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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Fagyhamu is a pagan black metal band from Szeged, Hungary, active since 2005, whose name translates from Hungarian as 'frost ash.' The project blends pagan themes with raw black metal from Hungary's sunniest city.
Fagyhold is a symphonic black metal band from Godolloi near Budapest, active since 2022 and blending orchestral grandeur with black metal extremity. The project represents the symphonic wing of Hungarian black metal.
Fahlbtharz is a post-black metal project from Northumberland, England, formed in 2020. The project channels the bleak, windswept landscapes of the English-Scottish border through post-black metal.
Faidra is an atmospheric black metal project from Sweden, formed in 2020. Their name — a variant of Phaedra from Greek mythology — hints at the tragic, emotionally complex atmosphere of their black metal.
Failan is an atmospheric/depressive black metal project from Krasnoyarsk in central Siberia, formed in 2020. They channel the vast, frozen desolation of the Siberian landscape into anguished, atmospheric black metal from one of Russia's most isolated major cities.
Faint is a black metal project from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2016. They channel atmospheric black metal from the Swedish capital's vast and diverse extreme metal underground.
Faint Pulse is a depressive black metal/shoegaze band from London, formed in 2023. The band merges the raw emotion of DSBM with the dreamy textures of shoegaze.
Fair of the Forgotten is a black metal project from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2023. The project summons dark, forgotten atmospheres through the lens of Bavarian black metal.
Faith Malevolent is an experimental black metal project from Szekesfehervar, Hungary, active since 2021 and pushing black metal into unconventional territory. The project operates from the historic coronation city of the Hungarian kings.
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