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Viribus Unitis (2025)
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Nihility (2002)
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Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Fishing with Dynamite is a melodic death metal and deathcore band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2017. The project fuses melodic hooks with extreme metal heaviness from the Hungarian capital.
Fission is a melodic thrash/death metal band from Skelleftea in the Vasterbotten region, formed in 2023. They bring melodic extreme metal to the Swedish subarctic, blending thrash and death metal from one of Norrland's mining towns.
Fitcage is a death metal/grindcore band from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, formed in 2014. They deliver extreme metal from one of Russia's most culturally diverse cities, where Tatar and Russian traditions converge on the Volga.
Five Days Dead is a death metal band from the United Kingdom, active since 2000. With over two decades of activity, the band has been a persistent presence in the British death metal underground.
Fixation on Suffering is a brutal death metal band from the Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2017. The band delivers relentless, punishing brutal death metal from the northern Spanish autonomous community.
Fjords is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Nottingham, England, formed in 2017. The band merges progressive structures with melodic death metal from the East Midlands city.
Flag is a thrash/death metal band from Nitra in western Slovakia, active since 1999. Over a quarter century of thrash and death metal from one of Slovakia's oldest cities make them among the most enduring extreme metal acts in the country.
Flaktiin is a black/death metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, formed in 2016. They merge the raw hostility of black metal with death metal's crushing weight from the Portuguese capital's thriving extreme metal underground.
Flame Emperor is a death/thrash metal band from Samara on the Volga bend, formed in 2024. They bring aggressive death/thrash to one of Russia's major Volga River cities.
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