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Forestroamer is a black metal band from Ebeltoft, Denmark, formed in 2022. The band channels the forests and coastal landscapes of eastern Jutland into raw black metal.
Forever Autumn is a gothic/doom metal band from Steinebach an der Wied, Germany, formed in 2014. The band channels melancholic gothic doom from the Westerwald region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Forever Blind was a progressive death metal band from Linz, Upper Austria, active from 2007 to 2011. Their 2010 debut album "Where the Sun Revives" combined dynamic, technically varied guitar work with classical melodic touches, featuring a lineup that included keyboards alongside standard death metal instrumentation.
Forever Dead is a death metal band from Rouen, France, active since 2008. The band has spent over 15 years delivering death metal from the Norman capital.
Forever Desire is a symphonic metal project from Derby, England, active since 2016 and blending orchestral arrangements with heavy metal instrumentation. The project delivers sweeping symphonic metal from the English Midlands.
Forever It Shall Be is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Brunswick, Germany, formed in 2007. With nearly two decades of activity, the band blends Gothenburg-style melodic death metal with modern metalcore.
Forever Lost is a death/doom metal band from Jyväskylä, Finland, formed in 2011. The band creates crushing death/doom from the central Finnish lakeland city.
Forever Machine is a four-piece from Glasgow delivering what they call 'funereal thrash,' blending doom, sludge, stoner, and thrash metal with piano, synths, and atmospheric samples. Their 2019 album No Sky features seven expansive compositions recorded at The Audio Lounge in Glasgow.
Forever Mortal is a thrash/death metal band from the Beemster/Purmerend area of North Holland, formed in 2023. They bring aggressive thrash and death metal energy from the Dutch polder landscape north of Amsterdam.
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