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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Vatikan is a black metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2014. They deliver raw, blasphemous black metal channeling the anti-religious fervor suggested by their provocative name.
Vattnet Viskar — Swedish for "the water is whispering" — formed in Plaistow, New Hampshire in 2010 and played atmospheric black metal that incorporated post-rock dynamics and shoegaze texture alongside conventional black metal extremity. Their debut full-length Sky Swallower (2013) was followed by Settler (2015) on Century Media Records, which expanded the band's sonic palette into more expansive, melodic territory. The band renamed themselves Vattnet in 2016 and released a final self-titled album in 2017 before disbanding.
Vature is a black/post-metal band from Kiel, Germany, formed in 2017. They merge the atmospheric expansiveness of post-metal with black metal's intensity and aggression.
Crushing Death Metal / Grindcore from Dallas.
Vaulting is a technical death metal/grindcore band from Wiesbaden, Germany, active since 2007. They combine grindcore's chaotic brevity with death metal's technical precision for a punishing extreme metal assault.
Vaultrust is an atmospheric black metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2017. They craft immersive, layered atmospheric black metal from the Spanish capital.
Vaurien is a raw black metal/ambient project from Paris, France, formed in 2018. Their name meaning "scoundrel" in French, they blend raw black metal with ambient passages.
Vauruvã is a two-person progressive black metal project from Rio de Janeiro: multi-instrumentalist Caio Lemos composes and records everything beneath the vocals and lyrics of Bruno Augusto Ribeiro. Since their 2021 debut Manso Queimor Dacordado — later picked up for a physical release by Pest Productions — the band has woven atmospheric black metal together with Brazilian and indigenous folk textures, culminating in the 2025 album Mar da Deriva, a three-track, thirty-five-minute work recorded between spring 2024 and autumn 2025.
Vazgar is a black metal project from the UK, formed in 2025. They pursue raw, uncompromising black metal.
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