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Foryan is a melodic black metal project from Smigiel in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, formed in 2025. They bring melodic black metal to the rural western Polish lowlands, a region rarely associated with extreme metal.
Fosca Garriga is a black metal band from Felanitx, Mallorca, Spain, formed in 2025. The band creates raw black metal from the Balearic island's rural interior.
Fosch is a black metal band from Bergamo, Italy, active since 2007. Operating from the foothills of the Lombard Alps, they deliver atmospheric black metal rooted in the cold, mountainous landscape of northern Italy.
Foscor is a band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2004, who evolved from black metal origins into progressive post-metal and post-rock territory. Their two-decade journey reflects a constant transformation from aggression toward more expansive, atmospheric compositions.
Fosso is a black metal duo from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2021, consisting of Pedro Alves on guitar, bass, and vocals, and Victor Miranda on drums. The band released their debut album Solo Amargo in June 2021, a claustrophobic eight-track record recorded and mixed by the duo between March and April of that year.
Fotosinteza is a black/speed metal band from Koprivnica, Croatia, active since 2014 and fusing black metal darkness with speed metal velocity. The project represents the more extreme side of the Podravina metal scene.
Foudre Noire is a black metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2023. The band's French name — meaning "black lightning" — evokes the sudden, devastating strike of their black metal.
Foul Fruit is a black metal project from Germany, formed in 2026. As a brand-new project, it represents the very latest wave of German black metal.
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