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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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AMENRA "Day Is Done" by Nick Drake (2021)
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Fornhem is a Viking/black metal project from Norrkoping in eastern Sweden, formed in 2017. Their name — meaning 'ancient home' — anchors their Viking metal in the pre-Christian Norse heritage of the Ostergotland region.
Fornication is a black metal band from Toulouse, France, formed in 2010. The band has spent over a decade forging black metal from the Pink City.
Fornicatus is a depressive black metal project from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2014. The project channels despair and emotional extremity through DSBM.
Fornjotr is a black metal turned brutal death metal band from Kempele, Finland, formed in 2018. Named after the primordial giant of Norse mythology, the band evolved from black metal origins into heavier brutal death territory.
Fornoth is a blackened death metal band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2019 and fusing black metal's darkness with death metal's brutality. The project operates within Dublin's expanding extreme metal community.
Forsaken Art is a project from Coruche, Portugal, formed in 2023, evolving from black metal origins into dark ambient territory. Their shift from conventional extreme metal to atmospheric soundscapes reflects an increasingly experimental approach to darkness and desolation.
Forsaken Land is a melodic black metal project from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2025. The project channels melodic black metal from the Finnish capital.
Forsaken Legion is a black metal band from Lugano, Switzerland, formed in 2012. Operating from the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, the band channels the cold ferocity of black metal from southern Switzerland.
Forsaken Sacrement is a raw black metal project from England, emerging in 2024 with an uncompromising approach to the genre. The project channels raw, lo-fi black metal from the British underground.
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