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Fragmentation is a melodic death metal band from Mönchsdeggingen, Germany, formed in 2020. The band delivers melodic death metal from the small Swabian village in Bavaria.
Fragments of Unbecoming is a melodic death metal band from Laudenbach, Germany, active since 2002 with an extensive discography organized as numbered chapters. Their catalog spans from "Bloodred Tales — Chapter I / The Crimson Season" through "Perdition Portal — Chapter VI" and the 2024 "Lakespectre" demo, representing over two decades of prolific melodic death metal.
Fragmentum is a melodic death metal band from Lokeren, Belgium, founded by Jan and Gunnar and rounded out by Wouter on drums and Ozzy on bass. They blend melodies, synths, and ambient sounds over a heavy groove-riff foundation, and have toured with acts including Children of Bodom, Swallow the Sun, Wolfheart, Soulfly, and Annihilator across releases like "Masters of Perplexity," "Pugnacity," and "D!verge."
Fransis Forth is a melodic death/black metal project from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2025. As a very recent addition to the Bulgarian extreme metal scene, the project blends melodic sensibilities with the aggression of death and black metal.
Frantic Disruption is a melodic death metal band from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2018. The band crafts melodic death metal from the Lower Saxony capital.
Frater is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose discography spans over a decade including "Into the Light" (2012), "Pulso en Eclipse" (2017), and "Sangre y Viento" (2024). Core members Andrés Bori on guitar and vocals and Andrés Zadunaisky on bass have appeared across multiple releases, with Juan Orcajada joining on vocals for the 2024 album.
Frayed Illusion is a melodic death metal band from Athens, Greece, emerging in 2026 as part of the newest generation of Hellenic melodeath. The project channels Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal through a Greek perspective.
Freaksight is a melodic death/groove/thrash metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2022. The band blends three strands of aggressive metal from France's gastronomic capital.
Freund Hein was a death/thrash and melodic death metal band from Höllenstein, Lower Austria, formed in 1997 out of the earlier project Craving for Valusia (active from 1994). Named after the German personification of death, the band's sound mixed death, thrash, heavy, and near-gothic metal elements, documented on their records reviewed by Yperano Records as "Coincidentia Oppositorum," before some members moved on to form Hellavista.
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