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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Des Moines death metal newcomers False Providence formed in 2024, bringing a fresh voice to the Iowa extreme scene. Their name hints at a certain nihilistic worldview, and their death metal delivers on that promise.
False Reality is a melodic black/death metal band from Brasov, Romania, formed in 2024. They channel melodic extreme metal from the Transylvanian mountain city, a region whose Gothic architecture and Carpathian landscape have long inspired dark art.
Falsegods is a deathcore band from Manchester, England, formed in 2016. The band delivers aggressive, breakdown-heavy deathcore from the northern English city.
Falsetrip is a death metal/hardcore band from Ebern, Germany, formed in 2018. The band merges the heaviness of death metal with the directness of hardcore from the Franconian countryside.
Falskur Fugl is a post-black metal project from Perm in the Ural Mountains region of Russia, formed in 2016. Their Icelandic name — meaning 'false bird' — adds a Nordic dimension to post-black metal crafted from the geographic boundary between Europe and Asia.
Falso Cordero is a stoner/doom metal band from Durango, Mexico, formed in 2019. The band plays slow, heavy, and psychedelic-leaning doom rock, and released their debut album ALTARE in 2019, followed by Experientia.
Falso Cordero is a stoner/doom metal band from Durango, Mexico, formed in 2019. The band plays slow, heavy, and psychedelic-leaning doom rock, and released their debut album ALTARE in 2019, followed by Experientia.
Falsoprofeta is a thrash metal/crossover band from the Quintanar de la Orden/Puebla de Almoradiel area of Spain, formed in 2013. The band merges thrash metal speed with crossover punk energy from the La Mancha region.
Falsos Profetas is a heavy/thrash metal band from Écija and later Almería, Spain, formed in 2021. The band plays aggressive heavy and thrash metal from southern Andalusia.
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