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Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Firewall is a stoner metal/rock band from Oulu, Finland, active since 2003. With over two decades of activity, the band has been a reliable presence in the Finnish stoner metal scene.
Five Gallon Bottle is a stoner/southern metal and rock band from Ovar on the northern Portuguese coast, active since 2015. Their good-ol'-boy name and southern metal approach transplant the heavy, groove-laden American stoner metal tradition to the Atlantic coast of Portugal.
Fjordheksa is a stoner/doom metal band from Aachen, Germany, formed in 2016. Their releases including the "Fjordheksa" EP, "Last Notes" (2021), and "Ashlad" deliver fuzz-laden stoner doom from the westernmost city in Germany.
Flamebearer is a stoner metal band from London, formed in 2022. The band delivers heavy, riff-driven stoner metal from the British capital.
Fleshpress is a blackened stoner/sludge/doom metal band from Lahti, Finland, active since 2002. With over two decades of activity, the band has been crafting a dense hybrid of stoner, sludge, and doom metal with blackened overtones.
Flex Bison is a stoner/doom metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 2018. The band delivers heavy stoner and doom grooves from the West Midlands.
Flood is a stoner metal/rock band from Zlín, Czech Republic, formed in 2021. The band delivers heavy, fuzz-laden stoner grooves from eastern Moravia.
Started as stoner/sludge, pivoted to thrash and black metal territory. Played their final show at Kick Butt Coffee in July 2022.
Floodstain is a stoner metal/rock band from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands, active since 2001. Over two decades they have delivered fuzz-laden stoner metal and rock from the South Holland coast, making them one of the Dutch stoner scene's most enduring acts.
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