Forbidden Forest is a thrash/progressive metal band from Drammen, Norway, formed in 2024. They blend thrash metal aggression with progressive complexity from the Buskerud city on the Oslofjord.

Forced Evolution was a progressive death metal band based in Belgium and Enschede, Netherlands, active from 2009 until their breakup in 2011. They released their debut full-length "Sealed" in 2009, blending progressive structures with melodic death metal, but persistent difficulties finding a permanent vocalist prevented them from touring and ultimately led to their dissolution.

Forcefeedfailed is a progressive metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2017. The band explores complex progressive metal compositions from the southwestern Finnish city.

Forcentury is a power/progressive metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2016. The band blends the melodic grandeur of power metal with progressive complexity.

Forces at Work is a progressive/heavy metal band from Wuppertal, Germany, active since 2003. With over two decades of activity, the band has been crafting progressive metal from the city famous for its suspension railway.

Foreboding Ether is a progressive death metal/deathcore band from Margate, England, formed in 2010. The band combines progressive complexity with death metal and deathcore from the Kent seaside town.

Forensic Clinic was a progressive death metal band from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, active from 2007 to 2016. Founded by guitarist Goran Džidić, drummer Petar Parlov, and bassist Zoran Pervan, the band released the self-produced EP "Robe of Immortality" (2010) and the album "Lovelorn" (2014), playing venues across Bosnia and the Dalmatian coast.

Forever Blind was a progressive death metal band from Linz, Upper Austria, active from 2007 to 2011. Their 2010 debut album "Where the Sun Revives" combined dynamic, technically varied guitar work with classical melodic touches, featuring a lineup that included keyboards alongside standard death metal instrumentation.

Forgotten Light is a progressive metal band from Ossi in the Sassari province of Sardinia, active since 2013. Their releases Where Light Ends and Window at the Corner blend melodic and aggressive riffs with clean and growling vocals, channeling progressive metal ambition from the underrepresented Sardinian underground.