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Foreign Legion was a black/speed/heavy metal band from Bad Hofgastein, Salzburg, active from 1988 to 1991. A short-lived act from the late-1980s Austrian metal underground, the band worked in the fast, riff-driven crossover territory between traditional heavy metal and early black and speed metal.
Forensic Clinic was a progressive death metal band from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, active from 2007 to 2016. Founded by guitarist Goran Džidić, drummer Petar Parlov, and bassist Zoran Pervan, the band released the self-produced EP "Robe of Immortality" (2010) and the album "Lovelorn" (2014), playing venues across Bosnia and the Dalmatian coast.
Forensick is a heavy metal band from Horb am Neckar, Germany, formed in 2011. The band delivers classic heavy metal from the Black Forest region of Baden-Württemberg.
Foreseen is a thrash metal/crossover band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2010. The band fuses thrash metal speed with crossover punk energy from the Finnish capital.
Foreshadow is a doom/gothic/heavy metal band from Setubal, Portugal, active since 1994 — making them one of the longest-running metal acts in the country. Three decades of activity from the Atlantic port city south of Lisbon represent a deep commitment to doom and gothic metal traditions.
Foreshadower is a doom/sludge/post-metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2019. The band layers doom metal's weight, sludge metal's grime, and post-metal's atmospheric expansion into dense compositions.
Foreshadowing is a gothic metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2007. The band explores dark, atmospheric gothic metal from the German capital.
Forest is a black metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2011. The band channels raw black metal atmosphere from the heart of Bohemia.
Forest Cult is a depressive black metal project from Lohja, Finland, formed in 2014. The project channels anguish and isolation through bleak DSBM from the southwestern Finnish town.
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