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Verwahrlosen is an atmospheric doom/black metal project from Germany, formed in 2021. The project merges the crushing weight of doom with black metal's bleakness in immersive atmospheric compositions.
Vessel of Light formed in Ramsey, New Jersey in 2017, the project of guitarist Dan Lorenzo, best known for his foundational work in New Jersey metal acts Hades and Non-Fiction. Rooted in Sabbath-derived doom with a horror and gothic sensibility, the band has released a prolific series of records on Argonauta Records, expanding to include former Overkill drummer Ron Lipnicki and former Hades bassist Jimmy Schulman beginning with their third album, Thy Serpent Rise.
Vetitum is a gothic/doom metal band from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, active since the early 2000s and built around themes of sadness, loneliness, and gloom. The band's current lineup includes Nany Yates on vocals, Gustavo Knopp on bass, Luisa Branco on drums, and Paula Oliveira on guitar.
Vettt is a doom/sludge metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, founded in 2018 in an 8-square-meter practice space, self-described as being "on a mission to make the world a better place with more distortion." Their debut demo "-ish" was recorded live in a single session, capturing raw, noise-drenched sludge and doom.
Victim of Reality is a doom/death metal band from Grodno, Belarus, formed in 2018. They combine the crushing weight of doom metal with death metal's guttural intensity, drawing on classic European doom/death traditions.
Viesti is a doom metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2025. They play crushing doom metal from the Finnish capital.
Talkeetna, Alaska's Vile Rebirth write doom/death metal from one of the most remote and desolate settings imaginable, and the isolation audibly seeps into their glacially slow tempos and mournful density. Since 2020, they've turned the brutal Alaskan wilderness into a sound.
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Taby's Villainthropy occupies the unusual intersection of doom metal's crushing weight and thrash metal's velocity, creating compositions that shift between glacial heaviness and rapid-fire aggression. Their dynamic range sets them apart from more single-minded acts in either genre.
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