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Forsaken World is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from the Nancy/Langres area of France, formed in 2012. The band fuses melodic death metal with metalcore from the Lorraine-Champagne border.
Forsaken Wrath is a black/death metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2011 and trafficking in aggressive, blasphemous extremity. The project fuses black metal's darkness with death metal's brutality from the Hellenic underground.
Forsythia is a death metal band from Jyväskylä, Finland, formed in 2014. The band delivers death metal from the central Finnish university city.
Forte Ruin is a progressive metal band with melodic death metal influences from Lahti, Finland, formed in 2018. The band merges progressive complexity with the melodic death metal tradition.
Fortytwo is a melodic death metal band from Alesund on Norway's western coast, active since 2003. Named after the answer to the ultimate question in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, they bring melodic death metal from a city famous for its Art Nouveau architecture and dramatic coastal setting.
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Forward to Eden is a death metal/hardcore band from the Ruhrpott area of Germany, formed in 2015. The band combines the brutality of death metal with the energy and ethos of hardcore from the industrial heartland.
Forza Diablo is a death metal band formed in November 2013 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. The band has released two full-length albums, The Collapse of the Temple of God (2016) and Daemonicus (2021), both issued independently.
Fosa Común is a death metal band from Puerto Montt, Chile, formed in 2015 and rooted in the dirty, visceral tradition of Autopsy and Grave. Their album "Devorado por la Muerte" was originally issued through Infinito Envenenado in 2021 and reissued on vinyl by Sick Rites Records in 2022, establishing the band as a key act in Puerto Montt's underground death metal scene.
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