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Fogland is a folk/melodic black metal and ambient project from Timisoara, Romania, active since 2002. Over two decades they have woven folk melodies and ambient atmospheres through a black metal framework, creating misty, nature-oriented extreme metal from western Romania's largest city.
Foglet is an ambient/black metal project from Slovenia, formed in 2015. They merge dark ambient atmospherics with black metal aggression, creating misty, atmospheric extreme music from the Slovenian underground.
Fogo Infernal is a black metal project from Santarem, Portugal, formed in 2019. Their Portuguese name — meaning 'infernal fire' — captures the incendiary spirit of their black metal from the Ribatejo region.
Fogteeth is a doom/stoner metal/rock band from Lahti, Finland, formed in 2020. The band delivers heavy, fuzz-laden doom and stoner grooves from the Päijänne lakeland city.
Fogwhisper is a pagan black metal project from Moscow, Russia, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of nature-oriented pagan black metal from the Russian capital have established them as a persistent voice in the country's folk-tinged extreme underground.
Fohatt is an atmospheric doom metal band from Curitiba, Brazil, whose sound combines heavy and acoustic guitars with dark atmospheric keyboards and melancholic variations. The band released the EP Ancient Ritual of the Season in June 2023, followed by their debut full-length Reflections of Emptiness in July 2024, the latter promoted internationally through MS Metal Agency Brasil. They also contributed a track to a Saturnus tribute album, signaling their engagement with the broader international doom metal community.
Foible Instinct is a death metal/grindcore band from Kyiv, Ukraine, active since 2008. Nearly two decades of extreme metal from the Ukrainian capital have established them as a veteran act in the country's underground.
Foillis is a black/doom metal band from Bonne, France, formed in 2024. The band merges black metal darkness with doom metal weight from the Haute-Savoie department.
Foken Rotten Noise is an old school grindcore and death metal band from Santiago, Chile, with members drawn from various corners of the Chilean underground metal scene. The band released "Wastedlands" in 2013 through Thanatology Productions in a limited run of 500 CDs, followed by "The Finest Shit" in 2015, both albums channeling raw, anarchic energy with lyrical themes of anti-politics, anti-greed, and personal freedom.
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