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Viikate is a melodic heavy metal band from Kouvola, Finland, active since 2012, incorporating Schlager pop influences into their heavy metal framework. This unusual fusion of Finnish schlager and heavy metal creates a distinctly Finnish sound.
Viil is a one-person black metal project from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, operated by the musician L.H., who writes, performs, records, and masters all material alone. The project has released three EPs in quick succession — EP I (December 2020), EP II (June 2021), and EP III (May 2022) — placing it within Brazil's RABM underground.
Denton, Texas' Vikar arrived in 2020 to obliterate everything in under two minutes at a time, as grindcore demands. Steeped in the absurdist fury and DIY ferocity that has long defined Denton's punk-adjacent underground, they waste no time getting to the point.
Columbus, Indiana's Viken blend heavy metal and hard rock into something road-worn and unpretentious, the kind of music that sounds best heard through a truck window at highway speed. Since 2015, the band has occupied a comfortable space between classic metal's riff worship and rock's open-road swagger.
Viking Galaxy is a power metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2013. They deliver epic, anthemic power metal with cosmic and Viking themes.
Viking Skull is a heavy metal band from Corby, England, active since 2003 with a deep catalog including "Born In Hell," "Doom Gloom Heartache & Whiskey," and "Cursed by the Sword." Their prolific output delivers hard-driving, whiskey-fueled heavy metal.
Vikingblood is a black metal project from Germany, formed in 2017. The project draws on Norse and Viking thematic elements filtered through raw black metal aggression.
Vikingos is a heavy rock and metal band from the Las Heras department of Mendoza, Argentina, led by guitarist and vocalist Alejandro "Chicho" Carabajal alongside bassist Alejandro "Piti" Delgado and drummer Santi "Pantro" Cortijo. Active since the early 2000s, they contributed to the regional compilation "Guerreros Cuyanos" (2008) alongside bands from Mendoza, San Juan, and San Luis, and have shared stages with Argentine metal acts including Almafuerte and Horcas.
Swedish act Vildbrand, whose name means "wildfire," delivers raw, scorching black metal with an intensity that lives up to their incendiary namesake. Their compositions burn through blast-driven passages and tremolo fury with unrelenting ferocity.
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