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Far Beyond Fear is a melodic death metal band from Zawiercie in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland, formed in 2013. They channel Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal from the industrial heartland of southern Poland.
Goldsboro, North Carolina's Far East has been playing traditional heavy metal as a trio since 2020 — a small-city band with a tight sound and a classic approach. The name gestures toward something distant and exotic, though their heavy metal is rooted in familiar ground.
Far from Everything is a solo atmospheric black metal and ambient project from Brazil, founded by musician Edmilson in 2019. The one-man project has been prolific since its inception, releasing numerous instrumental works including The Howl of the Winds (2024) and collaborating on splits such as The Infinite with BÁL. The project's music blends atmospheric black metal passages with dungeon synth and ambient textures.
Far from Mind is a gothic metal band from Krasnodar in southern Russia, active since 1995 — making them one of the longest-running metal acts in the region. Three decades from the Kuban capital represent an extraordinary commitment to gothic metal in a musically remote area.
Aurora, Illinois's Far Under blends groove metal's rhythmic momentum with metalcore's structural intensity, active since 2019. The Chicago suburb has quietly produced a band that leans into heaviness with both fists.
Faraday Cage is a melodic death metal band from Alicante, Spain, formed in 2013. Named after the electromagnetic shielding device, the band delivers melodic death metal from the Mediterranean coast.
Faraday's Cage is a heavy metal band from Luxembourg, formed in 2013. Named after the electromagnetic shielding enclosure, they channel classic heavy metal from the Grand Duchy, one of Europe's smallest but musically active nations.
Faraon is a thrash/death metal band from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, formed in 2024. They bring aggressive thrash and death metal to Transylvania's largest city, contributing to the region's growing extreme metal reputation.
Faraon is a one-man black metal project from San Miguel, Buenos Aires, created by a musician known as Temptor Princnegsur. The project released the demo "Testimonios de Esferas Superiores e Inferiores al Sol..." (T.E.S.I.S.) in 2000, a 60-minute eight-track recording blending epic, keyboard-driven black metal with esoteric and Satanic philosophical themes; it was reissued in 2017 by Sons of Hell Prod. after years of obscurity.
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