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Foeticide is a death metal band from Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, active since 2005 with a catalog spanning over a decade. Their discography includes "Redefine" (2005), "Repetitive Patterns" (2007), "Redesigned" EP (2010), and "Reckoning Dystopia" (2017), each building on a foundation of relentless death metal.
Foetorem is a death/doom metal band from Kolding, Denmark, formed in 2025. The band merges death metal aggression with the crushing slowness of doom from the southern Jutland town.
Foetur is a thrash/death metal band from Sartrouville, France, formed in 2011. The band fuses thrash and death metal from the Yvelines commune in the Paris suburbs.
Fogforest is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Uman in the Cherkasy Oblast, formed in 2021. They deliver melodic extreme metal from the central Ukrainian city known for its Sofiyivka Park.
Foible Instinct is a death metal/grindcore band from Kyiv, Ukraine, active since 2008. Nearly two decades of extreme metal from the Ukrainian capital have established them as a veteran act in the country's underground.
Foken Rotten Noise is an old school grindcore and death metal band from Santiago, Chile, with members drawn from various corners of the Chilean underground metal scene. The band released "Wastedlands" in 2013 through Thanatology Productions in a limited run of 500 CDs, followed by "The Finest Shit" in 2015, both albums channeling raw, anarchic energy with lyrical themes of anti-politics, anti-greed, and personal freedom.
Folie a Deux is a death metal band from Sundsvall on the northern Swedish coast, formed in 2016. Named after the psychiatric phenomenon of shared psychosis, they deliver death metal from the Norrland coastline.
Folklore Negro is a progressive doom/death metal band formed in 2020 in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. The band has released three full-length albums: Feto majadero (2020), Al amparo del silencio (2022), and Ornamento de cicatrices (2024).
Folkmord is a death metal/punk band from Umea in northern Sweden, active since 2011. Their name — Swedish for 'genocide' — and their blending of death metal with punk reflect the politically charged, crust-adjacent underground of Umea, a city historically associated with radical politics.
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