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Forcefed Horsehead is a death metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2011. Their provocatively absurd name belies the serious extremity of their death metal, contributing to Oslo's deep pool of underground death metal talent.
Forcefeedfailed is a progressive metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2017. The band explores complex progressive metal compositions from the southwestern Finnish city.
Forcefield is a speed metal band from Friesland in the Netherlands, formed in 2013. They channel the relentless velocity and riff-driven intensity of classic speed metal from the northernmost Dutch province.
Forceful is a heavy metal band from Hückeswagen, Germany, formed in 2018. The band plays classic heavy metal from the Bergisches Land region of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Forcentury is a power/progressive metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2016. The band blends the melodic grandeur of power metal with progressive complexity.
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.
Forceps is a heavy/thrash metal and funk rock band from Zalau in northwestern Romania, active since 2012. Their unusual blend of thrash metal aggression with funk rock groove makes them one of the more stylistically eclectic acts in the Romanian metal underground.
Forces at Work is a progressive/heavy metal band from Wuppertal, Germany, active since 2003. With over two decades of activity, the band has been crafting progressive metal from the city famous for its suspension railway.
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.
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