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Vazio emerged from São Paulo in 2017 with a self-titled EP that announced a band fluent in raw, occult-charged black metal — a sound the four-piece (Renato Gimenez on vocals and guitar, Eric Nefus Cavalcante on guitar, Nilson Slaughter on bass, and Daniel Vecchi on drums) has refined across a series of splits and full-lengths including Necrocosmos. Their themes span the void, Quimbanda, necromancy, and dark spiritualism, rooting their music in Brazil's own esoteric traditions alongside orthodox black metal grimness.
VCTMS are an Illinois metalcore band whose music is built around groove, breakdown pressure, and an atmosphere of emotional damage. Emerging in the 2010s heavy scene, the group developed a catalog through the Vol. series and later releases that combine nu-metal bounce, metallic hardcore impact, depressive lyric themes, and abrupt rhythmic shifts. Rather than chasing glossy arena metalcore, VCTMS often keep their sound claustrophobic, with harsh vocals, downtuned guitars, samples, and percussion arranged to feel anxious and unstable. Songs such as "Sick // Tired," "Hell Is Other People," "Carefully // Caged," and "The Words I Never Said" show the band's preference for blunt catharsis over technical display. Their scope is directly metal and metalcore, with enough alternative-metal and nu-metal influence to make the songs feel contemporary rather than strictly old-school hardcore. VCTMS' appeal lies in mood as much as riffing. The music sounds worn down, angry, and confrontational, built for listeners who want heavy music to acknowledge panic, resentment, and isolation without smoothing the edges.
VDBS is a thrash metal band from Strasbourg, France, formed in 2015. They play aggressive, fast-paced thrash metal from the Alsatian underground.
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.
Vecordious is a black/death metal band from Trondheim, Norway, active since 2011. They combine the ferocity of black and death metal from the Trøndelag underground.
Moscow's Vector of Underground bridges the aggression of death metal with metalcore's breakdown-heavy approach, creating a hybrid rooted in the Russian capital's active underground scene. Their modern, heavy sound reflects the influence of both Scandinavian death metal and American metalcore.
Ornskoldsvik's Vedalia blends power metal's epic sweep with progressive metal's structural complexity, creating compositions that balance technical ambition with melodic accessibility. Their sound reflects northern Sweden's tradition of producing sophisticated, technically accomplished metal acts.
Izhevsk-based Vedmak, whose name means "warlock" in Russian, fuses black and death metal with occult themes drawn from Slavic mysticism. Their compositions draw on the Ural region's cold, isolated atmosphere to create dark, ritualistic extremity.
Warsaw's Vedonist hammers out death-thrash with a relentless intensity characteristic of Poland's deep extreme metal underground. Their compositions prioritize speed and aggression, delivering a punishing assault of blast beats and razor-sharp riffing.
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