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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Frakass is a thrash metal band with RAC roots from Lyon, France, active since 2009. The band evolved from RAC/Oi! origins into a heavier thrash metal direction.
Fraktura is a thrash metal band from Mungia, Spain, formed in 2018. The band channels aggressive thrash from the Basque Country town.
Frakture is a thrash metal band from Bilbao, Spain, formed in 2013. The band delivers fast, riff-driven thrash metal from the Basque Country's largest city.
Frame of Mind is a speed/thrash/power metal band from Dinslaken, Germany, formed in 2017, having evolved from earlier death/thrash roots. The band blends the speed and energy of thrash with the melodic sensibilities of power metal from the lower Rhine region.
Frangawl is a black/thrash metal band from Finland, formed in 2010. The band fuses black metal darkness with thrash metal speed.
Frantic Aggressor is a black/thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2016. The band fuses the chaos of black metal with the relentless speed of thrash.
Frantic Machine is a thrash metal band from Paris, France, active since 2007. The band has spent nearly two decades delivering high-energy thrash metal from the French capital.
Freak Out Project is a death/thrash metal band from Southampton, England, emerging in 2024 with aggressive extreme metal from the south coast. The project fuses death and thrash metal traditions.
FreaKings is a thrash metal band from Bubendorf, Switzerland, active since 1996. As one of the longer-running thrash acts in Swiss metal, the band has been delivering high-energy thrash for nearly three decades.
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