F-Side is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Tradate near Varese in northern Italy, active since 2017. The project blends progressive song structures with melodic death metal's emotional intensity.

F.A.C.E. is a progressive metal/rock band from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2010. The band explores the intersection of progressive complexity and heavy riffing within the Bulgarian metal scene.

Fabian Rauter is a Vienna-based solo progressive metal project in which the artist handles all instruments himself. His recorded output includes the EP "Tagarot" (2015) and the full-length "Against the Colossus," offering instrumental progressive metal built on intricate guitar work and shifting time signatures.

Fabulae Dramatis is a progressive and avant-garde metal act from Antwerp, Belgium, describing their sound as heavy world music that transcends traditional genre boundaries. Their catalog includes releases such as "Violenta," "Lead Astray / Indigo," and "Solar Time's Fables," each built on passages full of heaviness, intensity, and dramatism.

Face is a progressive thrash/heavy metal band from Opole, Poland, formed in 2022. They blend the technical complexity of progressive metal with thrash aggression from the Silesian city on the Oder River.

Face of Despair is a progressive doom/death metal project from Switzerland, formed in 2025. The project merges the introspective complexity of progressive metal with the crushing weight of doom and death metal.

Factory of Art is a progressive heavy/power metal band from Leipzig, Germany, active since 1990 and now in their fourth decade. They describe their sound as "artfully arranged, timeless rhythms forming an extraordinary symbiosis of progressive, power, and classic metal," with releases including "Story of Pain" and "Back to Life."

Fading Echoes is a progressive metal band from Volos, Greece, active since 2022 and crafting technically ambitious compositions from the Thessalian coast. The project blends progressive song structures with heavy metal weight.

Fading Waves is a progressive sludge/post-metal band from Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, active since 2011. Over a decade they have developed a sophisticated approach to atmospheric heavy music, blending sludge weight with post-metal dynamics from the Don River metropolis.