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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Forgardur Helvitis is a grindcore band with black metal elements from Reykjavik, Iceland, active since 2019, whose name translates from Icelandic as 'the forecourt of hell.' The project delivers grinding extremity from the Icelandic capital.
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.
Formula Fiction is a death metal/grindcore band from North Brabant in the Netherlands, active since 2010. They pair the technical precision of death metal with grindcore's brevity and intensity from one of the Netherlands' most metal-rich provinces.
Fosse Septique is a grindcore/goregrind band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2024. The band's French name — meaning "septic tank" — signals the grotesque extremity of their grind output.
Fostioner is a thrash/death metal/grindcore band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2013. The band fuses thrash and death metal with grindcore's short, explosive violence.
Fotze Spritzegagga are a porngrind and death metal band from Vils, Tyrol, who self-describe as "shitty porngrinders." Their debut album "Dünnschiss" (October 2020) and a follow-up EP in 2023 deal in the genre's characteristic short, blasting tracks and deliberately offensive lyrical content.
Foul is a death metal/grindcore band from Vasteras, Sweden, formed in 2018. They channel the raw, grinding aggression of both genres from the Malaren Valley industrial city.
Fratzengeballer is a death metal/grindcore band from Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 2019. The band's name — roughly meaning "face-blasting" — captures the intensity of their extreme output.
Freakhate is a death metal/grindcore turned doom/death metal band from Gandia, Spain, active since 1993. With over three decades of activity, the band evolved from grinding extremity to slower, heavier doom/death territory from the Valencian coast.
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