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Indianapolis grindcore outfit Venality have been trading in rapid-fire moral disgust since 2021, compressing maximum hostility into minimum runtime. Short songs, maximum impact — pure grind from the heart of the Midwest.
Venganza del Indio are a death/grindcore band from Puerto Montt, Chile, formed in 2021. They self-describe as "death grind metal from Puerto Montt, Chile" and released a self-titled twelve-track EP in September 2021.
Venomous Concept was formed in 2004 by Shane Embury of Napalm Death and Kevin Sharp of Brutal Truth, two of grindcore's most recognized musicians, who assembled the project as a direct tribute to their hardcore punk roots — particularly Poison Idea, Black Flag, and Japanese hardcore. The band plays stripped-down, fast hardcore punk at odds with the technical extremity of the members' primary bands, producing five studio albums on Season of Mist including Retroactive Abortion (2004), Kick Me Silly VCIII (2016), and The Good Ship Lollipop (2023).
Bielsko-Biala's Verminking grinds through a punishing fusion of death metal and grindcore, delivering short, explosive bursts of brutality. Their relentless blasting and guttural vocals channel the intensity of Nasum and Brutal Truth.
Vicious Bastard is a grindcore band from Stourbridge, England, formed in 2019. They deliver chaotic, violent grindcore from the West Midlands.
Swedish act Vider merges black metal, death metal, and grindcore into a volatile, genre-defying cocktail of extremity. Their unpredictable compositions shift between blast-driven fury and grinding aggression with reckless abandon.
Denton, Texas' Vikar arrived in 2020 to obliterate everything in under two minutes at a time, as grindcore demands. Steeped in the absurdist fury and DIY ferocity that has long defined Denton's punk-adjacent underground, they waste no time getting to the point.
Vile Disgust is a death metal/grindcore band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2009. They combine death metal's brutality with grindcore's chaotic intensity.
Vile Scavengers is a death metal/grindcore band from Burgos, Spain, formed in 2022. They combine death metal's brutality with grindcore's chaotic velocity.
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