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People Watching (2024)
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L'Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) (2012)
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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
11/14 @ The Majestic Ventura Theater, Ventura
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Among the Shadows (2024)
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Firefrost is a black metal band from Brittany, France, formed in 2015. The band channels the maritime and Celtic atmosphere of Brittany through their black metal.
FireGun is a groove and thrash metal band from Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in October 2009. Their debut EP What's the Reason?, recorded in February 2013 at Estúdio GR in São Paulo, features four tracks and showcases the band's lineup of vocalist Raimundo Rodriguês, lead guitarist Ricardo Oliveira, rhythm guitarist Ivan Santos, bassist Samuel Martins, and drummer Yuri Alexander. The band was working toward a debut full-length titled Inheritance of a Blind Nation as of 2017.
FireHead is a melodic thrash/death metal band from Lviv in western Ukraine, formed in 2014. They deliver melodic extreme metal from the cultural capital of western Ukraine.
Fireland is a heavy/power metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2004. With two decades of activity, the band has been crafting melodic power and heavy metal from the Catalan capital.
Fireleaf is a power metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2016. The band crafts energetic, melodic power metal from the capital of Baden-Württemberg.
Fireline is a melodic heavy metal band from Fortaleza, Brazil, active since 2017. The band has released multiple tracks and albums through their Bandcamp page, including the album "Crossing Lines" and singles such as "Don't Look Back" and "Under Fire."
Firelord is a stoner/doom metal trio from Turin, Italy, formed in 2007 from the remnants of an earlier doom project. Drawing openly from Black Sabbath, Count Raven, and Gates of Slumber, their releases Among The Snakes and Hammer Of Chaos EP channel classic doom and stoner metal through a raw, uncompromising Italian lens.
Firemage is a folk metal band from Porto, Portugal, formed in 2024. They bring folk-influenced metal to Portugal's northern capital, drawing on both Iberian folk traditions and the broader European folk metal movement.
Firemass is a heavy/power metal band from Sweden, formed in 2016. They bring the melodic grandeur and driving energy of power metal to the Swedish metal landscape.
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