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From Shades is a death/black metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2017. They merge death and black metal traditions from the Swedish capital's deep extreme metal ecosystem.
From Silence is a progressive death metal band from the Grenoble/Lyon area of France, formed in 2015. The band explores the progressive side of death metal from the Rhône-Alpes region.
From Sin is a metalcore/melodic death metal band from Belgrade, Serbia, active since 2011. They merge the breakdown-heavy structure of metalcore with melodic death metal's twin-guitar approach from the Serbian capital.
From the Shores is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Venice, Italy, active since 2008. They blend the twin-guitar harmonies and melodic sensibility of Gothenburg-style death metal with metalcore intensity from the atmospheric backdrop of the Veneto region.
Frontier of Existence is a melodic death metal band from Bielsko-Biala in southern Poland, formed in 2017. They explore the philosophical boundaries suggested by their name through melodic death metal from the Beskid Mountains foothills.
Frontside is a metalcore/deathcore/hardcore band from Sosnowiec in the Silesian Voivodeship, active since 2016. They deliver the heavy breakdowns and aggressive vocals that define modern deathcore from one of Poland's most urbanized industrial regions.
Frostbite Terror is a melodic death metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2024. The band crafts melodic death metal from the southwestern Finnish city.
Frostbound is a black/death metal band from Bad Driburg, Germany, formed in 2018. The band merges black metal's atmosphere with death metal's brutality from the Westphalian spa town.
Frostmorner is a death metal band from Mineo in the Catania province of Sicily, formed in 2021 and evolving from straightforward death metal into blackened death metal territory. They represent the Sicilian extreme underground, channeling the island's volcanic intensity through their increasingly blackened approach.
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