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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Forsaken Art is a project from Coruche, Portugal, formed in 2023, evolving from black metal origins into dark ambient territory. Their shift from conventional extreme metal to atmospheric soundscapes reflects an increasingly experimental approach to darkness and desolation.
Forsaken Dreams is a melodic death metal band from Serres, Greece, incorporating doom metal influences into their sound since 2017. The project blends melody and heaviness from the northern Greek region of Central Macedonia.
Forsaken Gods is a power metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2016. The band delivers epic, melodic power metal from the Finnish capital.
Forsaken Grief is a death metal band from Boras in western Sweden, formed in 2019. They deliver death metal from the Vastergotland textile city, adding to the region's growing extreme metal output.
Forsaken Land is a melodic black metal project from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2025. The project channels melodic black metal from the Finnish capital.
Forsaken Legion is a black metal band from Lugano, Switzerland, formed in 2012. Operating from the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, the band channels the cold ferocity of black metal from southern Switzerland.
Forsaken Memoriam is a stoner metal band from Heraklion, Crete, active since 2013 and delivering fuzz-drenched, heavy grooves from Greece's largest island. The project channels the sun-baked Cretan landscape into slow, heavy stoner metal.
Forsaken Peddlers is an epic doom metal band from Rouen, France, formed in 2014. The band crafts grand, slow-burning epic doom from the Norman capital on the Seine.
Forsaken Sacrement is a raw black metal project from England, emerging in 2024 with an uncompromising approach to the genre. The project channels raw, lo-fi black metal from the British underground.
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