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Final is a black metal band from Bristol, England, active since 2006. With nearly two decades of activity, the band has been a persistent presence in the British black metal underground.
Final Dose is a black metal/punk band from London, formed in 2023. The band merges black metal's darkness with punk's raw, confrontational energy.
Final Faith is a melodic death/thrash/black metal band from Heidenheim, Germany, formed in 2022. The band draws on three distinct strands of extreme metal, blending melodic guitar work with the aggression of thrash and the atmosphere of black metal.
Final Maze is a Brazilian black metal project formed in 2023, featuring vocalist JP Delicato. The band released a string of recordings in their debut year, including the two-track digital single Shadows and Echoes in November 2023, which was inspired by a trip to Athens and Phraxos, Greece, and the full-length The First Floor in December 2023. Their Bandcamp presence explicitly opposes NSBM, positioning the project within the anti-fascist wing of the black metal underground.
Final Solstice is a black metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 2023. The band channels dark, atmospheric black metal from the West Midlands metropolis.
Finistri is a black metal project from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2025. The project is among the newest black metal voices emerging from Germany's most populous state.
Finistère is a black metal band from Bremerhaven, Germany, formed in 2022. Named after the westernmost department of Brittany in France, the band creates black metal from the North Sea port city.
Finngalkn is a black metal project from Dalvik, Iceland, emerging in 2025 from a small fishing town in the Eyjafjordur fjord of northern Iceland. The project channels the harsh Arctic landscape into black metal.
Finntroll is a blackened folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland. Known as one of the most distinctive acts in Finnish metal, Finntroll combines black metal aggression with traditional Finnish folk melodies and humppa rhythms.
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