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Originally from Russia and later relocating between Finland and Sao Paulo, Vzor crafts atmospheric black metal informed by this unusual geographic journey. Their compositions layer ambient textures over tremolo-driven foundations, creating expansive soundscapes that reflect their transnational creative vision.
Váboði is a black metal project from Iceland, formed in 2013. They deliver atmospheric, raw black metal from the Icelandic underground.
Váli is a drone/doom metal band from Essex, England, formed in 2013. They deliver crushing, minimalist drone doom from the English southeast.
Vándr is a black/death metal band from the Derbyshire/Nottingham area of England, formed in 2020. They combine black metal's atmospheric darkness with death metal's ferocity.
Romanian project Varcolac, named after the Romanian mythological creature similar to a werewolf, delivers raw black metal steeped in Carpathian folklore. Their compositions evoke the transformative, bestial nature of their namesake through feral tremolo work and savage percussion.
Väestönsuoja is a grindcore/death metal band from Espoo, Finland, formed in 2020. Their name meaning "bomb shelter" in Finnish, they deliver explosive grindcore and death metal.
Väet is a black/doom/pagan metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2024. They merge the weight of doom with the darkness of black metal and pagan thematic elements.
Stockholm's Vakaren, whose name means "the guardian" in Swedish, delivers fierce black metal from the Swedish capital. Their aggressive compositions channel the intensity of the Scandinavian black metal tradition through relentless tremolo work and blast-driven percussion.
Välen Fröst is a one-person depressive black metal and shoegaze project from Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2024. Their debut album "Rejection of Humanity," released December 22, 2024, spans five tracks of murky blackgaze built around themes of isolation, emptiness, and the will to disappear.
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