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Forbidden Crypt is a black/death metal band from Upper Franconia, Germany, formed in 2019. The band merges the atmospherics of black metal with the heaviness of death metal from the northern Bavarian highlands.
Forbidden Omen is a melodic death metal band from Krakow, Poland, formed in 2020. They bring Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to southern Poland's cultural capital, blending dual-guitar harmonies with aggressive rhythmic foundations.
Forbidden Realm is a death metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 2025. The band delivers death metal from the West Midlands metropolis.
Forbidden Shape is a death/thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2013. They deliver technically charged death/thrash from Moscow's deep and competitive extreme metal underground.
Force Fed Farm Animals (FFFA) is a death metal and grindcore band from Vienna, Austria, who describe themselves as making "stinky music about animals." Their 2025 release "Brutally Molested Lemon Cake" carries on the short, blasting goregrind tradition with an irreverent animal-rights-adjacent absurdism.
Forced Asphyxia is a heavy/thrash/death metal band from Scotland, formed in 2011. The band blends the weight of heavy metal with thrash and death metal aggression.
Forced Elimination is a death/doom metal band from Santander, Spain, formed in 2020. The band merges death metal brutality with doom metal's crushing pace from the Cantabrian coast.
Forced Evolution was a progressive death metal band based in Belgium and Enschede, Netherlands, active from 2009 until their breakup in 2011. They released their debut full-length "Sealed" in 2009, blending progressive structures with melodic death metal, but persistent difficulties finding a permanent vocalist prevented them from touring and ultimately led to their dissolution.
Forced Shadow is a melodic death metal band from Schaffhausen, Switzerland, formed in 2025. As one of the newest melodic death metal acts in the Swiss scene, the project blends aggression with melody.
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