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Farmakon is a progressive death metal band from Tampere, Finland, active since 2003. With over two decades of activity, the band has been exploring the progressive side of death metal from Finland's third city.
An Indiana progressive metal outfit formed in 2015, Farwatch explores the territory where metal's heaviness meets rock's melodic sensibility. Their sound is expansive and carefully arranged, leaning into the complexity that defines the progressive metal and rock crossover.
Fatal Morgana is an epic progressive heavy/power metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2014 and blending the grandiosity of European power metal with progressive structures. The project channels the epic tradition of Hellenic metal.
Fatalicide is a death/thrash metal turned progressive/thrash metal band from the United Kingdom, formed in 2019. The band evolved from straightforward death/thrash into more progressive territory.
Fate Mystified is a progressive/post-metal band from Krakow, Poland, formed in 2017. They explore the atmospheric expanses of post-metal through a progressive lens, operating from Poland's cultural capital.
Father's Face was a progressive and heavy metal quintet from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, originally conceived by guitarist and vocalist Alessandro Marques. The band set out to craft conceptual albums inspired by classic horror literature, with their first project drawing from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Their discography includes Herald of the End and Soundtrack for a Closing Light before the band split up.
Fathom Life is a progressive metal/rock band from Ulricehamn in western Sweden, formed in 2018. They explore progressive metal's compositional depth from the quiet Vastergotland countryside between Gothenburg and Jonkoping.
Favourite Son is a progressive metal band from Erndtebrück, Germany, formed in 2009. The band explores complex musical structures and progressive composition from the Siegerland region of North Rhine-Westphalia.
FB1964 is a heavy/power/progressive metal band from Langwedel, Germany, formed in 2021. The band fuses the weight of heavy metal with progressive structures and power metal melody from the Lower Saxony town.
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