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Forced Shadow is a melodic death metal band from Schaffhausen, Switzerland, formed in 2025. As one of the newest melodic death metal acts in the Swiss scene, the project blends aggression with melody.
Forced to Decay was a death metal/grindcore band from Solingen, Germany, active from 1994 until 2001. Over their nine-year run, they played more than 350 shows and released three CDs/LPs alongside several other recordings, with members going on to form The Other and Kontrolle after the band's dissolution.
Forcedown was a groove metal and metalcore band formed in 2002, with members split between Gmünd, Lower Austria and Ceske Velenice, Czech Republic. Drawing on Swedish melodic metal and hardcore influences, they released the eight-track album "The Immortality of Words" before disbanding.
Forcefed Horsehead is a death metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2011. Their provocatively absurd name belies the serious extremity of their death metal, contributing to Oslo's deep pool of underground death metal talent.
Forcefeedfailed is a progressive metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2017. The band explores complex progressive metal compositions from the southwestern Finnish city.
Forcefield is a speed metal band from Friesland in the Netherlands, formed in 2013. They channel the relentless velocity and riff-driven intensity of classic speed metal from the northernmost Dutch province.
Forceful is a heavy metal band from Hückeswagen, Germany, formed in 2018. The band plays classic heavy metal from the Bergisches Land region of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Forcentury is a power/progressive metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2016. The band blends the melodic grandeur of power metal with progressive complexity.
ForceOut is a melodic death metal band from Zolochiv in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine, active since 2013. They bring Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to the small Galician city.
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