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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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Firefrost is a black metal band from Brittany, France, formed in 2015. The band channels the maritime and Celtic atmosphere of Brittany through their black metal.
FireSword is a melodic black metal band from Palma, Mallorca, Spain, formed in 2014. The band channels melodic black metal from the Balearic island capital.
Firewatcher is a pagan black metal project that began as ambient in Poland in 2020 before relocating to Saskatchewan. Their evolution from ambient soundscapes to pagan black metal traces a journey both musical and geographical, bridging Polish and Canadian extreme metal traditions.
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.
Firmament is an atmospheric/ambient black metal project from Erfurt, Germany, formed in 2021. The project creates vast, immersive black metal soundscapes from the Thuringian capital.
Firmamentum is an ambient/raw black metal project from Italy, active since 2014. Their debut Infinity Of The Forest was originally recorded on a small tape recorder — the band insists it is best heard in cassette format — blending raw black metal with dark ambient in a deliberately lo-fi, analog-first aesthetic.
Firn is a pagan black metal project from Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2022. The project — named for compacted snow that becomes glacier ice — channels cold, nature-inspired pagan black metal.
First Dawn is a melodic black metal project from Finland, formed in 2014. The project blends melody with the cold fury of black metal.
First Martyr is a black metal project from Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, formed in 2022. They channel black metal intensity from the Don River metropolis, one of southern Russia's most culturally significant cities.
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