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Murska Sobota's Vasectomy grinds out brutal death metal from Slovenia's northeastern corner near the Hungarian border. Their punishing, no-frills approach to extremity channels the most aggressive end of the death metal spectrum.
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Vastago is a black/death metal band from Valencia, Spain, formed in 2015. They deliver intense extreme metal combining the darkness of black metal with death metal's brutality.
Gliwice's Vates drives hard with a death-thrash hybrid that channels the aggressive spirit of Kreator and early Sepultura through a modern Polish metal lens. Their tight, riff-centric approach favors rhythmic precision and controlled fury.
Crushing Death Metal / Grindcore from Dallas.
Vaulting is a technical death metal/grindcore band from Wiesbaden, Germany, active since 2007. They combine grindcore's chaotic brevity with death metal's technical precision for a punishing extreme metal assault.
Vecordious is a black/death metal band from Trondheim, Norway, active since 2011. They combine the ferocity of black and death metal from the Trøndelag underground.
Moscow's Vector of Underground bridges the aggression of death metal with metalcore's breakdown-heavy approach, creating a hybrid rooted in the Russian capital's active underground scene. Their modern, heavy sound reflects the influence of both Scandinavian death metal and American metalcore.
Izhevsk-based Vedmak, whose name means "warlock" in Russian, fuses black and death metal with occult themes drawn from Slavic mysticism. Their compositions draw on the Ural region's cold, isolated atmosphere to create dark, ritualistic extremity.
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