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Four Seconds Ago is an electronic and ambient project formed in 2018 by Periphery guitarists Misha Mansoor and Jake Bowen as an outlet for their shared interest in electronica far removed from the djent-heavy sound of their primary band. Their debut album The Vacancy (2018), released on Century Media via Periphery's own 3DOT Recordings imprint, trades metal for ambient textures, deep synthesis, and groove-oriented electronic production informed by Bowen's prior solo release Isometric (2015) and Mansoor's extensive production and mixing background. A follow-up, 1000 Needles, was subsequently released through 3DOT Recordings.
Four Wheel Drive is a progressive metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2025. They represent the newest generation of Italian progressive metal, bringing complex compositions and technical ambition to Rome's diverse heavy music scene.
Four Year Strong helped pioneer the 'easycore' subgenre from Worcester, Massachusetts, blending pop-punk's infectious melodies with metalcore's heavy breakdowns since forming in 2001. Their albums 'Rise or Die Trying' and 'Enemy of the World' became blueprints for bands looking to merge circle-pit energy with singalong choruses. The dual vocal attack of Alan Day and Dan O'Connor, paired with surprisingly technical guitar work, gives their take on pop-punk a weight that most of their peers lack.
Four-O-Five Code is a metalcore band from Marseille, France, formed in 2013. The band delivers aggressive metalcore from the Mediterranean port city.
Fourever is a heavy metal band from Olofstrom in the Blekinge region of southern Sweden, formed in 2014. They bring classic heavy metal to one of Sweden's smallest and most industrially focused communities.
Fourkaos is a heavy/thrash/groove metal band from Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil, formed in 2019 by vocalist/guitarist Johnny Glaydson, lead guitarist Matheus Oliver, bassist Matheus Henrique, and drummer Rodolfo Diniz. The band released their debut album "Remnants of Sanity" in July 2019, an eight-track record blending thrash aggression with melodic and progressive elements. Their sound draws on multiple strands of heavy metal while maintaining a cohesive identity described as both modern and organic.
Foursection is a death/thrash metal band from Wolfsburg, Germany, formed in 2013. The band channels aggressive death and thrash metal from the Volkswagen city in Lower Saxony.
Fourth Autumn is a blackened death metal band from Newport, Wales, whose 2013 debut Our Extinction Event was recorded at Sonic Forge Studios in Cardiff. The album blends black metal, death metal, and melodic death metal across five tracks.
Fourth Circle is a symphonic metal band from Hayange, France, formed in 2014. Named after the fourth circle of Dante's Inferno, the band layers orchestral arrangements over heavy metal from the Moselle valley.
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