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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Filial Cannibalism is a brutal death metal band from Wigan, England, formed in 2012. The band delivers punishing brutal death metal from the Greater Manchester town.
Filicide is a depressive black metal project from Tula, Russia, formed in 2018. Their name — meaning the killing of one's own child — signals the psychologically extreme territory of their depressive black metal from the city south of Moscow.
Filii Belial is an atmospheric black metal/ambient project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2014. Their Latin name — 'Sons of Belial' — anchors their atmospheric extreme metal in demonic mythology.
Filii Eliae is a black/doom metal trio from Salerno, Italy, whose roots trace back to 1985 under prior names before adopting their current identity around 2010. Their Latin-titled releases Cimiterivm and Qvi Nobis Maledictvm Velit deliver a classically influenced blend of black and doom metal steeped in funereal imagery and occult ritual.
Filii Nigrantium Infernalium is a black metal band from Lisbon, active since 2015, evolving from pure black metal into a hybrid of black, heavy, and thrash metal. Their Latin name — 'Sons of the Blackened Infernal' — and stylistic breadth make them one of the more distinctive acts in the Portuguese underground.
Filip Jezdic is a progressive metal solo artist from Prilep, North Macedonia, active since 2026. He represents the newest generation of Macedonian metal, bringing progressive compositions from one of the country's historic central cities.
Filosa is an all-female heavy metal band from Buenos Aires whose lineup features Gabriela Altamirano on vocals, Eileen Curri and Sofía Santagelo on guitars, May Arellano on bass, and Yanina Lettera on drums. The band released their debut EP "Al Heavy Metal" on October 25, 2022 through Black Legion Records, singing entirely in Spanish and drawing primary influence from Judas Priest.
Filter is the industrial rock project of Richard Patrick, former touring guitarist for Nine Inch Nails, launched from Cleveland, Ohio in 1993. The debut 'Short Bus' spawned the massive hit 'Hey Man Nice Shot,' one of the most iconic songs of the '90s industrial rock movement. Patrick's ability to blend electronic textures, heavy guitar distortion, and emotionally raw vocals across albums like 'Title of Record' kept Filter relevant through multiple waves of alternative rock.
Filth is a thrash metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2020. The band channels aggressive thrash metal from the French capital.
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