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Forbidden Crypt is a black/death metal band from Upper Franconia, Germany, formed in 2019. The band merges the atmospherics of black metal with the heaviness of death metal from the northern Bavarian highlands.
Forbidden Forecast is a power metal band from Hämeenlinna, Finland, formed in 2024. The band crafts melodic power metal from the southern Finnish city known for its medieval castle.
Forbidden Forest is a thrash/progressive metal band from Drammen, Norway, formed in 2024. They blend thrash metal aggression with progressive complexity from the Buskerud city on the Oslofjord.
Forbidden Ideas... is a death/black metal and grindcore band from São Paulo, Brazil, conceived in 2003 by vocalist Bizarro and guitarist Claudio Czarnobai. The band debuted with the demo "Choking With Shattered Glass" in 2005 and went on to appear on the Violent Records compilations Endless Massacre III (2009) and Endless Massacre V (2013). Their lineup also includes bassist Fernanda Czarnobai and drummer João Leonel, with vocalist Diego Parmito joining in 2008.
Forbidden Manifest is a black metal band from Chrudim, Czech Republic, formed in 2017. The band creates dark, atmospheric black metal from the East Bohemian town.
Forbidden Omen is a melodic death metal band from Krakow, Poland, formed in 2020. They bring Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to southern Poland's cultural capital, blending dual-guitar harmonies with aggressive rhythmic foundations.
Forbidden Realm is a death metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 2025. The band delivers death metal from the West Midlands metropolis.
Forbidden Seed is a heavy/power metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, active since 2015 and combining heavy metal's riffing power with power metal's soaring energy. The project draws on the Hellenic tradition of epic, melodic metal.
Forbidden Shape is a death/thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2013. They deliver technically charged death/thrash from Moscow's deep and competitive extreme metal underground.
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