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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Fogforest is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Uman in the Cherkasy Oblast, formed in 2021. They deliver melodic extreme metal from the central Ukrainian city known for its Sofiyivka Park.
Follow the Hollow is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Tallinn, Estonia, formed in 2023. The band blends Gothenburg-style melodic death metal with metalcore intensity.
For a Dozen Matters is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2013 and combining melodic death metal's hooks with thrash metal's aggression. The project operates within Athens's thriving extreme metal scene.
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.
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.
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.
ForceOut is a melodic death metal band from Zolochiv in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine, active since 2013. They bring Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to the small Galician city.
ForChristSake is a melodic death metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2010. The band crafts emotionally driven melodic death metal from the Northern Irish capital.
Foredoomed is a melodic death metal band from Joensuu, Finland, formed in 2017. The band crafts emotionally charged melodic death metal from the North Karelian capital.
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