Flowers in Dark is a gothic metal band from Milan, Italy, established in 1996 with a dual-vocal lineup featuring Eleonora and Simone. Across releases including their self-titled demo, Here Lies the Fairy, and I Made Silence Around Me, the six-piece blends romantic-gothic atmospheres with heavy metal instrumentation.

Flowing Tears is a gothic metal band from Wadgassen, Germany, whose sound evolved from atmospheric doom metal into gothic metal territory. The band has been a notable presence in the German gothic/doom scene since the late 2000s.

Foetorem is a death/doom metal band from Kolding, Denmark, formed in 2025. The band merges death metal aggression with the crushing slowness of doom from the southern Jutland town.

Fogteeth is a doom/stoner metal/rock band from Lahti, Finland, formed in 2020. The band delivers heavy, fuzz-laden doom and stoner grooves from the Päijänne lakeland city.

Foillis is a black/doom metal band from Bonne, France, formed in 2024. The band merges black metal darkness with doom metal weight from the Haute-Savoie department.

For the Storms is a doom/death/sludge band from Brescia, Italy, formed in 2021. Their releases The Grieving Path and Losing What's Left of Us chart a heavy, emotionally charged path through doom, death, sludge, and post-metal territories, with song titles mapping landscapes of loss and desolation.

Forbidden City is a doom/death metal band from Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing doom/death from a city deeply affected by the ongoing conflict in the Donbas region.

Forced Elimination is a death/doom metal band from Santander, Spain, formed in 2020. The band merges death metal brutality with doom metal's crushing pace from the Cantabrian coast.

Fordomth is a blackened doom metal band from Catania, Sicily, active since 2013. Their 2020 album Is, Qui Mortem Audit on Auric Records spans four extended tracks exploring mortality and existence through a visceral blend of black, death, and doom metal, incorporating Tibetan bells and throat singing alongside traditional extreme metal instrumentation.