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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Verdugo is a death/thrash/groove metal band from Málaga, Spain, formed in 2017. They blend death metal, thrash, and groove metal into a punishing hybrid, their name translating to "executioner" in Spanish.
Veret is a death/black/thrash metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2023. They combine the aggression of three extreme metal subgenres into a devastating triple assault.
Verhängnis is a doom/death metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2020. They combine crushing doom riffs with death metal's guttural intensity, their name translating to "doom" or "fate" in German.
Veriarmo is a symphonic blackened death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2023. They layer orchestral symphonic arrangements over blackened death metal's ferocity for an epic, cinematic extreme metal sound.
Veristi is a melodic death metal band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 2014. They deliver melodic death metal with Scandinavian-style guitar harmonies from western Finland.
Verjagen is a melodic death metal band from Kouvola, Finland, formed in 2014. They play melodic death metal drawing on the Finnish tradition of the genre.
Vermian is a death metal band from Finland, formed in 2020. They deliver aggressive, uncompromising death metal in the Finnish style.
Flagstaff's Vermiform have been twisting melodic death and black metal together since 2011, creating something with the jagged edges of extremity and the structural ambition of melody. A decade-plus of refinement shows in music that bites hard and lingers long after.
Vermingod is a death metal band from Patras, Greece, who first spawned their extreme sound in 2003, gaining notable attention in the local underground. Their discography — from 2010's "The Grand March To Devastation" through 2015's "Whisperer Of The Abysmal Wisdom" — delivers unrelenting Greek death metal, with a 2025 single marking their return after a decade.
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