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Vomit Bitch is a speed/thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2015. They play fast, aggressive speed/thrash metal with an irreverent attitude.
Fort Wayne, Indiana's Vomitkvlt have carved out a niche in the black/speed metal underground since 2015, merging the filth and velocity of early black metal with the leather-and-studs urgency of speed metal's punk-adjacent roots. Their material moves fast and mean, with a lo-fi rawness that suits both genres' contempt for polish.
Vulture formed in Dortmund, Germany in 2015, reviving the spirit of first-wave speed and thrash metal with songs that draw equally from Bay Area aggression, Teutonic thrash, and NWOBHM melodicism. Signed to Metal Blade Records, the band has released a prolific series of albums including Victim to the Blade (2016), The Guillotine (2017), Ghastly Waves & Battered Caves (2019), Dealin' Death (2021), and Sentinels (2024), building a devoted following among fans of uncompromised classic-style metal.
Vírus is a speed metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, with roots tracing back to the early 1980s — the group appeared on the seminal "SP Metal" compilation in 1984, one of the founding documents of Brazilian heavy metal. After decades of inactivity, the band reformed following a celebratory show at SESC Belenzinho in 2015 and released their debut album "Contágio" in 2019, recorded at Orra Meu! Studios in São Paulo with vocalist Flávio Ferb and guitarist Fernando Piu.
Portuguese act Vurmo channels the raw energy of classic heavy metal and speed metal with an old-school approach that nods to the NWOBHM and early Motorhead. Their stripped-down, high-velocity sound favors riff-driven directness over technical complexity.
Black, thrash, and speed metal band from Split, Croatia active since 2014. War Atrocities unleashes a triple assault of extreme speed and darkness from the Dalmatian coast.
Originally an Oakland band on Ripple Music, relocated to Austin in 2020. Two albums of Pentagram and Deep Purple-inspired heavy rock.
Heavy and speed metal band from Elche, Spain formed in 2018. War Dogs brings the high-octane energy of speed metal fused with heavy metal power from the Valencia region.
Power, thrash, and speed metal band from Stuttgart, Germany formed in 2015. Warfair blends the melodic ambition of power metal with the velocity of thrash and speed metal into an energetic triple threat.
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