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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Food Exit is a grindcore/crust punk trio from Florence, Italy, formed in 2017, whose members ironically identify as 'McDonald's employees.' Their debut EP Increase Your Size! packs nine tracks into roughly seven minutes of fast-food-themed grindcore chaos.
Foolproof is a thrash metal/crossover band from Bremen, Germany, formed in 2020. The band fuses thrash metal speed with the raw punch of crossover punk.
Foothill Roots is an atmospheric folk/black metal project from Galway, Ireland, active since 2020 and blending Irish folk traditions with atmospheric black metal. The project draws on the wild landscapes of the west of Ireland.
Footprints in the Custard is a heavy metal/punk rock band from Manchester, England, active since 2007. The band's irreverent name belies their nearly two decades of high-energy heavy metal and punk.
For $ale is a hard rock/melodic heavy metal band from Stutensee, Germany, formed in 2024. The band plays catchy, melody-driven heavy metal and hard rock from the Baden-Württemberg town near Karlsruhe.
For a Dozen Matters is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2013 and combining melodic death metal's hooks with thrash metal's aggression. The project operates within Athens's thriving extreme metal scene.
For Aeons is a blackened death metal band from Hesse, Germany, formed in 2020. The band creates dense, suffocating blackened death metal from central Germany.
For Bless is a deathcore band from Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2013. The band has released the EP Mascarado and the full-length album Equivalência, establishing a presence in the Brazilian heavy underground. Their self-description as a "Banda de deathcore Paulista" reflects their regional identity within the greater São Paulo metal scene.
For My Sanity is a heavy metal band from Trikala, Greece, active since 2022 and delivering metal from the Thessalian plains of central Greece. The project represents the expanding reach of Greek metal beyond its major cities.
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