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Albuquerque's FaceRipper opened for business in 2022 mixing death metal's malevolence with groove metal's locked rhythms — a New Mexico act that brings heaviness with a bone-snapping groove.
Twin Falls, Idaho's Faces of Annihilation have been combining blackened death metal and deathcore since 2018, a rural Pacific Northwest act pushing extreme metal in an unlikely location.
Fitchburg, Massachusetts's Faces of Bayon have been steeped in pure doom metal since 2011, named after the ancient Khmer temple and carrying that same sense of monolithic, time-worn weight in every riff.
Faces of Cain is a melodic death metal band from Enschede in the Netherlands, formed in 2012. They bring Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to the eastern Dutch city near the German border, blending twin-guitar harmonies with aggressive rhythmic foundations.
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.
Faces of Madness was a heavy metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in the mid-1990s, who released their debut album "Rusted Memories" in 2001 followed by "Locus Horrendus" in 2008. The band played traditional, melody-laced heavy metal without keyboards, drawing on classic power metal influences while maintaining a direct, guitar-driven sound. Both albums remain available through their Bandcamp page.
Orlando's Faces of Many have been building their brand of metalcore since 2018, a Florida act carving out space in one of the state's most competitive metal markets.
Chicago's Faces of the Bog have been constructing psychedelic, progressive sludge-doom since 2016, blending the Windy City's experimental instincts with the heavy emotional weight of doom and sludge.
Faceshift is a heavy metal band from Stockholm that evolved from earlier gothic metal origins, active since 2012. Their stylistic evolution from gothic to traditional heavy metal reflects a journey toward more direct, riff-driven songwriting from the Swedish capital.
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