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Forward to Eden is a death metal/hardcore band from the Ruhrpott area of Germany, formed in 2015. The band combines the brutality of death metal with the energy and ethos of hardcore from the industrial heartland.
Foryan is a melodic black metal project from Smigiel in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, formed in 2025. They bring melodic black metal to the rural western Polish lowlands, a region rarely associated with extreme metal.
Forza Diablo is a death metal band formed in November 2013 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. The band has released two full-length albums, The Collapse of the Temple of God (2016) and Daemonicus (2021), both issued independently.
Força Macabra is a thrash metal/crossover/crust band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 1999. With over a quarter century of activity, the band has been a staple of the Finnish crossover thrash and crust punk underground.
Fosa is a thrash metal band from Bilbao, Spain, formed in 2016. The band delivers aggressive thrash metal from the Basque Country.
Fosa Común is a death metal band from Puerto Montt, Chile, formed in 2015 and rooted in the dirty, visceral tradition of Autopsy and Grave. Their album "Devorado por la Muerte" was originally issued through Infinito Envenenado in 2021 and reissued on vinyl by Sick Rites Records in 2022, establishing the band as a key act in Puerto Montt's underground death metal scene.
Fosca Garriga is a black metal band from Felanitx, Mallorca, Spain, formed in 2025. The band creates raw black metal from the Balearic island's rural interior.
Fosch is a black metal band from Bergamo, Italy, active since 2007. Operating from the foothills of the Lombard Alps, they deliver atmospheric black metal rooted in the cold, mountainous landscape of northern Italy.
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