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Vera Cruz was formed in Paris in 2009, blending melodic hardcore and metalcore with a raw rock 'n' roll edge. The band released their debut EP Surviving Farrah Fawcett in 2010 and followed it with their full-length Skinandteethandnails, which captured the volatile intensity that made them a fixture on the European hardcore circuit alongside acts such as Terror, Every Time I Die, and Cancer Bats. The band disbanded in 2015 after several years of relentless touring across Europe.
Wilmington, Delaware's Vicious Embrace have spent a decade weaponizing the collision between hardcore's raw aggression and metalcore's technical drive. The band's name doubles as a mission statement — they pull you close and then punish you for it.
Vilipêndio is a speed/thrash and hardcore crossover band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2012, fusing the aggression of Brazil's thrash tradition with hardcore punk energy. The band appeared on a limited three-way split cassette alongside Espectro Tenebroso and A.N.T.I.L.I.V., released on Arte Ancestral Records in December 2019 in a run of 33 copies.
New York's Vise Massacre has been hammering out hardcore-thrash crossover since 2012, embodying the no-nonsense collision of punk attitude and metal precision that the genre has always promised. Their sound is built for small rooms and large amounts of sweat — stripped down, fast, and combative in the best tradition of the New York underground.
Morgantown, West Virginia's Vulgar Royalty formed in 2021 with a sound that collapses grindcore, hardcore, and sludge metal into one misanthropic heap. The combination gives their music a relentless forward momentum shot through with the kind of slow, grinding dread that sludge does best.
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