!