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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
HYPA HYPA Tour - Live In Ludwigsburg (2023)
05/25 @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor, National Harbor
Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Atlantic Albums (2019)
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Viento Norte is a heavy metal band from Galdakao in the Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2014. They play traditional heavy metal with a proud regional identity.
Viikate is a melodic heavy metal band from Kouvola, Finland, active since 2012, incorporating Schlager pop influences into their heavy metal framework. This unusual fusion of Finnish schlager and heavy metal creates a distinctly Finnish sound.
Columbus, Indiana's Viken blend heavy metal and hard rock into something road-worn and unpretentious, the kind of music that sounds best heard through a truck window at highway speed. Since 2015, the band has occupied a comfortable space between classic metal's riff worship and rock's open-road swagger.
Viking Skull is a heavy metal band from Corby, England, active since 2003 with a deep catalog including "Born In Hell," "Doom Gloom Heartache & Whiskey," and "Cursed by the Sword." Their prolific output delivers hard-driving, whiskey-fueled heavy metal.
Vinas is a heavy/thrash metal band from Hungary, active since 1993. They are one of the longer-running metal acts in the Hungarian underground.
Violent City is a heavy metal/punk band from Paris, France, formed in 2023. They fuse heavy metal's power with punk's raw energy and urban aggression.
VipR is a heavy metal band from Löhne, Germany, formed in 2026. They play traditional heavy metal with straightforward, riff-driven compositions.
Viral Strain is a heavy metal band from Manchester, England, formed in 2017. They play aggressive heavy metal from the English north.
Virginia St Revival from Everett, Washington brings a hard rock-inflected heavy metal sensibility that recalls the straightforward power of the genre's pre-extreme era. Formed in 2019, they lean into hooks and groove rather than brutality, occupying a space where classic metal's accessibility and sincerity remain the primary values.
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