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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Feigur is a depressive/atmospheric black metal band from Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, France, formed in 2010. The band channels melancholy and isolation through atmospheric DSBM from the Loire valley.
Fen is an atmospheric black metal/post-rock band from London, active since 2015. The band draws on the desolate beauty of the English fenlands to create expansive, atmospheric music merging black metal with post-rock.
Ferdasyn is an atmospheric black metal project from Mönchengladbach, Germany, formed in 2021. The project creates expansive, layered black metal soundscapes from the lower Rhine region.
Feuerschiff is an atmospheric black metal project from Germany, formed in 2023. The project's name — German for "lightship" — evokes nautical imagery woven into their atmospheric black metal.
Fever Sea is an atmospheric black metal/post-rock band from Bristol, England, formed in 2012. The band creates expansive, oceanic soundscapes merging atmospheric black metal with post-rock.
Field Effect is an atmospheric black metal and ambient project from Athens, Greece, active since 2012 and blending dark ambient textures with atmospheric black metal foundations. The project creates expansive, immersive soundscapes from the Greek underground.
Filii Belial is an atmospheric black metal/ambient project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2014. Their Latin name — 'Sons of Belial' — anchors their atmospheric extreme metal in demonic mythology.
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Finnwolf is a pagan/atmospheric black metal band from Lappi, Finland, formed in 2018. The band draws on the vast Arctic landscapes of Finnish Lapland for their atmospheric pagan black metal.
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