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People Watching (2024)
Featured Groove Metal Album
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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Flamorn is a melodic death metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2014. They channel Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal from the Baltic coast city whose geographic proximity to Finland and Sweden provides natural cultural exchange.
Flanez is a heavy metal band from Kempenich, Germany, formed in 2017. The band plays classic heavy metal from the Eifel region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Flash of Aggression is a thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2013. Their name-as-mission-statement captures the explosive, high-velocity character of their thrash from the Russian capital.
Flashback of Anger is a power/progressive metal band from Florence, Italy, described as 'Italian finest power/prog metal.' Their discography includes Prisoner of War, Shades, and Terminate and Stay Resident, delivering technically accomplished power metal with progressive arrangements and polished songwriting.
Flashover is a thrash metal band from Brasília, Brazil, formed in the mid-1990s with influences drawn from Kreator, Slayer, and Sepultura. The band released their debut album "Infamous Country" in 2001, followed by "Land of Cannibals" in 2003 on Lethal Records and "Superior" in 2008, establishing themselves as a consistent presence in the Brazilian thrash underground. Their current lineup includes guitarists Fernando Cezar and Itazil Junior alongside drummer Josefer Ayres, who also performs with Phrenesy.
Flashpoint is a heavy metal band from Millom, England, formed in 2012. The band plays classic heavy metal from the small Cumbrian coastal town.
Flashpoint is a heavy metal band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2012 and delivering classic heavy metal from the Irish capital. The project channels traditional metal energy from Dublin's vibrant music scene.
Flashtrack is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Balzers, Liechtenstein, formed in 2013. They are one of the few metal acts from the tiny Alpine principality, delivering riff-driven heavy metal and hard rock from one of Europe's smallest nations.
Flatlands is an atmospheric sludge/doom metal band from Sheffield, England, formed in 2017. The band layers atmospheric textures over sludge and doom metal from the Steel City.
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