King Apathy was formerly known as Thränenkind. They are a post-metal/post-punk band with crust punk, black metal and post-rock influences from Bavaria, Germany. The earlier recordings had more black metal and shoegaze influences sound, while “The Elk” (2013) contains more crust and hardcore punk influence and five completely instrumental post rock songs. "King Apathy (2016) continues that sound and they barely have post-rock influences anymore and changed their sound.