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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Forbidden Omen is a melodic death metal band from Krakow, Poland, formed in 2020. They bring Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to southern Poland's cultural capital, blending dual-guitar harmonies with aggressive rhythmic foundations.
Forced Shadow is a melodic death metal band from Schaffhausen, Switzerland, formed in 2025. As one of the newest melodic death metal acts in the Swiss scene, the project blends aggression with melody.
ForceOut is a melodic death metal band from Zolochiv in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine, active since 2013. They bring Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to the small Galician city.
ForChristSake is a melodic death metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2010. The band crafts emotionally driven melodic death metal from the Northern Irish capital.
Foredoomed is a melodic death metal band from Joensuu, Finland, formed in 2017. The band crafts emotionally charged melodic death metal from the North Karelian capital.
Forever It Shall Be is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Brunswick, Germany, formed in 2007. With nearly two decades of activity, the band blends Gothenburg-style melodic death metal with modern metalcore.
Forget the Past is a thrash/groove/melodic death metal band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2017 and blending three strands of heavy metal into an aggressive whole. The project delivers diverse extreme metal from the Hungarian capital.
Forgone Silence is a melodic death metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2023. The band delivers emotionally driven melodic death metal from the Bavarian capital.
Forgotten Daylight is a melodic death/doom metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2007. They blend the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian death metal with doom's crushing weight, creating melancholic, atmospheric extreme metal from the Russian capital.
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