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Faunus is a solo atmospheric black metal project from Heraklion, Crete, by Admetos of Elegos, blending ambient and post-black metal with intense elements of shoegaze and doom. The project draws inspiration from nature's greatness and the mysteries of the wilderness, with releases including Where everything begins with an end.
Faurutan is a black metal duo from Taranto in southern Italy, consisting of Dan Werewolf on vocals, drums, and synth and Dissected on guitar. Their 2020 release Drawn Into The Darkness delivers five tracks of raw, lo-fi black metal with death metal undercurrents, representing the extreme metal underground of Italy's deep south.
Faustbruhiel is a black metal project from Belarus, formed in 2023. The project channels raw, uncompromising black metal from the depths of the Eastern European underground.
Faustcoven is a black/doom metal project from Trondheim, Norway, founded in 2002 by Gunnar Hansen and drawing openly from Black Sabbath and Bathory. Across four albums including Hellfire & Funeral Bells and In the Shadow of Doom (2018, Nuclear War Now!), they remain 'dedicated to the ways of old,' creating horror-soaked riff worship from the grave.
Fausttophel is a melodic black metal project from Poltava, Ukraine, active since 2013. Their Faustian name signals the deal-with-the-devil themes running through their melodic black metal from central Ukraine.
Faustus is a black/gothic metal band from Morag in the Warmia-Masuria region of northeastern Poland, active since 2008. They merge black metal ferocity with gothic metal's dark romanticism from one of Poland's most historically layered and geographically remote regions.
Favilla is a black metal project from Vasteras in central Sweden, formed in 2022. Their Latin name — meaning 'embers' or 'ashes' — suggests the smoldering remnants of fire, matching black metal's scorched aesthetic.
Faxizeraus is a black metal project from Germany, formed in 2026. As one of the very newest entries in the German black metal underground, the project is just beginning to take shape.
Fayenne is a black metal project from Uppsala, Sweden, formed in 2022. They bring atmospheric black metal to the historic university city, one of Scandinavia's oldest centers of learning.
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