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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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First Blood is a thrash metal band from Bexleyheath, England, formed in 2017. The band delivers fast, aggressive thrash metal from the southeast London borough.
First Born is a heavy metal band from Hereford, England, formed in 2020. The band delivers classic heavy metal from the Welsh border city.
First Dawn is a melodic black metal project from Finland, formed in 2014. The project blends melody with the cold fury of black metal.
First Degree Murder is a death metal band from Herford, Germany, formed in 2023. The band delivers unrelenting death metal from the East Westphalian town.
First Fight Down is a metalcore band from Kaatsheuvel in the Netherlands, active since 1999 — making them one of the longest-running metalcore acts in the Dutch scene. Their quarter-century of activity spans the full arc of metalcore's evolution from underground origins to mainstream recognition.
First Martyr is a black metal project from Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, formed in 2022. They channel black metal intensity from the Don River metropolis, one of southern Russia's most culturally significant cities.
First Offence is a heavy metal band from Evesham, England, formed in 2024. The band plays traditional heavy metal from the Worcestershire vale.
First Revival is a heavy metal band from Lulea in the far north of Sweden, formed in 2018. They deliver classic heavy metal from above the Arctic Circle, where the extreme Norrland climate matches the genre's fierce energy.
First Strike is a thrash/speed metal band from the Wachenroth/Erlangen area of Germany, formed in 2022. The band plays fast, aggressive thrash and speed metal from the Franconian region.
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