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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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Forever It Shall Be is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Brunswick, Germany, formed in 2007. With nearly two decades of activity, the band blends Gothenburg-style melodic death metal with modern metalcore.
Forget the Past is a thrash/groove/melodic death metal band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2017 and blending three strands of heavy metal into an aggressive whole. The project delivers diverse extreme metal from the Hungarian capital.
Forgone Silence is a melodic death metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2023. The band delivers emotionally driven melodic death metal from the Bavarian capital.
Forgotten Daylight is a melodic death/doom metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2007. They blend the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian death metal with doom's crushing weight, creating melancholic, atmospheric extreme metal from the Russian capital.
Forgotten Scream is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Zrenjanin in the Vojvodina province of Serbia, formed in 2017. They blend Scandinavian melodic death metal influence with metalcore dynamics from the Banat region of northern Serbia.
Forgotten Tears is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2011. They channel the emotional intensity of melodic death metal through a metalcore framework, operating from one of Italy's most active heavy music cities.
Forlorat is a melodic death/black metal project from Pavlovo in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, formed in 2024. They blend melodic death metal with black metal elements from the small Volga-region city known historically for its metalworking tradition.
Forlorn World is a melodic death metal project from Manchester founded by Josh McMorran of Bloodshot Dawn, weaving epic narrative plots together with technical melodic death metal. Their 2020 concept album Umbra features guest solos from multiple musicians and was mastered by Jacob Hansen in a limited pressing of 400 copies.
Forodwaith is a melodic death/folk metal band from Vitebsk in the northern lands of Belarus. Their 2017 debut album "The One" blends heavy instrumentation with folk elements and thematic content drawn from Norse mythology, delivered across nine tracks of melodic death metal with folk metal ornamentation.
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