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Forceps is a heavy/thrash metal and funk rock band from Zalau in northwestern Romania, active since 2012. Their unusual blend of thrash metal aggression with funk rock groove makes them one of the more stylistically eclectic acts in the Romanian metal underground.
Forces at Work is a progressive/heavy metal band from Wuppertal, Germany, active since 2003. With over two decades of activity, the band has been crafting progressive metal from the city famous for its suspension railway.
ForChristSake is a melodic death metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2010. The band crafts emotionally driven melodic death metal from the Northern Irish capital.
Forcing to Suffer is a deathcore band from Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East, formed in 2014. They bring modern deathcore to one of Russia's most geographically isolated major cities, near the Chinese border on the Amur River.
Fordervet is a black metal project from Trondheim, Norway, formed in 2015. Their name — Norwegian for 'corrupted' or 'spoiled' — signals the decayed, hostile character of their black metal from Norway's historic medieval capital.
Fordom is a black metal band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 2022. The band creates cold, atmospheric black metal from the Ostrobothnian coast.
Fordomth is a blackened doom metal band from Catania, Sicily, active since 2013. Their 2020 album Is, Qui Mortem Audit on Auric Records spans four extended tracks exploring mortality and existence through a visceral blend of black, death, and doom metal, incorporating Tibetan bells and throat singing alongside traditional extreme metal instrumentation.
Fordonia is a power metal band from Tartu, Estonia, formed in 2013. The band crafts epic, melodic power metal from the Estonian university city.
Fordaeduskapr is a black metal project from Bergen, Norway, formed in 2025. Their Old Norse-derived name and Bergen origins place them firmly in the tradition of western Norwegian black metal, a lineage stretching back to the genre's earliest days.
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