Fairywhite is a progressive heavy/power metal band from Gütersloh, Germany, formed in 2020. The band combines the technical ambition of progressive metal with the melodic drive of power metal.

Faithessence is a progressive death metal project from Novara, Italy, born in 2010 from an exploration of mental anguish and philosophical unrest. Their 2017 concept album Circle weaves sci-fi narratives through ten tracks of technically ambitious death metal laced with avant-garde detours.

Faithfully Mine is a progressive metal band from Brunswick, Germany, formed in 2024. As one of the newest progressive metal acts in Lower Saxony, the project explores complex musical landscapes.

Falling Giants is a stoner/sludge/doom band from Ancona, Italy, self-described as 'filthy stoner sludge.' Their 2023 debut Whirlwind Hymns sprawls across seven tracks of low-tuned, atmospheric heaviness, with songs regularly stretching past ten minutes into droning, meditative territory.

False Coda is a progressive metal band from Salamina and Athens, Greece, active since 2016 and crafting intricate, technically demanding compositions. The project channels progressive metal's complexity through a Greek musical lens.

Farmakon is a progressive death metal band from Tampere, Finland, active since 2003. With over two decades of activity, the band has been exploring the progressive side of death metal from Finland's third city.

Fatal Morgana is an epic progressive heavy/power metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2014 and blending the grandiosity of European power metal with progressive structures. The project channels the epic tradition of Hellenic metal.

Fatalicide is a death/thrash metal turned progressive/thrash metal band from the United Kingdom, formed in 2019. The band evolved from straightforward death/thrash into more progressive territory.

Fate Mystified is a progressive/post-metal band from Krakow, Poland, formed in 2017. They explore the atmospheric expanses of post-metal through a progressive lens, operating from Poland's cultural capital.