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Fated is a melodic death metal band based across Hamburg and Darmstadt, Germany, formed in 2021. The band bridges two major German cities with their brand of emotionally charged melodic death metal.
Fateless is a melodic death/groove metal band from Drammen, Norway, formed in 2017. They combine the melodic precision of Scandinavian death metal with the rhythmic punch of groove metal from one of the Oslofjord's industrial cities.
Father Bluebeard is a goregrind/death metal band from Budapest, Hungary, named after the folklore character, delivering grotesque extremity since 2016. The project traffics in the most visceral corners of the Hungarian grind scene.
Fatum Elisum is a doom/death metal band from Rouen, France, active since 2009. The band creates crushing doom/death from the historic Norman capital on the Seine.
Faustian Dripfeed is a melodic death metal band from Stavanger, Norway, formed in 2016. They bring melodic death metal precision to the oil capital of Norway, a city whose thriving cultural scene extends well beyond its petroleum industry roots.
Faustino sin Cuello is a death metal band from Santiago, Chile, active since at least 2009 when they recorded their initial demos drawing on Chilean folklore and history for thematic material. The band released the single Faustino: El Degollado in 2012 and returned with the single Renacer in 2025.
Faustinus is a melodic death metal band from Humenne in eastern Slovakia, active since 2008. They bring Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to the Zemplin region near the Ukrainian border.
Facade is a doom/death metal band from Dordrecht in the Netherlands, formed in 2013. They channel the weighty intersection of doom and death metal from one of the oldest cities in Holland, blending crushing tempos with guttural aggression.
FBC is a slam/brutal death metal and hardcore band from Stupino in the Moscow Oblast, formed in 2016. They merge the guttural heaviness of slam death metal with hardcore intensity from the industrial suburbs south of Moscow.
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