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Formorket is a black metal band from Szerencs, Hungary, active since 2007 and operating in the underground reaches of Hungarian black metal. The project delivers raw black metal from the Tokaj wine region of northeastern Hungary.
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Formula Fiction is a death metal/grindcore band from North Brabant in the Netherlands, active since 2010. They pair the technical precision of death metal with grindcore's brevity and intensity from one of the Netherlands' most metal-rich provinces.
Formørkelse is an atmospheric black metal band with gothic influences from Freudenstadt, Germany, formed in 2024. The project's Norwegian name — meaning "eclipse" — speaks to their Nordic-influenced atmospheric black metal from the Black Forest.
Forn Kaldr is a solo atmospheric folk/black metal project from Darlington in northeast England, creating expansive atmospheric metal since 2018. The project's discography includes The End of Everything, Beneath an Ocean of Stars, and Mystic Arcane Lands.
Fornever is a heavy metal band with post-punk influences from Tolmin, Slovenia, formed in 2018. They operate from the town that hosts the famous MetalDays festival, blending classic heavy metal with angular post-punk elements.
Fornhem is a Viking/black metal project from Norrkoping in eastern Sweden, formed in 2017. Their name — meaning 'ancient home' — anchors their Viking metal in the pre-Christian Norse heritage of the Ostergotland region.
Fornication is a black metal band from Toulouse, France, formed in 2010. The band has spent over a decade forging black metal from the Pink City.
Fornication was a brutal death metal band from Rio Branco do Sul, Paraná, Brazil, active from 1996 to approximately 2005. The band recorded the album Elegy to Forgotten Soul at Studio Solo in Curitiba in September 1998 and later appeared on the Brutalized Records compilation Brutalized Sampler V 2.0 in 2005.
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