Frater Ximenes Is Dead is a black metal and ritual dark ambient project from the Campania/Calabria border region of southern Italy, active since 2009. Their cryptically titled releases — including Missa Brevis Sancti Rosacrucis de Iehovae and Jhator — blend atmospheric black metal with ritualistic ambient passages under an aura of esoteric mysticism.

Fraught is a death/black metal band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2019 and delivering dual-pronged extremity from the Irish capital. The project merges death and black metal traditions.

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Freezing Fog is a black metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, active since 2007 and channeling cold, atmospheric black metal from northern Greece. The project draws on the harsher climate of Thessaloniki compared to southern Greece.

Freigeist is a black metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2013. The project's name — meaning "free spirit" — reflects an independent approach to black metal from the northern German port city.

Freitod is a black metal band from Zürich, Switzerland, formed in 2016. The project — whose name translates from German as "voluntary death" — channels bleak, atmospheric black metal.

Freitodt is a depressive black metal project from Germany, active since 2007. The project channels despair and melancholy through bleak, atmospheric depressive black metal.

Freja is an atmospheric post-black metal project from the Netherlands, formed in 2022 and named after the Norse goddess of love and war. They craft expansive, emotionally layered post-black metal built on atmospheric textures and dynamic contrasts.

Frekkr is a black/viking metal band from Nancy, France, active since 2007. The band channels Norse-inspired black and viking metal from the Lorraine capital.