Fortytwo is a melodic death metal band from Alesund on Norway's western coast, active since 2003. Named after the answer to the ultimate question in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, they bring melodic death metal from a city famous for its Art Nouveau architecture and dramatic coastal setting.

Fortid is a Viking/black metal project formed in Kopavogur, Iceland in 2003, blending Norse mythology and Viking themes with aggressive black metal. The project is one of Iceland's most recognized Viking metal acts, having also operated from Oslo.

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Forward to Eden is a death metal/hardcore band from the Ruhrpott area of Germany, formed in 2015. The band combines the brutality of death metal with the energy and ethos of hardcore from the industrial heartland.

Foryan is a melodic black metal project from Smigiel in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, formed in 2025. They bring melodic black metal to the rural western Polish lowlands, a region rarely associated with extreme metal.

Força Macabra is a thrash metal/crossover/crust band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 1999. With over a quarter century of activity, the band has been a staple of the Finnish crossover thrash and crust punk underground.

Fosa is a thrash metal band from Bilbao, Spain, formed in 2016. The band delivers aggressive thrash metal from the Basque Country.

Fosca Garriga is a black metal band from Felanitx, Mallorca, Spain, formed in 2025. The band creates raw black metal from the Balearic island's rural interior.

Fosch is a black metal band from Bergamo, Italy, active since 2007. Operating from the foothills of the Lombard Alps, they deliver atmospheric black metal rooted in the cold, mountainous landscape of northern Italy.