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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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Face Down Hero is a thrash metal band from Marburg, Germany, formed in 2007. With nearly two decades of activity, the band has been a consistent presence in the Hessian thrash metal underground.
Face Fear is a heavy metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2018. The band delivers no-frills heavy metal from the Baden-Württemberg city.
Boston's Face First charge straight at crossover thrash from the ground up — formed in 2017, they combine the speed and riff density of thrash with hardcore's confrontational directness, staying true to the streets of Massachusetts.
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania's Face First keeps it strictly thrash — formed in 2017, this project strips the genre down to its essentials: heavy riffs, driving rhythm, and no pretense.
Out of Mystic, Connecticut, this Face First blends thrash, groove metal, and metalcore into a hybrid sound that's been evolving since 2017, keeping a coastal New England edge to its aggression.
Face of Despair is a progressive doom/death metal project from Switzerland, formed in 2025. The project merges the introspective complexity of progressive metal with the crushing weight of doom and death metal.
Face of Evil is a black/thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2018. They fuse the raw aggression of first-wave black metal with thrash metal's velocity from the Swedish capital.
Face of Fatality is a death/thrash metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, active since 2007. The band has spent nearly two decades delivering death and thrash metal from Scotland's largest city.
Face of Fear is a thrash/death metal band from Latina, Italy, active since 2013 and fusing thrash metal's speed with death metal's heaviness. The project contributes to the extreme metal scene south of Rome.
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