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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Bielsko-Biala's Verminking grinds through a punishing fusion of death metal and grindcore, delivering short, explosive bursts of brutality. Their relentless blasting and guttural vocals channel the intensity of Nasum and Brutal Truth.
York, Pennsylvania's Verminoth have been delivering death metal built for the underground since 2021, embracing the old-school aesthetic of rotten, cavernous brutality. Their name evokes something vast and many-limbed that hasn't seen daylight in a very long time.
Ahus' Verminous delivers old-school Swedish death metal with the signature buzzsaw guitar tone and d-beat rhythms that define the genre's Stockholm school. Their filthy, uncompromising approach channels the spirit of early Dismember and Entombed with authentic conviction.
Balakhna's Verminous Mind delivers crushing death metal from the Nizhny Novgorod region, channeling the industrial decay of their Volga River hometown into heavy, grinding compositions. Their guttural approach favors low-end brutality and atmospheric menace.
Verminspawn is a melodic black/death/groove metal band from Kouvola, Finland, formed in 2022. They blend the aggression of black and death metal with groove metal's rhythmic heaviness.
Verne is a melodic death metal and metalcore act from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2017. They blend aggressive metalcore breakdowns with melodic death metal's twin-guitar harmonies and dynamic vocal interplay.
Verpa is a thrash/death metal band from Bohumín, Czech Republic, formed in 2026. They represent the newest wave of Czech extreme metal, combining thrash and death metal's intensity.
Verrotten is a death metal/punk band from Eberswalde, Germany, formed in 2020. They fuse the filthy aggression of death metal with punk's raw energy and D-beat rhythms.
Versya is an industrial/melodic death metal/metalcore band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2014. They fuse industrial textures and electronic elements with melodic death metal and metalcore aggression.
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