Floyen is an atmospheric/depressive black metal project from Waterford, Ireland, active since 2024. The project creates dark, emotionally charged black metal from Ireland's oldest city.

Fodt Ruine is a depressive black metal project from Ufa in Bashkortostan, Russia, formed in 2021. They channel anguished, introspective black metal from the Ural foothills, where the steppes of Central Asia begin.

Foraoisi gan Iniuchadh is a depressive black metal project from Wexford, Ireland, active since 2021, whose Irish-language name translates to 'forests without exploration.' The project channels the untamed Irish countryside into raw DSBM.

Forest Cult is a depressive black metal project from Lohja, Finland, formed in 2014. The project channels anguish and isolation through bleak DSBM from the southwestern Finnish town.

Forest of the Renounced is a depressive black metal project from Ivanovo in central Russia, formed in 2020. Their name suggests themes of exile and abandonment, channeling desolation through depressive black metal from the textile city northeast of Moscow.

Forgotten Thought is a funeral doom/depressive black metal project from Rome, Italy, formed in 2012. Their output dwells in the slowest, bleakest extremes of heavy music, merging the glacial pace of funeral doom with the anguished introspection of depressive black metal.

Forgotten Tomb is a pioneering Italian black metal band from Piacenza, founded in 1999 and recognized as one of the true originators of depressive black metal (DSBM). From the genre-defining Songs to Leave and Springtime Depression through later releases incorporating rock, sludge, and punk influences, the project has continually evolved while maintaining its nihilistic core.

Fornicatus is a depressive black metal project from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2014. The project channels despair and emotional extremity through DSBM.

Fragile Edge is a depressive black metal project from Tolyatti on the Volga, formed in 2014. They channel anguished, introspective black metal from the massive automobile-manufacturing city in the Samara Oblast.