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Funestentur is a black metal project from Gemona del Friuli in the Udine province, formed in 2020. They channel raw black metal from the Friulian foothills, a region where Italian, Germanic, and Slavic cultural influences converge.
Funestia is a black metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2019. The band creates dark, atmospheric black metal from the French capital.
Funesto is a depressive/suicidal black metal solo project from Aracruz, Espírito Santo, Brazil, formed in 2013 by Sergio França under the pseudonym Fúnebre. The project has built a substantial discography exploring themes of suicide and misanthropy, spanning from the 2013 demo Meu Último Dia through releases including A Arte Do Suicídio (2017) and Depressiva Mente Suicida (2020), with backing from Depressive Illusions Records.
Funestum is a funeral doom metal project from Kyiv, Ukraine, active since 2013. They deliver the glacial heaviness of funeral doom from the Ukrainian capital, their Latin name — meaning 'deadly' — capturing the genre's suffocating finality.
Fungi is a black metal band from Kouvola, Finland, formed in 2020. The band channels the decay and darkness of their mycological namesake through black metal.
Fungi Death Ritual is a black/doom/thrash metal project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2016. Their mycological name and genre-blending approach create a uniquely fungal strain of extreme metal, merging three subgenres into something organic and strange.
Fungoid Stream is a Buenos Aires funeral doom duo — Joseph C. handling all instruments and Simon O. on vocals — whose entire discography draws from the H.P. Lovecraft universe, with lyrics taken directly from Lovecraft's writings. The band released five albums over two decades, from the debut "Celaenus Fragments" (2004) through "Prehuman Shapes" (2014) and "The Winds Among the Stars" (2019), concluding with the farewell album "A Nightmare and a Cataclysm" in October 2024, accompanied by a 4-CD anniversary box set.
Funny Crime is a thrash metal band from Abbeville, France, formed in 2020. The band delivers thrash metal with a tongue-in-cheek edge from the Somme department of Picardy.
Funny Farm is a thrash metal and crossover band from the Inderoy/Trondheim area of central Norway, active since 2005. Starting in crossover thrash and evolving toward groove/thrash metal, their irreverent name contrasts with the serious heaviness of their two-decade output.
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