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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.
Flashback of Anger is a power/progressive metal band from Florence, Italy, described as 'Italian finest power/prog metal.' Their discography includes Prisoner of War, Shades, and Terminate and Stay Resident, delivering technically accomplished power metal with progressive arrangements and polished songwriting.
Fleshkiller is a progressive death metal band from Bekkestua, Norway, founded by Ole Børud following Extol's hiatus in 2013. Their 2017 debut Awaken reunites Børud with former Schaliach bandmate Peter Dalbakk, blending technical death metal with melodic vocals in a progressive framework that fans of Extol's later work will recognize.
Flitch is a progressive metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2015. They bring compositional sophistication and progressive ambition to Stockholm's already vast metal ecosystem.
Floating Worlds is a melodic progressive metal and rock band from Athens, Greece, active since 2022 and crafting sophisticated, melody-driven progressive compositions. The project blends progressive metal's technicality with rock accessibility.
Flom is a progressive death metal band from Volda on Norway's western coast, formed in 2018. Their name — Norwegian for 'flood' — suggests the overwhelming force of their progressive death metal approach, emanating from a small fjord-side town in More og Romsdal.
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