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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Frosttaage is a black metal project from Denmark, formed in 2025. The project creates cold, frostbitten black metal from the Danish underground.
Frosttide is a melodic death/folk metal band from Jyväskylä, Finland, formed in 2019. The band weaves folk melodies into the melodic death metal framework that Finland is renowned for.
Frostvang is a black/folk metal band from Trollhattan in western Sweden, formed in 2014. Their name and folk-infused black metal draw on the mythology of their city — Trollhattan literally means 'troll's bonnet' — adding folk elements to atmospheric black metal.
Frostveil is an atmospheric/depressive black metal project from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, formed in 2014. They channel melancholic, atmosphere-laden black metal from the historic Volga-Oka confluence city.
Frostwhore is a black metal project from Kristiansand in southern Norway, active since 2008. Their provocative name and nearly two decades of activity place them among the more established acts in the Agder region's extreme metal underground.
Frostwork is an ambient/black metal project from Derbyshire, England, founded in 2007 as a solo project by Dagon of Heathen Deity and signed to Wodfreca Records in 2012. The project's winter-themed output includes the debut Lore of Winter - Ealdspell and the expansive Beyond Bloodied Banners Far and Haunted Winters Graven.
Frothing is a brutal death metal/grindcore band from Kiel, Germany, formed in 2025. The band delivers extreme, short-burst brutality from the Baltic port city.
Frown is a gothic metal band from Presov in eastern Slovakia, formed in 2013. They deliver the dark romanticism and atmospheric weight of gothic metal from the historic city in the Saris region.
Frowning Relique is a death metal band from Barry, Wales, active since 2020 and delivering extreme metal from the Welsh coast near Cardiff. The project channels death metal aggression from south Wales.
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