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Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Forgotten Blades is a heavy metal band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2023 and delivering classic heavy metal from the Irish capital. The project revives the spirit of traditional metal in Dublin.
Forgotten Realm is a heavy/power metal band from Krefeld, Germany, formed in 2024. The band draws on the grandeur of power metal and the weight of heavy metal tradition.
Fornever is a heavy metal band with post-punk influences from Tolmin, Slovenia, formed in 2018. They operate from the town that hosts the famous MetalDays festival, blending classic heavy metal with angular post-punk elements.
Forsake is a heavy/thrash metal band from Nice, France, formed in 2019. The band blends heavy metal hooks with thrash metal aggression from the Côte d'Azur.
Forsworn is a heavy metal band from Manchester, England, delivering riff-driven traditional metal since 2013. The project contributes to Manchester's diverse and growing metal scene.
Fort Royal is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Novosibirsk, Siberia's largest city, formed in 2018. They channel classic hard rock and heavy metal energy from the vast West Siberian Plain.
Fortified is a heavy metal band from Skovde in the Vastergotland region, formed in 2015. They deliver classic, riff-driven heavy metal from the military garrison city in the Swedish interior.
Fortress Under Siege is a progressive heavy/power metal band from Athens, Greece, one of the longest-running acts in the Hellenic power metal scene with origins dating back to 1996. The band delivers epic, technically ambitious progressive power metal.
Fortunato is a neoclassical heavy metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2013. The band blends neoclassical guitar work with heavy metal from France's second-largest metropolitan area.
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