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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Finsterwald is a raw black metal project from Saarbrücken, Germany, formed in 2025. The project's name — "dark forest" — evokes the primal wilderness central to their raw black metal aesthetic.
Fiori del Male is an experimental black metal duo from Brindisi, Italy, formed in 2023 by multi-instrumentalist Nero and drummer Tristu. Their release Con un Grido Entrero nell'Ombra delivers minimalist, atmospheric black metal from the Puglian underground, their name — Italian for 'Flowers of Evil' — nodding to Baudelaire's poetic darkness.
Fiorina 161 is a melodic black/doom metal band with electronic elements from Aubagne, France, formed in 2024. Named after the prison planet from the Alien franchise, the band blends black and doom metal with electronic textures from the Provençal town near Marseille.
Fir Bolg is a black metal band from Nice, France, active since 2008. Named after the mythological race of Irish legend, the band has spent nearly two decades creating black metal from the Côte d'Azur.
Firbholg is an epic black metal band from Foligno in the Perugia province of Umbria, active since 2002 and incorporating folk influences. Across releases including Holy Quest, Ashes Of War, and Firbholg III, they weave epic, folk-tinged narratives through a black metal framework rooted in the medieval heritage of central Italy.
Fire Throne is a black metal project from Gdynia on the Polish Baltic coast, formed in 2020. They bring black metal intensity from the Tri-City metropolitan area, one of northern Poland's most active regions for extreme music.
Fire Wheel is a melodic black/death metal band from Calais, France, formed in 2019. The band merges melodic elements with black and death metal from the English Channel port city.
Fireblade is a blackened death/thrash metal band from Huddersfield, England, formed in 2021. The band fuses black metal darkness with death and thrash metal aggression from the West Yorkshire town.
Firebringer is a black metal band from London, formed in 2020. The band creates atmospheric black metal from the British capital.
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