Khemmis is an American doom metal band from Denver, Colorado, that formed in 2012. The band's music combines doom and traditional heavy metal with elements of death and black metal. The band released their first two studio albums, Absolution and Hunted, through independent label 20 Buck Spin. Their third album, Desolation, and subsequent mini-LP, Doomed Heavy Metal, were licensed for all territories outside of North America by Nuclear Blast and were co-released with 20 Buck Spin. In November 2021, the band released their Nuclear Blast worldwide debut record Deceiver. They are named after an ancient city located in Egypt, now known as Akhmim. History Khemmis was formed in 2012 after guitarist Ben Hutcherson moved to Colorado to pursue a doctorate at the University of Colorado. The band recorded their debut album, Absolution, with producer/engineer Dave Otero. It was released by 20 Buck Spin on July 7, 2015, and was ranked 9th on Decibel Magazine's Top 40 Albums of 2015. Their second studio album, Hunted, arrived in October 2016. It was ranked 11th on Rolling Stone′s 20 best metal albums of 2016, 1st on Decibel magazine's Top 40 Albums of 2016, 7th on PopMatters' Best Metal of 2016, and 6th on Consequence of Sound's Top 10 Metal Albums of 2016. 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, Desolation. The band began touring regularly in support of the record. They toured North America alongside Enslaved, Wolves in the Throne Room, and Myrkur as part of the 2018 Decibel Magazine Tour. They also made their European debut with performances at the Roadburn and Doom Over Leipzig festivals. They released their third album, Desolation, on June 22, 2018 on 20 Buck Spin (North America) and Nuclear Blast (all other regions). The album was ranked 9th on Decibel Magazine's Top 40 Albums of 2018 and 12th on Consequence of Sound's Top 25 Metal + Rock Albums of 2018. In February 2019, the band announced that they had signed a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast. In August 2019, the band's cover of "A Conversation with Death", previously only available on the 2017 split 7" with Spirit Adrift entitled Fraught with Peril, was featured in the video game series The Dark Pictures Anthology. In 2019, the band completed two headlining American tours—a summer East Coast/Midwest tour with