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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Lawrence, Kansas band F29 have been pulling down-tuned doom grooves since 2012, stacking the slow, crushing weight of doom metal against heavier groove-driven rhythms that hit like a freight train.
F41.0 is an atmospheric black metal project from Germany, formed in 2013. Named after the ICD-10 diagnostic code for social phobia, the project channels isolation and anxiety through layered atmospheric black metal.
Faagia is a black metal project from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2012 and channeling darkness through the lens of the Hungarian black metal underground. The project contributes to Budapest's substantial extreme metal scene.
Faagrim is a black metal project from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, active since 2013. The project draws on the flat, windswept landscapes of northern Germany to fuel their brand of raw black metal.
Faanefjell is a symphonic black/folk metal band from Kristiansand in southern Norway, formed in 2014. They blend the orchestral grandeur of symphonic black metal with Norwegian folk traditions, drawing on the cultural heritage of the Agder coast.
Fabian Linders is a solo heavy/thrash metal artist from Assendelft in the Netherlands, active since 2021. He delivers riff-driven thrash and heavy metal as a solo endeavor, contributing to the Dutch metal underground from the Noord-Holland region.
Fabian Rauter is a Vienna-based solo progressive metal project in which the artist handles all instruments himself. His recorded output includes the EP "Tagarot" (2015) and the full-length "Against the Colossus," offering instrumental progressive metal built on intricate guitar work and shifting time signatures.
Fabiant is a melodic gothic/death/thrash/folk metal project from Gomel, Belarus, formed in 2010. The project fuses an unusually wide range of metal subgenres — gothic, death, thrash, and folk — into a singular, genre-blending approach.
Fable is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Murcia, Spain, formed in 2014. The band delivers classic heavy metal and hard rock from the southeastern Spanish city.
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