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Forget Life is an atmospheric black metal and DSBM project from Talca, Chile, formed in 2025. Their debut album "El firmamento" was released in June 2025, offering six tracks of slow-burning, introspective black metal with an emphasis on atmosphere and emotional weight.
Forget My Pain is a gothic metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, who released their debut demo "Prelude To The Darkness" in April 2011 and followed it with the "Moonless" EP in March 2015. The band's lineup on "Moonless" featured Natty on vocals, Alexei on guitars, Viruz on bass, Eggu on keyboards, and Kiri on drums.
Forget the Past is a thrash/groove/melodic death metal band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2017 and blending three strands of heavy metal into an aggressive whole. The project delivers diverse extreme metal from the Hungarian capital.
Forget the Sun is a one-man black metal project based in what its creator calls 'the filthy London City,' delivering solo black metal since 2022. Releases include the album The Coldest Calm and tracks like Nemesis and IPSE VENENA BEBIS.
Forgettoforgive is a deathcore band from the Netherlands, formed in 2015. They deliver the punishing breakdowns and guttural vocals that define modern deathcore within the Dutch extreme music underground.
Forgotten Rites is a black metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed in 2025. Their debut release, the three-track demo "Time Before Time," appeared in April 2025 and established the band in the Buenos Aires underground black metal scene.
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Forgone Silence is a melodic death metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2023. The band delivers emotionally driven melodic death metal from the Bavarian capital.
Forgotten is a gothic/doom metal band from Alicante, Spain, active since 2000. With over two decades of activity, the band has been crafting melancholic gothic doom from the Mediterranean coast.
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