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Facehugger is a death metal band from Chemnitz, Germany, formed in 2006. Named after the parasitic creature from the Alien franchise, the band delivers face-melting death metal from Saxony.
Faceless Born is a groove/thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2020. They deliver rhythmically charged thrash and groove metal from the Russian capital's massive underground metal scene.
Faceless Empress is a stoner heavy metal band from Valparaíso, Chile, formed in 2022, drawing comparisons to Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and desert rock acts like Kyuss and Dozer. The four-piece released their debut EP The Escapist in August 2024, produced and mixed at Magia Negra Studios.
Lowell, Massachusetts's Faceless Enemy started in 2022 as brutal deathcore before pivoting toward slam and brutal death metal — an evolution toward pure extremity with no interest in accessibility.
Raleigh's Faceless Enemy bring a different energy to the name, mixing groove metal's locked-in rhythm with thrash's urgency since 2022 in the heart of North Carolina's metal scene.
Faceless Entity is a raw black metal project from the Netherlands, active since 2017. They deal in stripped-down, lo-fi black metal that prioritizes atmosphere and aggression over production polish, operating within the Dutch underground.
Faceless Envoy is a melodic death metal band from Athens, Greece, blending modern aggression with old-school influences through powerful riffs, melodic leads, and dynamic vocals ranging from growls to clean singing. Their 2026 debut Memoirs Within was mixed and mastered by Bob Katsionis at Sound Symmetry Studio in Athens.
Faceless God is a black metal project from Ptolemaida, Greece, one of the longest-running acts in the northern Greek black metal scene with origins dating back to 2000. The project delivers Hellenic black metal from the coal-mining region of Western Macedonia.
Long Island's Faceless Hatred have been running a blackened thrash and crust hybrid since 2011, pulling equally from the filth of d-beat and the cold aggression of black metal.
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