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.

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

From Beyond the Grave is a depressive black metal project from Niebüll, Germany, formed in 2020. The project channels bleak despair through DSBM from the northernmost reaches of Schleswig-Holstein, near the Danish border.

Frostveil is an atmospheric/depressive black metal project from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, formed in 2014. They channel melancholic, atmosphere-laden black metal from the historic Volga-Oka confluence city.

Frozen Namida is a depressive black metal project from Belarus, formed in 2025. The project channels raw emotional anguish through the lens of DSBM, a very recent addition to the Belarusian black metal underground.

Fran is a depressive black metal project from Foggia in Puglia, active since 2016. They deliver anguished, introspective depressive black metal from Italy's southeastern Adriatic plains, exploring themes of isolation and despair.

Funeral Misanthropia is a depressive black metal project from Athens, Greece, active since 2022 and exploring themes of misanthropy and despair through DSBM. The project delivers raw emotional extremity from the Greek capital.