Fogland is a folk/melodic black metal and ambient project from Timisoara, Romania, active since 2002. Over two decades they have woven folk melodies and ambient atmospheres through a black metal framework, creating misty, nature-oriented extreme metal from western Romania's largest city.

Folk Metal Jacket is a folk metal band from Modena, Italy, formed in 2012. Across releases including Our War Has Begun, Spill This Album, and Eulogy For The Gentle Fools, they blend traditional folk instrumentation and melodies with heavy metal aggression, their playful name riffing on Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket.

Folkedudl is a folk metal band from Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany, active since 2004. With two decades of activity, the band has been weaving folk traditions into heavy metal from the lower Rhine region.

FolkenTroll is a folk metal band from Lecce in Puglia, formed in 2019. They bring the folk metal tradition to Italy's deep south, fusing regional folk sensibilities with heavy metal from the Salento peninsula.

Folkrim is a folk metal band from Rauma, Finland, formed in 2021. The band weaves Finnish folk traditions into a heavy metal framework from the UNESCO-listed coastal town.

Foothill Roots is an atmospheric folk/black metal project from Galway, Ireland, active since 2020 and blending Irish folk traditions with atmospheric black metal. The project draws on the wild landscapes of the west of Ireland.

Forgotten Land is a black/folk metal project from Como, Italy, active since 2005. Their output blends black metal intensity with folk elements, drawing on both the atmospheric landscapes of the Lake Como region and broader European folk metal traditions.

Forgotten Silence is an avant-garde and progressive death metal band from Rosice, Czech Republic, active since 1993 and boasting true cult status among fans and critics alike. Their vast discography — spanning releases like "Senyaan," "Kro Ni Ka," "La Grande Bouffe," and "Thots" — overlaps into metal, rock, ambient, and jazz, making them one of the most genre-defying acts in Czech metal history.

Forgotten Spirit is a black/folk metal band from Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, active since 1997. Nearly three decades of folk-tinged black metal make them one of the most enduring extreme metal acts in the Ukrainian underground.