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Virologist

Simi Valley, CA, US · 2023–present · active
Simi Valley's Virologist emerged in 2023 with a brutal death metal sound steeped in the Southern California tradition of clinical heaviness — surgical riffing, inhuman drumming, and vocals that function more as a percussive instrument than a narrative voice. Their name signals both their thematic preoccupations and the methodical, almost scientific precision they bring to the craft.
Brutal Death MetalDeath Metal

Virology

Cardiff, GB · 2023–present · active
Virology is a death metal band from Cardiff, Wales, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing death metal from the Welsh capital.
Death Metal

Viron

Worms, DE · 2022–present · active
Viron is a power metal band from Worms, Germany, formed in 2022. They deliver anthemic power metal in the tradition of the German power metal school.
Power Metal

Virophage

London, GB · 2012–present · active
Virophage is a black metal band from London, active since 2012. They channel atmospheric black metal from the British capital.
Black Metal

Virtaus

Mäntsälä, FI · 2022–present · active
Virtaus is a black metal project from Mäntsälä, Finland, formed in 2022. Their name meaning "current" or "flow" in Finnish, they channel atmospheric black metal from rural southern Finland.
Black Metal

Virtual Dreams

Gütersloh, DE · 2015–present · active
Virtual Dreams is a progressive metal band from Gütersloh, Germany, formed in 2015. They explore complex, technically ambitious progressive metal compositions.
Progressive Metal

Virtual Lies

Mitilini, GR · 2022–present · active
Virtual Lies is a progressive metal/rock band from Mitilini, Greece, formed in 2022. They explore complex progressive compositions from the Aegean island of Lesbos.
Progressive Metal

Virtual Void

Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, CZ · 2018–present · active
Virtual Void is a death/thrash metal band from Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. Their sound merges death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless energy in the Czech underground scene.
Death MetalThrash Metal

Virtue

Oxford, GB · 2018–present · active
Virtue is a NWOBHM/heavy metal band from Oxford, England, formed in 2018. They revive the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with classic riffing and anthemic vocals.
Heavy MetalNWOBHM

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