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Field Effect is an atmospheric black metal and ambient project from Athens, Greece, active since 2012 and blending dark ambient textures with atmospheric black metal foundations. The project creates expansive, immersive soundscapes from the Greek underground.
Filii Belial is an atmospheric black metal/ambient project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2014. Their Latin name — 'Sons of Belial' — anchors their atmospheric extreme metal in demonic mythology.
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Finnwolf is a pagan/atmospheric black metal band from Lappi, Finland, formed in 2018. The band draws on the vast Arctic landscapes of Finnish Lapland for their atmospheric pagan black metal.
Firienholt is an epic/atmospheric black metal and dungeon synth project from Leeds, England, formed in 2020. Named after the forest in Tolkien's Rohan, the project blends atmospheric black metal with dungeon synth.
Forest of Frost is an atmospheric black metal band from Angoulême, France, formed in 2020. The band channels frozen, nature-inspired atmospheres through their black metal from the Charente capital.
Forevercold is an atmospheric black metal project from Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary, active since 2022 and channeling the isolation of the Great Hungarian Plain into atmospheric extremity. The project creates expansive soundscapes from rural eastern Hungary.
Forget Life is an atmospheric black metal and DSBM project from Talca, Chile, formed in 2025. Their debut album "El firmamento" was released in June 2025, offering six tracks of slow-burning, introspective black metal with an emphasis on atmosphere and emotional weight.
Forlet Sires is an atmospheric black/doom metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland, formed in 2014. Their discography includes "Demo I," "Journey Towards Ruin," and "Holy," exploring the intersection of atmospheric black metal's vastness with doom metal's crushing weight.
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