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Fanaticism is a raw black metal project from Hungary, active since 2015 and channeling uncompromising lo-fi black metal. The project operates in the underground reaches of the Hungarian black metal scene.
Fanatisme is a black metal/post-punk project from Oslo, formed in 2025. They represent the newest wave of Norwegian black metal's genre-blending evolution, fusing traditional black metal with post-punk's angular rhythms and cold-wave atmospherics.
Fanchon is a black metal project from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2020. The project creates atmospheric black metal inspired by the dark forests and alpine landscapes of southern Germany.
Fanebærer is a black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2017. The band's Danish name — meaning "standard bearer" — signals their commitment to carrying the black metal banner from the Scandinavian capital.
Fangorn is a folk/black metal band from Hallwang, Salzburg, formed in 1998, now active under the name Rivendell. Drawing directly on J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology, their original 1998 demo "Poems of Mountains and Forests" — remastered and reissued as "Fangorn: Poems of Mountains and Forests" in 2024 — blends raw black metal with epic folk arrangements and fantasy-themed lyrics.
Fangsylvania is a symphonic black/death metal project from Sweden, formed in 2019. Their vampiric name signals horror-themed extreme metal that merges symphonic grandeur with the aggression of both black and death metal traditions.
Fantasist is an atmospheric black metal project from Sundbyberg in the Stockholm metropolitan area, active since 2001. Over two decades of atmospheric black metal represent one of the longest-running projects in the Swedish underground.
Fantasma is a black metal band from Würzburg, Germany, formed in 2011. The band weaves spectral black metal atmospheres from the Franconian wine-country city.
Fanthur is a black metal project from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2025. They represent the newest wave of Polish black metal emerging from the capital, contributing to Warsaw's expanding extreme metal underground.
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