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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Swedish project Vemodig Hemfard, whose name translates to "melancholic homecoming," channels the sadness and longing implied by their name into harrowing depressive black metal. Their compositions dwell in desolation, using minimal instrumentation and raw production to amplify the emotional impact.
Vempire is a thrash/heavy metal band from Wevelgem, Belgium, formed in 2023. They channel classic European thrash and heavy metal traditions with aggressive riffing and high-energy performances.
Swedish act Ven delivers a merciless hybrid of black and death metal, combining both genres' most aggressive tendencies into a relentless assault. Their compositions favor uncompromising intensity and dark atmosphere over melodic concession.
Iasi's Vena Cava delivers aggressive death metal from eastern Romania, channeling the ancient city's dark heritage into crushing compositions. Their anatomically named project emphasizes the visceral and clinical aspects of death metal.
Venalitia is a heavy/thrash metal band from Zaragoza, Spain, formed in 2021. They combine the melodic power of heavy metal with thrash's aggressive energy.
Indianapolis grindcore outfit Venality have been trading in rapid-fire moral disgust since 2021, compressing maximum hostility into minimum runtime. Short songs, maximum impact — pure grind from the heart of the Midwest.
Venator is a heavy metal band from Linz, Austria, formed in 2015 and devoted to the classic European heavy metal tradition. Their sound channels the energy of NWOBHM and traditional metal with galloping riffs and soaring vocals.
Venator Infernalis is a black metal project from Bogotá, Colombia, active since 2008 under the command of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Infernak. Their debut EP "VI:I" was originally recorded at War Studio in Bogotá and first published in 2011, with a remastered reissue following in 2015. The project delivers raw, Satanic black metal in the Colombian underground tradition.
Vended are a Des Moines, Iowa metal band formed in 2018, bringing a new-generation version of nu metal and metalcore out of a city already deeply associated with modern heavy music. Fronted by Griffin Taylor and featuring drummer Simon Crahan, the group inevitably attracted attention because of family connections to Slipknot, but the band has worked to establish its own identity through touring, aggressive singles, and a self-titled debut album. Their sound favors downtuned riffs, shouted and screamed vocals, percussive grooves, sudden tempo shifts, and lyrics centered on anger, mental strain, betrayal, and survival. Vended's music is not subtle, but subtlety is not the goal. The point is impact: riffs that land hard, vocals that feel physically pushed, and arrangements that aim for live-room release. The band's strongest material comes when the nu metal bounce and metalcore attack reinforce each other instead of competing, giving the songs both movement and punishment. Vended represent a younger wave of American metal that treats the sounds of the late 1990s and 2000s as raw material rather than nostalgia. They are still a developing band, but their appeal comes from force, urgency, and a willingness to be judged on volume.
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