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Fregoli Delusion is a drone/funeral doom metal project from Vilnius, Lithuania, formed in 2021 and named after the rare psychiatric condition in which the sufferer believes different people are a single person in disguise. Their output trades in the slowest, most oppressive extremes of doom metal — glacial drones and suffocating funeral doom.
Freigeist is a black metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2013. The project's name — meaning "free spirit" — reflects an independent approach to black metal from the northern German port city.
Freitod is a black metal band from Zürich, Switzerland, formed in 2016. The project — whose name translates from German as "voluntary death" — channels bleak, atmospheric black metal.
Freitodt is a depressive black metal project from Germany, active since 2007. The project channels despair and melancholy through bleak, atmospheric depressive black metal.
Freja is an atmospheric post-black metal project from the Netherlands, formed in 2022 and named after the Norse goddess of love and war. They craft expansive, emotionally layered post-black metal built on atmospheric textures and dynamic contrasts.
Frekkr is a black/viking metal band from Nancy, France, active since 2007. The band channels Norse-inspired black and viking metal from the Lorraine capital.
Fremdreich is a black metal project from Germany, formed in 2017. The project's name — meaning "foreign realm" — signals the otherworldly dimension of their black metal.
Frenetic Trio are a death 'n' roll and psychobilly band from Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, active since 2005. The band combines the heaviness of death metal with the driving rhythms and voodoo atmosphere of psychobilly, producing a sound geared toward the darker end of the genre. Their self-titled debut was recorded at Audio Sonora Studios in Londrina in June 2004 and released in 2005, and the band has remained active in the Brazilian underground ever since.
Frennekros is a black metal band from Grand Est, France, formed in 2012. The band creates atmospheric black metal from the northeastern French region.
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