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Furze is an experimental black metal and black/doom project from Trondheim, Norway, active since 1998. Over more than twenty-five years, the project has carved out a singular niche in the Norwegian underground, pushing black metal into experimental and psychedelic territory far from the genre's orthodox center.
Fusilator is a black/speed metal band founded in 2009 in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, drawing from the raw traditions of Celtic Frost, Hellhammer, Venom, and Bulldozer. The band issued their debut demo "Victory of the Wolf Brigade" in 2019 through their own Fusil Command Productions imprint as a limited cassette run, and have since released further material on Evil Steel Records.
Fusion Bomb is a thrash metal band from Noertzange, Luxembourg, formed in 2016. Their releases Pravda and Concrete Jungle deliver high-energy thrash metal from one of Europe's smallest countries, maintaining an active live presence across the Greater Region.
Fusnota is a gothic metal band from Skopje, North Macedonia, formed in 2010. Their name — Macedonian for 'footnote' — carries an understated modesty, belying the dramatic weight of their gothic metal drawn from the Balkan capital.
Fusskalt is a stoner metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2012. The band — whose German name means "cold feet" — plays heavy, groove-laden stoner metal from the Jutland university city.
Fustilarian is a black metal project from Lisbon, Portugal, formed in 2021. Their Shakespearean insult of a name — meaning a fat, worthless person — brings a literary edge to their Lisbon-based black metal.
Futanari is a death metal/goregrind band from the Region of Murcia, Spain, formed in 2011. The band delivers extreme, provocative goregrind from southeastern Spain.
Futhärk is a folk metal band from Guarapuava, Paraná, formed in June 2013, blending heavy metal with influences drawn from Viking, Celtic, and indigenous South American cultures. The band, whose name derives from the runic alphabet, performed at Guarapuava Rock City 2019 and completed recording of a full-length album in 2021. Their lineup has included guitarist Guilherme Wichinhoski, drummer Felipe Raul Rachelle, and guitarist Pedro Wünsch among its members.
Futura is a thrash/heavy metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2017. The band merges thrash metal aggression with classic heavy metal from the French capital.
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