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Fanchon is a black metal project from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2020. The project creates atmospheric black metal inspired by the dark forests and alpine landscapes of southern Germany.
Fanculo Merda is a grindcore band from Cagliari, Sardinia, whose five members play what they call 'grindabestiapunkcore' — a feral collision of grind, punk, and hardcore. Releases including Malessere Esistenziale and Dawson deliver deliberately provocative, unfiltered blasts of extreme noise.
Buffalo's Fane works in the overlapping territory of doom and sludge metal, where slow riffs carry enormous weight and the atmosphere is thick enough to feel physical. Since 2017, they've been one of upstate New York's heavier propositions.
Fanebærer is a black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2017. The band's Danish name — meaning "standard bearer" — signals their commitment to carrying the black metal banner from the Scandinavian capital.
Fangalactic Supergoria is a stoner/doom metal trio from Sardinia, Italy, who describe their mission as deciphering the universe through warped geometry. Originally active in the 2000s before dissolving in 2008, they re-emerged in 2023 with the demo 20 Light Years, fusing heavy doom riffs with space rock atmospherics and cosmic lyrical themes.
Fange is an industrial sludge/death metal band from Rennes, France, formed in 2014. The band merges industrial noise, sludge metal's abrasion, and death metal's heaviness from the Breton capital.
Sacramento's Fangehull entered the black metal underground in 2023 with a project name that evokes something archaic and Northern despite the California locale. Their sound borrows from the raw, primitive end of the genre's tradition.
Fangor is a melodic/epic Viking metal band from Doetinchem in the Netherlands, formed in 2009. They deliver sweeping, battle-themed Viking metal with melodic hooks and epic arrangements from the eastern Gelderland province.
Fangorn is a folk/black metal band from Hallwang, Salzburg, formed in 1998, now active under the name Rivendell. Drawing directly on J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology, their original 1998 demo "Poems of Mountains and Forests" — remastered and reissued as "Fangorn: Poems of Mountains and Forests" in 2024 — blends raw black metal with epic folk arrangements and fantasy-themed lyrics.
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