Khemmis (band)

Khemmis is an American doom metal band from Denver, Colorado, that formed in 2012. Their second studio album, Hunted, was ranked 11th on Rolling Stone's 20 best metal albums of 2016[1] and 1st on Decibel magazine's Top 40 Albums of 2016.[2]

Khemmis
Khemmis in 2017
Background information
Origin	Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Genres	Doom metal
Years active	2012 (2012)–present
Labels	20 Buck Spin, Nuclear Blast
Members	Daniel Beiers Zach Coleman Phil Pendergast Ben Hutcherson
Past members	Dan Barnett

In July 2017, the band announced that they had signed to Nuclear Blast (via licensing deal with 20 Buck Spin) for the release of their third album.[3] The band toured North America alongside Enslaved, Wolves in the Throne Room, and Myrkur as part of the 2018 Decibel Magazine Tour.[4] They released their third album, Desolation, on June 22, 2018. The album was ranked 9th on Decibel Magazine’s Top 40 Albums of 2018[5] and 12th on Consequence of Sound’s Top 25 Metal + Rock Albums of 2018.[6]

In February 2019, the band announced that they had signed a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast.[7] In August that year, the band contributed a cover of the folk song "O Death" (titled "A Conversation with Death") for the video game series The Dark Pictures Anthology.[8] In 2020, they covered "Down in a Hole" from Alice in Chains.[9]

They are named after an ancient city located in Egypt, now known as Akhmim.[10]