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For Aeons is a blackened death metal band from Hesse, Germany, formed in 2020. The band creates dense, suffocating blackened death metal from central Germany.
For Ruin is a melodic black/death metal band from Cork, Ireland, one of the longest-running extreme metal acts in the Munster region with origins dating back to 2004. The project blends melodic hooks with black and death metal aggression.
For the Crown is a death metal band from Ylivieska, Finland, formed in 2020. The band delivers death metal from the Ostrobothnian town in central Finland.
For the Pyres is a death metal band from Boras in western Sweden, formed in 2020. They deliver death metal from the Vastergotland textile city between Gothenburg and Jonkoping.
For the Storms is a doom/death/sludge band from Brescia, Italy, formed in 2021. Their releases The Grieving Path and Losing What's Left of Us chart a heavy, emotionally charged path through doom, death, sludge, and post-metal territories, with song titles mapping landscapes of loss and desolation.
For Your Sins is a death/thrash/groove metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2013. The band blends death, thrash, and groove metal from Scotland's largest city.
Foramen Magnvm is a death metal band from Puerto Montt, Chile, operating within the death thrash tradition and active since 2013. The band released a split in 2018 alongside other Chilean death metal acts, and their early material, including the track "Silent Shadows," positions them within the underground extreme metal scene of southern Chile.
Foray Between Ocean is a progressive death metal and deathcore band from Athens, Greece, active since 2016 and merging progressive song structures with extreme metal heaviness. The project pushes the boundaries of Athenian extreme metal.
Forbidden City is a doom/death metal band from Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing doom/death from a city deeply affected by the ongoing conflict in the Donbas region.
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