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Vaina is an avant-garde black metal, dark ambient, and noise project from Finland, formed in 2017. The project pushes extreme boundaries by merging avant-garde black metal with dark ambient and noise experimentation.
Vainaja is a three-piece death/doom metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2011 and performing entirely in Finnish. Their albums — including "Kadotetut," "Verenvalaja," and "Kiviristi" — are concept-driven narratives based on encrypted historical events, combining crushing riffs with dark melodies in what has been called one of the heaviest Finnish-language records.
Vaincue is a black metal/shoegaze project from Scotland, formed in 2025. They blend black metal's intensity with shoegaze's dreamy, wall-of-sound textures.
VainHopes is a heavy metal band from Agrigento, Sicily, formed in 2022. They play traditional heavy metal from the Sicilian south.
Vaino is a black metal project from Jyväskylä, Finland, formed in 2022. They deliver intense black metal from the Finnish lake district.
Vainot is a black metal project from Finland, formed in 2024. The project pursues raw, atmospheric black metal in the rich Finnish tradition.
Vajass is a black metal project from Grumo Appula near Bari, Italy, formed in 2016. They deliver atmospheric black metal from the Pugliese underground.
Vakan is a heavy metal band from Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, founded in 2010 by Carlos Schmitt, Guma Streb, and Matheus Oliveira. Their 2018 debut album "Vagabond" — featuring vocalist Matheus Oliveira, guitarist Alexandre Marinho, bassist Natanael Couto, and drummer Lucas Oliveira — weaves traditional gaúcho folk elements into a sound shaped by Iron Maiden, Helloween, and Angra.
Vaktal is a progressive thrash metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2021. They combine thrash metal's aggression with progressive structures.
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