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Faraon is a one-man black metal project from San Miguel, Buenos Aires, created by a musician known as Temptor Princnegsur. The project released the demo "Testimonios de Esferas Superiores e Inferiores al Sol..." (T.E.S.I.S.) in 2000, a 60-minute eight-track recording blending epic, keyboard-driven black metal with esoteric and Satanic philosophical themes; it was reissued in 2017 by Sons of Hell Prod. after years of obscurity.
Farawisa is a pagan black metal band from Vienna, formed in 2017 and signed to Naturmacht Productions. Their debut album "Frægð" (May 2021) is rooted entirely in Norse mythology and Old Icelandic literature, with all lyrics written in Old Norse and music built on icy tremolo riffs, melancholic lead guitar, atmospheric keyboards, and vocals ranging from black metal screams to epic chanting.
Fardeaux is an avant-garde black metal band from Lille, France, formed in 2021. The band — whose name means "burdens" — pushes black metal into avant-garde territory from northern France.
Farewell Orchestra is a depressive black metal/post-rock project from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2021. They blend the anguished introspection of depressive black metal with post-rock's dynamic atmospherics from the city on the Neva.
Fargeløs is a black metal band from Hammelburg, Germany, formed in 2015. The project's Norwegian name — meaning "colorless" — reflects the stark, austere quality of their black metal output.
Pittsburgh's Faron blends black metal with ambient textures into something atmospheric and unsettling, formed in 2021 under the long shadow of western Pennsylvania winters. The project carries the solitary, introspective character that defines the black metal/ambient crossover at its most immersive.
Farost is a black metal project from Cadca in the far northwestern corner of Slovakia, formed in 2018. They channel black metal from the Kysuce region on the Polish and Czech borders, an area of deep forests and mountain isolation.
Farson is an avant-garde black and death metal band from Göttingen, Germany, formed in 2013. Their discography — spanning "The Same Untruth" (2013), "Erode" (2016), "Kreatürlich" (2018), and a 2023 demo — charts a restless evolution through progressive, avant-garde metal territory with a four-piece lineup that defies genre boundaries.
Farsot is a five-piece avant-garde black metal band from Gotha, Thuringia, Germany, associated with Prophecy Productions. Starting from depressive black metal roots, they developed a distinctive sound that critics have called a classic of avant-garde black metal, with albums including "IIII," "Insects" (2011), "Toteninsel," and "FAIL·LURE."
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