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Formalist is a sludge/drone/doom metal supergroup from Piacenza, Italy, formed in 2014 by members of Forgotten Tomb, Malasangre, and Viscera///. Their releases We Inherit a World at the Seams and No One Will Shine Anymore aim to 'open new gates to total sonic horrors,' combining the heaviest elements of their parent bands into crushing experimental doom.
Formicarius is a London-based black metal band whose occult-themed output includes Lake of the Dead, Black Mass Ritual, and Rending the Veil of Flesh. The band has built a dedicated following through their dark, ritualistic approach to black metal since 2015.
Formicator is a London black metal act active since 2002, representing one of the longer-running projects in the city's extreme metal underground. The project delivers uncompromising black metal from the English capital.
Formidamen is a death metal band from Ussuriysk in Russia's Far East, active since 2011. They deliver death metal from the Pacific coastline region near the Chinese and North Korean borders, one of the most geographically remote metal outposts in Russia.
Formis is a death/thrash metal band from Sosnowiec in the Silesian Voivodeship, formed in 2014. They deliver punishing death/thrash from the heart of Poland's most densely urbanized and industrial region.
Formless is a death/thrash metal band with funk influences from Bielsko-Biala in southern Poland, active since 2010. Their unusual incorporation of funk elements into a death/thrash framework makes them one of the more stylistically adventurous acts in the Polish extreme metal underground.
Formless Body is an atmospheric black metal and experimental project from the UK, describing their sound as 'the cries of dystopia -- weeping machines and howling buildings, bleeding streets and empty people.' The project blends industrial and atmospheric textures with black metal foundations.
Formloff is a two-piece avant-garde black metal project from Nes, Norway, featuring Marius Blekspetl Sjoli and Bernt Karsten Sannerud. Their 2012 album Spyhorelandet delivers complex, experimental black metal that pushes the genre's compositional boundaries with progressive and avant-garde elements.
Formol and Bones is an epic doom metal trio from Mouscron, Belgium, formed in 2024 by members Doomforger, Deathrites, and Axelord. Self-described as "guardians of the dead's memory," they revive forgotten tales of haunted graveyards, vengeful demons, resurrected witches, and unholy monks through crushing, narrative-driven doom.
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