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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.
Vlad Tepes is a black metal band from Brest, France, active since 2009. Named after the historical Wallachian prince, they channel raw, atmospheric black metal from Brittany.
Los Angeles melodic death metal band formed in 2013, taking their name from the historical figure whose cruelties gave birth to Dracula mythology and pairing it with a decade-plus of riff-driven songwriting that balances aggression with atmosphere. Shaped by the competitive LA metal underground, they pursue the Scandinavian-influenced tradition of letting darkness and melody feed each other rather than fight.
Vladek is a melodic black metal project from Alicante, Spain, formed in 2020. They blend melodic elements with black metal's atmospheric intensity.
Vlk is a progressive/post-black metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2013. They merge the atmospheric expansiveness of post-black metal with progressive composition and dynamic song structures.
Vlkoslak is a symphonic black metal band from Leverano near Lecce, Italy, active since 2001. They layer symphonic orchestration over black metal's ferocity from the Salento region.
Vloed is a Belgian metal band from the Aarschot/Tielt-Winge region, formed in 2020 and drawing on doom, progressive, and old-school metal influences. Their releases "De Dag" and "Darkness" feature dark, obscure themes delivered through a blend of melodic and heavy subgenres, with Dutch-language tracks adding a distinctive regional identity.
Vlterior is a death metal band from the Ferrara/Bologna area of Italy, formed in 2019. They deliver crushing death metal from the Emilia-Romagna underground.
Vltima is a black metal project from Germany, active since 2001. They have maintained a long-running presence in the German black metal underground with raw, uncompromising compositions.
VLTIMAS is an extreme metal supergroup formed in 2015, uniting Norwegian guitarist Rune "Blasphemer" Eriksen (ex-Mayhem, Aura Noir), American vocalist David Vincent (ex-Morbid Angel), and Canadian drummer Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy. The band's blackened death metal sound synthesizes the cold Scandinavian riff architecture associated with Eriksen's black metal past with the brutal American death metal traditions represented by his bandmates. Their debut Something Wicked Marches In (2019) and follow-up EPIC, both released on Season of Mist, established them as one of the genre's most formidable recent collaborations.
Vltor is a pagan black/folk metal band from northern Italy, formed in 2019. They weave pagan and folk elements into an aggressive black metal framework.
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