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Vaultrust is an atmospheric black metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2017. They craft immersive, layered atmospheric black metal from the Spanish capital.
Vaurien is a raw black metal/ambient project from Paris, France, formed in 2018. Their name meaning "scoundrel" in French, they blend raw black metal with ambient passages.
Vazgar is a black metal project from the UK, formed in 2025. They pursue raw, uncompromising black metal.
VDBS is a thrash metal band from Strasbourg, France, formed in 2015. They play aggressive, fast-paced thrash metal from the Alsatian underground.
Vebrifuge is a speed/thrash metal band from Bocholt, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver high-velocity thrash and speed metal in the tradition of the German thrash movement.
Vecordious is a black/death metal band from Trondheim, Norway, active since 2011. They combine the ferocity of black and death metal from the Trøndelag underground.
Moscow's Vector of Underground bridges the aggression of death metal with metalcore's breakdown-heavy approach, creating a hybrid rooted in the Russian capital's active underground scene. Their modern, heavy sound reflects the influence of both Scandinavian death metal and American metalcore.
Ornskoldsvik's Vedalia blends power metal's epic sweep with progressive metal's structural complexity, creating compositions that balance technical ambition with melodic accessibility. Their sound reflects northern Sweden's tradition of producing sophisticated, technically accomplished metal acts.
Izhevsk-based Vedmak, whose name means "warlock" in Russian, fuses black and death metal with occult themes drawn from Slavic mysticism. Their compositions draw on the Ural region's cold, isolated atmosphere to create dark, ritualistic extremity.
Warsaw's Vedonist hammers out death-thrash with a relentless intensity characteristic of Poland's deep extreme metal underground. Their compositions prioritize speed and aggression, delivering a punishing assault of blast beats and razor-sharp riffing.
Vega is a heavy metal band from Split, Croatia, formed in 2015. They play traditional heavy metal from the Dalmatian coast.
Vegard is an atmospheric black metal/ambient project from Devon, England, formed in 2019. They blend atmospheric black metal with ambient passages inspired by the English countryside.
Houston's Vegeraksha emerged in 2024 fusing the crushing weight of doom metal with black metal's spectral malice. Even as a nascent project, their music carries the humid oppressiveness of the Texas Gulf Coast filtered through something genuinely sinister.
Vegralt is an experimental doom metal project from Alzira, Spain, formed in 2022. They push doom metal's boundaries with experimental and unconventional compositional approaches.
Veil is a death/thrash metal band from Fuenlabrada, Spain, formed in 2020. They combine death metal's heaviness with thrash's velocity from the Madrid metropolitan area.
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