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Forgotten Hope is a death/gothic metal band from the Pollino mountain region of Cosenza in Calabria, formed in 2012. Their debut Third Eye Fragments features ten tracks of melodic black-tinged death metal with gothic overtones, rooted in the remote landscapes of southern Italy's Calabrian interior.
Forgotten King is a psychedelic stoner/doom metal band from Stavanger, Norway, formed in 2023. They channel the hazy, riff-heavy spirit of psychedelic stoner doom from Norway's oil capital on the southwestern coast.
Forgotten Kingdom is a power metal band from Vansbro in the Dalarna region, formed in 2013. They bring the melodic grandeur of power metal to the rural Swedish heartland.
Forgotten Krypt was a one-man black/thrash/punk project from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2014 under the alias Ensamhet. The project's self-titled demo, released on November 20, 2014 through Podreira Records on CD-R, included original tracks alongside a Darkthrone cover and drew influence from Darkthrone, Venom, Toxic Holocaust, and Burzum.
Forgotten Land is a black/folk metal project from Como, Italy, active since 2005. Their output blends black metal intensity with folk elements, drawing on both the atmospheric landscapes of the Lake Como region and broader European folk metal traditions.
Forgotten Light is a progressive metal band from Ossi in the Sassari province of Sardinia, active since 2013. Their releases Where Light Ends and Window at the Corner blend melodic and aggressive riffs with clean and growling vocals, channeling progressive metal ambition from the underrepresented Sardinian underground.
Forgotten Lore is a gothic/black metal project from Rome, Italy, formed in 2023. They mine the intersection of gothic atmosphere and black metal ferocity, joining Rome's thriving underground extreme metal community.
Forgotten Realm is a heavy/power metal band from Krefeld, Germany, formed in 2024. The band draws on the grandeur of power metal and the weight of heavy metal tradition.
Forgotten Remains is a thrash/death metal band from Chesterfield, England, formed in 2011 from the predecessor band Nylis and known for blindingly fast thrash metal with a harder edge. They reached the final of Bloodstock Open Air's Metal 2 the Masses competition in 2013.
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