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Untrop is a symphonic blackened death metal band from Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, formed in 2009, incorporating violin alongside powerful riffs and orchestration to create a dynamic dark atmosphere. Their releases include Iskra and Pale Illusions of Life, featuring lyrics in both Ukrainian and English.
Unworthy is a gothic metal project from the Lebork/Miastko area in northern Poland, launched in 2023. The act merges brooding gothic atmospheres with heavy metal weight.
Urban Tales is a Portuguese heavy/gothic metal project created by Marcos Cesar in 2005, blending rock and metal with gothic atmospheres across multiple albums. Their 2011 release Loneliness still is the friend was named among the year's best albums by critics, and they were signed to Greek label Burning Star Records.
Vaellus is a doom/gothic metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2025. They blend doom metal's crushing weight with gothic metal's dark atmospheric beauty.
Vale of Tears is a gothic/melodic death metal band from Karcag, Hungary, formed in 2023. They evolved from gothic/death metal origins toward a more melodic death metal sound.
Valkiria is a one-man project created by Valkus in Italy in 1996, evolving from early black metal to epic gothic metal. Across an extensive discography — from 1997's "The Narrow Bed" through 2024's "Embrace the End" — the project has maintained nearly three decades of consistent output.
Vampiria was a melodic black/gothic metal band founded in April 1997 in Olavarría, Buenos Aires province, featuring members including vocalist Konde, guitarist and keyboardist Oswalth, and soprano keyboardist Elisa. The band recorded their albums at La Nave de Oseberg studio in Buenos Aires, releasing "Among Mortals" (2000), "Wicked Charm" (2002), and "Sanguinarian Context" (2008) before dissolving around 2009.
Nashville's Vampiric Baptism drag black metal through the machinery of industrial and gothic darkness, adding deathrock theatrics to the mix since their 2021 formation. The contrast between Music City's roots and their occult, mechanized extremity makes them one of the scene's more unsettling outliers.
Silves-based Vanquish crafts gothic metal from Portugal's sun-drenched Algarve coast, creating a striking contrast between their dark, melancholic sound and their Mediterranean surroundings. Their compositions layer atmospheric keyboards over heavy guitar work with emotional, dual vocal approaches.
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