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Forlust is a black metal project from Sweden, formed in 2018. Their name — Swedish for 'loss' — captures the bleak, emotionally stark character of their black metal.
Fornimmelse is a black/death metal project from the Halland region of western Sweden, formed in 2016. Their name — Swedish for 'sensation' or 'perception' — hints at a sensory approach to merging black and death metal traditions.
Förstörelse is a raw black metal project from Grodno, Belarus, formed in 2024. The project's name — Swedish for "destruction" — signals their aesthetic allegiance to the Scandinavian black metal tradition, filtered through the Belarusian underground.
Föxx Salema is a heavy metal project fronted by transgender vocalist Amy Salema from Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil, active since 2013. The project draws heavily from NWOBHM and classic 1980s power metal, and the debut album "Rebel Hearts" (2020) earned favorable reviews in Brazilian metal media, placing seventh on Roadie Crew Magazine's list of best Brazilian metal albums of that year. Föxx Salema holds the distinction of being the Brazilian transgender metal artist with the most streams on Spotify, and is one of the pioneers of LGBTQ+ representation in the Brazilian heavy metal underground.
Fobya is a progressive black metal project from Bielsko-Biala in southern Poland, formed in 2023. They push black metal into progressive territory from the Beskid Mountains foothills, adding compositional complexity to the genre's raw foundation.
Fúria Infernal is a raw black/death metal band from Marília, São Paulo, formed in 2023 and drawing explicit inspiration from Brazilian extremists Sarcófago alongside Blasphemy and Beherit. The band released their debut four-track EP "Às chamas do inferno" in December 2023, with Rafael Cerberus credited on the recording. Their sound channels the lo-fi ferocity of the South American black metal underground.
Furio is a heavy/speed/black metal project from Portugal, formed in 2025. They blend the classic energy of heavy and speed metal with black metal's darker edge, representing the newest wave of Portuguese extreme metal.
Faege is a depressive black metal project from Utrecht in the Netherlands, formed in 2025. Their Old English-derived name — meaning 'fated to die' — sets the tone for anguished, introspective depressive black metal from the ancient Dutch cathedral city.
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