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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Faithless Yell was a black metal band from San Pedro de la Paz, Chile, active briefly from 2022 before splitting up. The band released two recordings during their existence: Promo Rehearsal MMXXII and a live document titled Live Possession.
Faithreat is a thrash metal and crossover band from Volos, Greece, active since 2009 and fusing thrash metal aggression with crossover punk energy. The band represents the Thessalian thrash metal contingent.
Cincinnati's Faithxtractor has been one of Ohio's most reliable death metal acts since forming in 2008, delivering the genre in a raw, direct form that owes more to the filth of the underground than to any polished modern production.
Fake Healer is a heavy/power metal band from Florence, Italy, founded in 2014 by three former members of Frozen Tears alongside two veterans of the local metal scene. Their releases D-Evolution and Two Worlds carry forward the melodic muscle of classic Italian power metal with a heavier, more modern edge.
Fake Idyll is a death metal/grindcore band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2013. The band merges the brutality of death metal with the short, violent bursts of grindcore.
Fake Messiah is a groove metal band from Moudon, Switzerland, featuring vocalist Audrey Berset alongside guitarists Mathias Wadsack and Joachim Piguet, bassist Valentin Magnenat, and drummer Mathieu Piguet. Their debut full-length "Sip of Madness" (2013) was self-produced and mastered at Conatus Studio in Montreux.
Fake World is a heavy metal band from Volos, Greece, active since 2015 and delivering straightforward heavy metal from the port city on the Pagasetic Gulf. The project contributes to Volos's growing metal community.
Fakel is a black metal project from Ukraine, formed in 2020. Their name — Ukrainian/Russian for 'torch' — signals the incendiary spirit of their black metal.
Falaise is a two-piece post-black metal project from Todi, Italy, built around the songwriting of Matteo Guarnello and Lorenzo Pompili. Across releases like My Endless Immensity (2017), A Place I Don't Belong To (2019), and After All This Time (2023), they craft melancholic, atmospheric blackgaze steeped in emotional introspection.
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