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Finsterforst has been around <\/strong>for 24 years and has managed to establish its own genre during that time. Their \u201cBlack Forest Metal\u201d (a reference to their home region, the Black Forest) blends folk metal with a touch of black metal and unusual instruments such as pipes and bagpipes, which can also be heard on their new album \u201cStill,\u201d scheduled for release on July 31, 2026. <\/p>\n\n

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