Father Merrin is a doom metal band from Ligny-en-Barrois, France, formed in 2014. Named after the exorcist priest from "The Exorcist," the band channels slow, heavy doom from the Meuse department of Lorraine.

Father of Lies is a doom metal/punk band from Sheffield, England, formed in 2021. The band merges doom metal's crushing weight with punk's raw energy from the Steel City.

Father Sky Mother Earth is a drone/doom metal duo from Hamburg, Germany, featuring Nico Seel on guitar and Niclas Gerull on bass. Their albums — the self-titled debut (2016) and "Across the River of Time" (2017) — create dense, meditative drone soundscapes drawing comparisons to Sunn O))), Bongripper, and Earth, described by critics as "superior drone" with ritualistic, pounding rhythmic elements.

Fathom is a doom/sludge metal band from Amsterdam, formed in 2018. They plumb the depths suggested by their name, delivering heavy, oppressive doom and sludge from the Dutch capital's thriving underground metal scene.

Fatigue is a black/doom metal project originating between Poland and the United Kingdom, formed in 2013 and now based solely in Poland. They channel exhaustion and spiritual weariness through the heavy, deliberate pace of doom metal darkened by black metal's bleak atmosphere.

Fatima is a stoner/doom metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2010. The band delivers heavy stoner and doom grooves from the French capital.

Fatum Elisum is a doom/death metal band from Rouen, France, active since 2009. The band creates crushing doom/death from the historic Norman capital on the Seine.

Fauna Timbre is an atmospheric doom metal/rock band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2018. Their nature-derived name reflects an organic approach to atmospheric doom, blending heavy riffs with textured, contemplative passages from the Norwegian capital.

Faustcoven is a black/doom metal project from Trondheim, Norway, founded in 2002 by Gunnar Hansen and drawing openly from Black Sabbath and Bathory. Across four albums including Hellfire & Funeral Bells and In the Shadow of Doom (2018, Nuclear War Now!), they remain 'dedicated to the ways of old,' creating horror-soaked riff worship from the grave.