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Forgotten Land is a black/folk metal project from Como, Italy, active since 2005. Their output blends black metal intensity with folk elements, drawing on both the atmospheric landscapes of the Lake Como region and broader European folk metal traditions.
Forgotten Lore is a gothic/black metal project from Rome, Italy, formed in 2023. They mine the intersection of gothic atmosphere and black metal ferocity, joining Rome's thriving underground extreme metal community.
Forgotten Rites is a black metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed in 2025. Their debut release, the three-track demo "Time Before Time," appeared in April 2025 and established the band in the Buenos Aires underground black metal scene.
Forgotten Shrines is a raw black metal and dungeon synth project from Linz, Upper Austria. Their debut demo "Remembrance," released as a limited cassette of 100 copies on the Födweg label in November 2020, draws on the pioneering spirit of early black metal through shattered, blurring production and primitive, ritualistic soundscapes.
Forgotten Spell is a black metal band from Sondershausen, Germany, formed in 2022. The band creates dark, ritualistic black metal from the Thuringian town.
Forgotten Spirit is a black/folk metal band from Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, active since 1997. Nearly three decades of folk-tinged black metal make them one of the most enduring extreme metal acts in the Ukrainian underground.
Forgotten Thought is a funeral doom/depressive black metal project from Rome, Italy, formed in 2012. Their output dwells in the slowest, bleakest extremes of heavy music, merging the glacial pace of funeral doom with the anguished introspection of depressive black metal.
Forgotten Tomb is a pioneering Italian black metal band from Piacenza, founded in 1999 and recognized as one of the true originators of depressive black metal (DSBM). From the genre-defining Songs to Leave and Springtime Depression through later releases incorporating rock, sludge, and punk influences, the project has continually evolved while maintaining its nihilistic core.
Forgotten Vale is a black metal/dark ambient project from Finland, formed in 2022. The project blends raw black metal with ethereal dark ambient soundscapes.
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