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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Faceache is a groove/thrash metal band from Bury St. Edmunds, England, formed in 2023. The band delivers heavy groove and thrash metal from the Suffolk town.
Faceless Born is a groove/thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2020. They deliver rhythmically charged thrash and groove metal from the Russian capital's massive underground metal scene.
Lowell, Massachusetts's Faceless Enemy started in 2022 as brutal deathcore before pivoting toward slam and brutal death metal — an evolution toward pure extremity with no interest in accessibility.
Raleigh's Faceless Enemy bring a different energy to the name, mixing groove metal's locked-in rhythm with thrash's urgency since 2022 in the heart of North Carolina's metal scene.
Long Island's Faceless Hatred have been running a blackened thrash and crust hybrid since 2011, pulling equally from the filth of d-beat and the cold aggression of black metal.
Facelift is a death/thrash metal band from Køge, Denmark, formed in 2018. The band delivers aggressive death and thrash metal from the eastern Danish coastal town.
Facerip is a speed/thrash metal band from Vaxjo in the Smaland region, formed in 2017. They channel the relentless velocity of classic speed and thrash metal from the forested interior of southern Sweden.
Faces of Death is a thrash metal band from Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, Brazil, whose 2023 album "Evil" was released through a partnership between Impaled, Master, Gerunda Produções, and Gate Of Doom labels. The ten-track record features founding brothers Laurence Miranda (vocals/guitar) and Sylvio Miranda (bass), with lyrics addressing topics including Brazilian political life, the 2013 Santa Maria nightclub fire, and serial crime. The band has announced a European tour for October 2026.
Providence's Facial Defecation are one of the elder statesmen on this list, running death/thrash metal in the Rhode Island underground since 1992 — over three decades of uncompromising brutality.
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