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Vortices is a black metal project from England, formed in 2020. They deliver atmospheric black metal from the English underground.
Vortigan is a doom metal band from Hetzmannsdorf in Lower Austria, active since 2011 and self-described practitioners of "KingSizeUltraDoom." Their 2011 demo "The Last Judgement" is a single monolithic track spanning nearly 39 minutes of crushing, glacially paced doom.
Vorture is a black metal project from Finland, formed in 2019. The project pursues uncompromising black metal in the Finnish tradition.
Colossal Stoner / Doom Metal / Rock out of Texas.
Vosbúð is a black metal project from Iceland, formed in 2019. They channel raw black metal from the Nordic volcanic landscape.
Vosforis is an industrial black metal project from London, formed in 2024. They merge mechanized industrial textures with black metal's raw intensity.
Votan has been channeling epic black metal out of Corpus Christi, Texas since 2016, drawing on the mythological resonance of the Mesoamerican deity their name invokes. The South Texas coastal setting is an unlikely crucible for this kind of sweeping, grandiose black metal, which makes the project's ambitions feel more singular. Their compositions reach for the kind of mythic grandeur associated with European epic black metal while remaining rooted in their own cultural context.
Votive is an atmospheric sludge/post-metal band from Shropshire, England, formed in 2022. They blend atmospheric sludge with post-metal's expansive dynamics.
Charlotte, North Carolina's Votnut have been grinding since 2012, building a catalogue of short, furious grindcore that has no patience for anything that doesn't immediately attack. The band fits squarely within grindcore's tradition of radical brevity and maximum intensity, with songs that land like a series of quick body blows. More than a decade into their existence, they remain a stubborn fixture in the Southeast underground.
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