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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.
Freedomination is a thrash metal band from Vantaa, Finland, formed in 2015. The band delivers fast, aggressive thrash metal from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Freek is a thrash metal band from Kidderminster, England, active since 2016 and delivering aggressive thrash from the West Midlands. The project channels classic thrash metal energy through a British perspective.
Freeze is a crossover/hardcore/thrash metal band from Kent, England, one of the longest-running acts of their kind in Britain with origins dating back to 1980. The band has been fusing hardcore punk with thrash metal for over four decades.
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.
Friendly Fire is a thrash/heavy metal band from Germany, formed in 2008. The band blends the speed of thrash with the hooks of classic heavy metal.
Frogmarch is a thrash/groove metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2014. The band blends thrash metal speed with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Austin space rock/doom band blending stoner doom, psychedelia, and vintage analog synths. Featuring Rob McCarthy on guitar/vocals/synths, they released The Band from Beyond on Bandcamp in 2018 after years of demos and EPs.
From Eden to Exile is a death/thrash/groove metal band from Northampton, England, fusing multiple strands of extreme and heavy metal since 2017. The project blends death metal aggression with thrash precision and groove metal heaviness.
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