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Firenzen is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Kotka, Finland, formed in 2016. The band combines progressive complexity with the melodic death metal tradition from the southeastern Finnish port city.
Fish is a progressive metal band from Belfort, France, formed in 2016. The band explores complex progressive metal from the Franche-Comté fortress city.
Fishead is a progressive metal band from São José dos Campos, Brazil, founded in December 2009 by guitarist Danilo Martins and drummer Rodrigo Kusayama as a university project before expanding into a full band. They released their debut album "Green Hope" in 2012, followed by the second album "In My Hell" in 2018, the latter recorded at Acrobata Studio and featuring a fusion of hard rock and progressive metal with aggressive lyrical themes. Vocalist Jezer Ferris, a musician with over 30 years of experience, joined the lineup in 2015.
Fissure of Riddles is a progressive/sludge/post-metal band from Weymouth, England, formed in 2014. The band merges progressive complexity with sludge and post-metal from the Dorset coast.
Fjords is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Nottingham, England, formed in 2017. The band merges progressive structures with melodic death metal from the East Midlands city.
Fjallfolk is a power/progressive metal project from Sweden, formed in 2025. Their name — meaning 'mountain people' — signals a Scandinavian folk-rooted approach to progressive power metal.
Flailhead is a melodic progressive metal band from Cardiff, Wales, formed in 2016. The band explores complex, melodically driven progressive metal from the Welsh capital.
Epic Progressive Power Metal out of Texas.
Flaming Row is a progressive metal band from Göttingen, Germany, formed in 2010. With over a decade of activity, the band has been exploring ambitious progressive metal compositions from the Lower Saxon university city.
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