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FFFIIIXXX is a death metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2022. The band delivers confrontational death metal from the German capital's diverse extreme music underground.
Fibroblastom is a brutal death metal band from Ankara, Turkey, formed in 2015. Their medical term name — referencing a type of tumor — signals the clinical extremity of their brutal death metal from the Turkish capital.
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva is a slam/brutal death metal project from Catania, Sicily, formed in 2015 and named after the rare genetic condition in which muscle tissue ossifies into bone. Their output embodies the medical-horror fixation typical of slam death metal, delivering punishing brutality from deep in the Sicilian underground.
Fictio Solemnis is a symphonic blackened death metal project from Perugia, Italy, formed in 2022 as part of a broader 'Musical Metaverse' conceived by guitarist Edoardo Casini. Their debut EP (A)STER features orchestrations by Francesco Ferrini across six tracks of cosmic-themed extreme metal blending symphonic grandeur with blackened death metal aggression.
Fieberwahn is a melodic death/black metal project from Sarntal in the Bolzano province of South Tyrol, formed in 2021. They draw on the German-speaking alpine metal tradition, channeling both melodic death and black metal through a distinctly Tyrolean perspective.
Fiery Dawn is a melodic death metal band from Kuopio, Finland, formed in 2018. The band crafts melodic death metal from the eastern Finnish lakeside city.
Fiery Source is a black/death metal band from Polkowice in Lower Silesia, active since 2008. They deliver raw extreme metal from the copper-mining region of southwestern Poland, blending black and death metal traditions.
Fiery Waltz is a death metal band from Liptovsky Mikulas in central Slovakia, formed in 2016. Their evocative name — suggesting a dance with flames — captures the controlled chaos of their death metal from the Tatra Mountain region.
Figging is a goregrind/brutal death metal band from Paderborn, Germany, formed in 2025. As one of the newest extreme acts in the Westphalian scene, the band pushes the boundaries of goregrind brutality.
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