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Fairlight is a melodic death metal band from Apt, France, formed in 2011. The band delivers melodic death metal from the Luberon area of Provence.
Fairness is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Saffle in the Varmland region of western Sweden, formed in 2014. They channel riff-driven heavy metal and hard rock from the Swedish borderlands near Norway.
Fairy Duster is a doom/post-metal band from Fürth, Germany, formed in 2014. After releasing the impressive "KARASëA" EP in 2014 and then going quiet for years, they returned heavier than before with their 2025 debut album "Far from Light and Time," featuring artwork by renowned painter Mariusz Lewandowski.
Fairyland is a symphonic power metal band from Nice, France, active since 2006. The band crafts epic, orchestrally rich symphonic power metal from the French Riviera.
Fairyscape is a gothic metal band from Aschaffenburg, Germany, formed in 2013. The band blends dark, romantic gothic atmospheres with heavy metal instrumentation from the Bavarian Franconia region.
Fairytale is a heavy/power metal band from Recklinghausen, Germany, formed in 2011. The band delivers melodic, anthemic heavy and power metal from the heart of the Ruhr area.
Fairywhite is a progressive heavy/power metal band from Gütersloh, Germany, formed in 2020. The band combines the technical ambition of progressive metal with the melodic drive of power metal.
San Bernardino, California's Fait has been playing traditional heavy metal since 2014, carrying the torch in the Inland Empire — a gritty stretch of Southern California that has its own claim on metal's working-class roots.
Faith is a doom/post-metal band from Omsk in western Siberia, formed in 2021. They craft heavy, contemplative doom and post-metal from the city on the Irtysh River, deep in the Siberian steppe.
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