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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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False Dawn is an atmospheric/post-black metal band from Kosice in eastern Slovakia, formed in 2015. They craft expansive, emotionally charged post-black metal from Slovakia's second-largest city, a cultural hub in the east of the country.
False Faith is a black metal band from Valladolid, Spain, formed in 2015. The band creates raw black metal from the Castilian meseta.
False God is a black/doom metal band with industrial influences from Szczecin, Poland, formed in 2021. They layer industrial textures over a foundation of black and doom metal, creating an oppressive, mechanized heaviness from the northwestern Polish port city.
Greensboro's False Prophet fuse thrash and death metal into something vicious and direct, formed in 2023 and hitting the ground running. The North Carolina scene has been producing hungry acts lately, and this band fits the mold.
False Reality is a melodic black/death metal band from Brasov, Romania, formed in 2024. They channel melodic extreme metal from the Transylvanian mountain city, a region whose Gothic architecture and Carpathian landscape have long inspired dark art.
Falskur Fugl is a post-black metal project from Perm in the Ural Mountains region of Russia, formed in 2016. Their Icelandic name — meaning 'false bird' — adds a Nordic dimension to post-black metal crafted from the geographic boundary between Europe and Asia.
Falsum is a recent black metal arrival with origins shrouded in anonymity — no city, no state listed, just the music, which is fitting for a genre that often prizes mystique. They emerged in 2025, and with a name meaning 'falsehood' in Latin, the aesthetic intention is clear.
Falsus Deum is a black/death metal band from Leiria, Portugal, formed in 2024. Their Latin name — meaning 'false god' — anchors their extreme metal in anti-religious themes from the central Portuguese city.
Fanatic Attack is a thrash metal band from Zalaszentivan, Hungary, evolving from straight thrash into blackened thrash metal since 2021. The project delivers aggressive, blackened thrash from rural western Hungary.
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