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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Falling Down (2026)
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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Flowers of Gehenna is a death metal project from France, formed in 2026. Named after the biblical valley of fire, the project is among the very newest death metal entries in the French underground.
Fluid is a death/sludge metal band based across Gera, Leipzig, and Chemnitz, Germany, formed in 2021. The band merges the heaviness of death metal with the thick, abrasive textures of sludge.
Flushed is a death metal band from Orebro in central Sweden, formed in 2016. They deliver death metal from the Narke capital, a city that has produced a disproportionate number of notable Swedish metal acts.
Flærken is a melodic death metal band from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, formed in 2025. Named after the alien species from the Marvel universe, the band is among the newest melodic death metal acts in the Rhine-Main area.
Fléaux is a death metal band from Occitanie, France, formed in 2013. The band — whose name means "plagues" — delivers death metal from the southern French region.
FNB is a slam/brutal death metal band from Zürich and Thun, Switzerland, formed in 2014. The band delivers punishing, guttural brutality in the slam death metal tradition.
Focus Shift is a melodic death metal band from Bayreuth, Germany, formed in 2016. The band delivers emotionally charged melodic death metal from the Franconian city famous for Wagner's opera house.
FOE is a thrash/death metal band from Goleniow in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, formed in 2015. They channel aggressive thrash and death metal from the northwestern Polish lowlands near the German border.
Foetal Juice is a death metal band from Manchester, England, formed in 2013. The band delivers extreme death metal from the northern English city.
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