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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Firienholt is an epic/atmospheric black metal and dungeon synth project from Leeds, England, formed in 2020. Named after the forest in Tolkien's Rohan, the project blends atmospheric black metal with dungeon synth.
Forest of Frost is an atmospheric black metal band from Angoulême, France, formed in 2020. The band channels frozen, nature-inspired atmospheres through their black metal from the Charente capital.
Forevercold is an atmospheric black metal project from Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary, active since 2022 and channeling the isolation of the Great Hungarian Plain into atmospheric extremity. The project creates expansive soundscapes from rural eastern Hungary.
Forget Life is an atmospheric black metal and DSBM project from Talca, Chile, formed in 2025. Their debut album "El firmamento" was released in June 2025, offering six tracks of slow-burning, introspective black metal with an emphasis on atmosphere and emotional weight.
Forlet Sires is an atmospheric black/doom metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland, formed in 2014. Their discography includes "Demo I," "Journey Towards Ruin," and "Holy," exploring the intersection of atmospheric black metal's vastness with doom metal's crushing weight.
Formless Body is an atmospheric black metal and experimental project from the UK, describing their sound as 'the cries of dystopia -- weeping machines and howling buildings, bleeding streets and empty people.' The project blends industrial and atmospheric textures with black metal foundations.
Formørkelse is an atmospheric black metal band with gothic influences from Freudenstadt, Germany, formed in 2024. The project's Norwegian name — meaning "eclipse" — speaks to their Nordic-influenced atmospheric black metal from the Black Forest.
Forst is an atmospheric black metal project from Finland, formed in 2019. The project — whose German name means "forest" — creates expansive, nature-inspired atmospheric black metal.
Framheim is an atmospheric black metal project from Ladispoli near Rome, formed in 2013. Named after Roald Amundsen's Antarctic base, the project channels the isolation and vast desolation of polar landscapes into atmospheric black metal.
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