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Forgotten Tears is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2011. They channel the emotional intensity of melodic death metal through a metalcore framework, operating from one of Italy's most active heavy music cities.
Forhekset is a black/death metal project from Perugia, Italy, formed in 2014. They deliver raw, uncompromising extreme metal from the heart of Umbria, blending black and death metal traditions in the Italian underground.
Forklift Circumcision is a one-man slam/brutal death metal and goregrind project from Manchester, created and performed entirely by Jack Hodgkinson since 2024. The project delivers certified slamming brutal deathgrind through prolific releases including split albums with acts like Komodonesia and Fupa Goddess.
Forlorat is a melodic death/black metal project from Pavlovo in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, formed in 2024. They blend melodic death metal with black metal elements from the small Volga-region city known historically for its metalworking tradition.
Forlorn World is a melodic death metal project from Manchester founded by Josh McMorran of Bloodshot Dawn, weaving epic narrative plots together with technical melodic death metal. Their 2020 concept album Umbra features guest solos from multiple musicians and was mastered by Jacob Hansen in a limited pressing of 400 copies.
Form of Existence is a technical deathcore band from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2023. The band combines the precision of technical musicianship with the brutality of deathcore, representing a newer wave of extreme music from the Bulgarian capital.
Formaldehyde is a death metal band from Almada on the south bank of the Tagus opposite Lisbon, formed in 2020 after earlier work in death/thrash metal. Their chemical-preservation name matches the clinical aggression of their death metal from greater Lisbon.
Formaline is a brutal death metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2016. Named after the chemical preservative, they deliver clinical, precise brutal death metal from Moscow's deep extreme metal underground.
Formidamen is a death metal band from Ussuriysk in Russia's Far East, active since 2011. They deliver death metal from the Pacific coastline region near the Chinese and North Korean borders, one of the most geographically remote metal outposts in Russia.
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