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Velvet Thorns is a death/doom metal band from Münster, Germany, formed in 2013. Their releases explore the intersection of death metal's aggression with doom's crushing slowness and melancholy.
Velvet Thorns is a solo ambient black and doom metal project from São Paulo, created by David Amorim and defined by melancholic, heavily atmospheric compositions that draw on doom, ambient, and experimental textures. The project released the album "Empty Soul" in 2013, followed by "In The Name of Reason" in 2017 — a record conceptually referencing the Colônia psychiatric hospital in Minas Gerais, where tens of thousands of lives were lost.
Houston occult doom/heavy metal. Dark, groovy, and dripping with evil.
Venus Sleeps is a psychedelic doom metal band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2012. They blend psychedelic textures with doom metal's crushing weight for a mind-bending heavy sound.
Female-fronted psychedelic doom with vocalist Tiffany Marie over occult-themed compositions by KJLK. Released two records in 2014, blending heavy doom riffs with mythological and ritualistic atmosphere.
Vergeltungsschlag is a black/doom metal project from Hesse, Germany, formed in 2018. They fuse the oppressive weight of doom metal with the raw aggression of black metal.
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.
Lund's Veritate occupies an unusual sonic intersection where doom metal's crushing weight meets heavy metal's melodic heritage and thrash metal's velocity. Their multi-genre approach creates dynamic compositions that shift between slow devastation and rapid-fire aggression.
Silesian act Veriti Ritus inhabits the bleak intersection of black and doom metal, crafting slow-burning compositions that balance tremolo-driven coldness with crushing, dirge-like passages. Their ritualistic approach creates an atmosphere of creeping, oppressive darkness.
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