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Frostland Tales is a black/doom metal band from Beroun, Czech Republic. The band merges the bleakness of black metal with the crushing weight of doom, drawing from the atmosphere of the forested Berounka river valley.
Frozen Caress is an ambient/gothic/doom metal project from Cagliari, Sardinia, formed in 2014. They blend the slow-motion heaviness of doom metal with gothic atmospherics and ambient passages, creating a contemplative take on heavy music from the Sardinian underground.
Frozen Tears were a gothic/doom metal band from Valdivia, Chile, formed in late 2001 with a lineup that included violin alongside guitar, bass, and drums. The band released two demos — "Winds of Sadness and Darkness" (2002) and "Midnight Mists" (2003) — before going inactive.
Frustration is a doom/heavy metal band from Egaleo near Athens, Greece, active since 2004 and merging doom metal's crushing weight with traditional heavy metal riffing. The project represents one of the more established doom metal acts in the Athens area.
Fuck the Law is a doom/death/stoner metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2014. Citing Black Sabbath, Celtic Frost, Cathedral, Entombed, and Napalm Death as primary influences, the band crafts a heavy, riff-driven sound that blends traditional doom with death metal weight.
Fucking Hands is a sludge/doom/stoner metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2018. The band merges sludge, doom, and stoner metal into a crushing wall of sound from northern Finland.
Fuer den Faehrmann is an industrial doom metal project from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2018. The project's name — "for the ferryman" — evokes Charon and the crossing of the river Styx through crushing industrial doom.
Fulanno is a stoner/doom metal trio from Coronda, Santa Fe, Argentina, consisting of Fila Frutos on guitar and vocals, Mauro Carosela on bass, and Jose A on drums. The band built an international cult following through their albums "Velas Negras" (2018) and "Nadie Está a Salvo del Mal" (2020), and returned in 2025 with "Nosotros Somos el Fin del Mundo" via Interstellar Smoke Records.
Funeral Chasm is a funeral doom metal project from Denmark, formed in 2020. Their releases including "I" and "Omniversal Existence" explore the most glacially slow and crushing depths of funeral doom.
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