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Melbourne, Florida melodic death metal act formed in 2023, threading Scandinavian-influenced hooks through relentlessly heavy riffwork on Florida's Space Coast. Vivisector works the melodic death metal tradition of balancing atmosphere with brutality, letting neither the melody nor the crushing weight fully dominate the other.
American black/death metal project formed in 2013, their undisclosed location a deliberate extension of the underground anonymity their music inhabits. For over a decade Vivisektion has blurred the boundary between black and death metal rather than settling comfortably on either side, generating something rawer and harder to categorize than either genre alone.
Baltimore, Maryland slam and brutal death metal outfit formed in 2017, rooted in a city with a long tradition of supporting the heaviest corners of underground music. Vivisepulture channels that local intensity into slam death's bone-snapping breakdowns and maximalist brutality, a reliable and punishing presence on the East Coast extreme scene.
Vixen are a Saint Paul, Minnesota hard rock and glam metal band whose commercial peak in the late 1980s made them one of the most visible all-women groups in mainstream heavy rock. Founded by guitarist Jan Kuehnemund and later associated with the classic lineup of Kuehnemund, Janet Gardner, Share Ross, and Roxy Petrucci, the band broke through with the 1988 self-titled album and the hit Edge of a Broken Heart. Their sound sits in the polished lane of melodic hard rock, with tight guitar parts, harmony-rich choruses, arena-sized drums, and a balance between pop accessibility and metal-era flash. Rev It Up continued that identity with songs such as How Much Love and Love Is a Killer, showing a band that could compete directly in the MTV hard rock environment rather than being treated as a novelty. Vixen's history includes long breaks, lineup changes, reunion activity, and the lasting shadow of Kuehnemund's death, but the name remains important. They matter because they carved out space in a scene that often marketed women as exceptions. Vixen's best songs endure as sharp, melodic, professional hard rock, carried by musicianship, hooks, and a legacy of persistence.
Viz is a symphonic/avant-garde metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2021. They push the boundaries of symphonic metal with avant-garde compositional approaches.
Vizaresh is a brutal death metal band from Atibaia, São Paulo, featuring vocalist and bassist Flavio Ribeiro alongside guitarists Caio Angelotti and Denis Queiroz and drummer Alessandro Kelvin. The band debuted with the EP Gastronomy of Vivisection (2015) before releasing their full-length In the Depths in 2022.
Kazan's Vizim channels the Tatar capital's unique cultural crossroads into cold, aggressive black metal. Their compositions draw from the city's position between European and Asian Russia, creating a sound informed by both Slavic and steppe traditions.
Vizio is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Badalona, Spain. They play classic heavy metal and hard rock from the Barcelona metropolitan area.
Viölent Crush is a one-man black/thrash metal project from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, conceived by the sole member known as De'sade Bitchfucker and drawing direct inspiration from the raw aggression of Sarcófago, Hellhammer, and Venom. The project released the compilation "H.S.W.A.M" through Rocketz Records in 2022, which collected early demo recordings dating back to 2015 and 2016.
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