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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.
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.
Forgotten Scream is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Zrenjanin in the Vojvodina province of Serbia, formed in 2017. They blend Scandinavian melodic death metal influence with metalcore dynamics from the Banat region of northern Serbia.
Forgotten Shrines is a raw black metal and dungeon synth project from Linz, Upper Austria. Their debut demo "Remembrance," released as a limited cassette of 100 copies on the Födweg label in November 2020, draws on the pioneering spirit of early black metal through shattered, blurring production and primitive, ritualistic soundscapes.
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