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Fear Dearmadta is a black metal project from Cork, Ireland, emerging in 2025, whose Irish-language name adds Celtic cultural depth to its black metal foundations. The project represents the newest wave of Irish black metal.
Fear Gorta is a black metal and dark ambient project from Wicklow, Ireland, active since 2018, named after the Irish folklore figure of famine. The project channels the dark mythology of the Garden of Ireland into atmospheric black metal.
Fear the Future is a melodic black/death metal band from Nassjo in the Smaland region, active since 2012. They blend melodic sensibility with extreme metal aggression from the forested interior of southern Sweden.
Fearbringer is a black metal project from Parma, Italy, active since 2008. Their work channels the cold aggression and atmospheric menace characteristic of the European black metal underground.
Feast of the Witch is a black metal project from Ireland, active since 2023 and drawing on the country's rich history of witch trials and folklore. The project delivers occult-themed black metal from the Irish underground.
FebraurKrig is a black metal project from Czestochowa, Poland, formed in 2024. Their name — blending 'February' with the Norwegian word for 'war' — signals cold, militant black metal from the city best known internationally as home to the Jasna Gora monastery.
Februus is a black metal project from Florence, Italy, formed in 2024. Their approach channels the raw intensity of black metal through an Italian lens, adding to Florence's growing presence in the country's extreme metal underground.
Feigd is a Viking/black metal project from Sogndal in western Norway, formed in 2023. Named using the Norse word for cowardice or fear, they channel Viking and black metal themes from the heart of Sogn, a region steeped in Norse history and fjord-carved landscapes.
Feigdarbod is a black metal project from Levanger in central Norway, formed in 2018. Their Old Norse-inflected name suggests themes of cowardice and fate, delivering black metal from the Trondelag region's historically rich interior.
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