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Front Toward Enemy is a thrash metal band from Gummersbach, Germany, formed in 2023. Named after the inscription on a claymore mine, the band delivers explosive thrash metal from the Oberbergisches Land.
Front Towards Enemy is a groove metal/hardcore band from Lodi, Italy, formed in 2023. Their name — referencing the warning inscription on claymore mines — signals the explosive, confrontational character of their groove-driven hardcore metal.
Frontal is a technical groove metal band from Lyon, France, active since 2009. The band combines technical precision with groove metal's rhythmic heaviness.
Frontera del Olvido is a depressive black metal one-man project from Medellín, Colombia, active since 2022. The project has released multiple albums including "Lost In The Darkness," "Anger, Hate and Bitterness," "Días Oscuros," and "Abismo De Soledad," all available independently through Bandcamp.
Frontier of Existence is a melodic death metal band from Bielsko-Biala in southern Poland, formed in 2017. They explore the philosophical boundaries suggested by their name through melodic death metal from the Beskid Mountains foothills.
Frontline is a thrash metal band from Birmingham, England, active since 2012 and delivering aggressive thrash from the heart of the West Midlands. The band channels Birmingham's deep heavy metal heritage into modern thrash.
Frontlines is a groove metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2021. The band delivers rhythmic, heavy groove metal from northern Finland.
Frontschwein is a black metal project from Wroclaw, Poland, formed in 2025. They represent the newest wave of Lower Silesian black metal, contributing to Wroclaw's growing extreme metal underground.
Frontside is a metalcore/deathcore/hardcore band from Sosnowiec in the Silesian Voivodeship, active since 2016. They deliver the heavy breakdowns and aggressive vocals that define modern deathcore from one of Poland's most urbanized industrial regions.
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