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Vanguarda Metal Revolucionária (VxMxR) is a heavy and speed metal project from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2017 with a deliberately political, left-wing mission embedded into its music. The band — featuring MOSH X on vocals, EDOOM on guitars, JUCA on bass, and MINDU on drums — released the single "Metal Comunista" in 2017 and "Batismo de Sangue" in 2018, framing classic metal aggression as an instrument of political consciousness.
Cleveland's Vanik play speed and heavy metal with the gonzo energy of someone who discovered Motörhead and never recovered. Since 2016, they've been delivering short, hard-charging songs that feel like they were written in a garage and meant to be heard very, very loud.
Vebrifuge is a speed/thrash metal band from Bocholt, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver high-velocity thrash and speed metal in the tradition of the German thrash movement.
Venomwolf is a black/speed metal/punk band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2015. They fuse the rawness of black and speed metal with punk's confrontational energy.
Veteris is a black/speed metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2015. They fuse black metal's ferocity with speed metal's relentless velocity.
Milwaukee's Victim deal in the turbocharged intersection of speed metal and thrash, where the BPM never drops and the riffs pile up like a freeway crash. Since 2013, they've been one of the Midwest's most reliable sources of pure kinetic damage.
Vikingos is a heavy rock and metal band from the Las Heras department of Mendoza, Argentina, led by guitarist and vocalist Alejandro "Chicho" Carabajal alongside bassist Alejandro "Piti" Delgado and drummer Santi "Pantro" Cortijo. Active since the early 2000s, they contributed to the regional compilation "Guerreros Cuyanos" (2008) alongside bands from Mendoza, San Juan, and San Luis, and have shared stages with Argentine metal acts including Almafuerte and Horcas.
Violent Sin is a speed/black metal band from Kortrijk, Belgium, formed in 2009. They deliver ferocious, tempo-driven metal that fuses the velocity of speed metal with the rawness and aggression of black metal.
Vitriolic is a black/speed metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2019. They merge black metal's icy ferocity with speed metal's relentless velocity.
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