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Leer, DE · 2018–present · active
Friisk is an atmospheric black metal band from Leer, Germany, formed in 2018. The band draws on the windswept landscapes of East Frisia to fuel their atmospheric black metal vision.
Zeiningen, CH · 2011–present · active
Frijgard was a pagan black metal band from northern Switzerland, active from 2011 until their split in 2021. Their discography includes "Nebelwacht," "Bellum Aeternum Est," "Chapter Zero," and a farewell live album recorded in Liestal, blending pagan themes with aggressive black metal.
Saint Petersburg, RU · 2017–present · active
Frimaire is a post-black metal/shoegaze project from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2017. Named after the third month of the French Republican Calendar, they blend black metal with shoegaze textures, creating dreamlike atmospheric extremity from the Baltic coast.
Norrköping, SE · active
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Pristina, RS · 2017–present · active
Frisson is a groove metal/metalcore band from Pristina, formed in 2017. They deliver rhythmically driven heavy music from the contested capital of Kosovo, one of the Balkans' most complex cultural crossroads.
Oltedal, NO · 2014–present · active
Frog Leap is the metal and hard rock cover project led by Norwegian musician, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Leo Moracchioli from Frog Leap Studios in Oltedal. Moracchioli became widely known for transforming pop songs, dance hits, ballads, and internet staples into full-band metal arrangements, usually performing most instruments himself in videos before bringing the material to international stages with a live band. The project fits metal and hard-rock scope through down-tuned guitars, screamed and clean vocals, double-time punk energy, metalcore touches, and a consistently heavy approach to songs that often began outside rock entirely. Frog Leap's appeal is not only novelty. The best covers work because Moracchioli understands arrangement: vocal hooks are preserved, rhythms are toughened, riffs replace synthetic parts, and familiar melodies are pushed into a new physical shape. The humor is obvious, but the musicianship is serious enough to keep the songs from feeling disposable. Frog Leap sits at an unusual point where YouTube culture, studio craft, live metal performance, and playful fandom meet, making heavy music accessible without reducing its technical punch.
Bristol, GB · 2020–present · active
Froglord is a doom/sludge metal band from Bristol, England, performing as 'an ancient amphibian with deathray vision and ectoplasmic slime,' blending heavy doom riffs with psychedelic elements and whimsical amphibian-themed imagery. Their discography includes Metamorphosis, Frogman, and The Froglord Cometh, with active UK touring.
Paris, FR · 2014–present · active
Frogmarch is a thrash/groove metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2014. The band blends thrash metal speed with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Nurmijärvi, FI · 2012–present · active
Frogskin is a sludge metal band from Nurmijärvi, Finland, formed in 2012. The band delivers thick, abrasive sludge metal from the rural municipality north of Helsinki.

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