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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Brave New World (2025)
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Feuersturm is a black metal band from Potsdam, Germany, formed in 2019. The band's name — meaning "firestorm" — reflects the intensity of their black metal from the Brandenburg state capital.
Feuille Morte is a black metal project from France, formed in 2021. The project's name — meaning "dead leaf" — evokes autumnal decay through atmospheric black metal.
Fever Sea is an atmospheric black metal/post-rock band from Bristol, England, formed in 2012. The band creates expansive, oceanic soundscapes merging atmospheric black metal with post-rock.
Fever Sun is a black/sludge metal project from Pordenone, Italy, self-described as a 'local discomfort unit.' Their 2025 debut Index spans four tracks across thirty-two minutes of atmosphere-heavy black metal fused with sludge and doom, praised for its balance of crushing weight and compositional nuance.
Feyn is a progressive black metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2021. The band pushes black metal into progressive, boundary-defying territory from the French capital.
Feythland is a black/death metal band from Krakow, Poland, active since 2006. They blend black and death metal traditions from one of Poland's most culturally rich cities, drawing on nearly two decades of experience in the underground.
Fiambre Social is a black punk death metal band from Punta Arenas, Chile, playing what they describe as incendiary rock and roll rooted in anti-religious and anti-system themes. Their 2020 debut "La rebelión del cadáver" was executed, recorded, and mixed by Darío Haro, and includes a cover of Eskorbuto alongside five original tracks steeped in raw punk aggression and death metal grime.
Fiamma Impura is a post-black metal and post-rock project from Milan, Italy, formed in 2021. Across releases including Solo, Shooting Stars, and Il Riflesso di Lei, they explore the atmospheric space between black metal intensity and post-rock contemplation.
Fiammes is a black metal project named after the hamlet of Fiames near Belluno in the Dolomites, formed in 2020. Their demo recordings channel raw, lo-fi black metal inspired by the rugged alpine landscapes of northeastern Italy.
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