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Formed in Las Vegas in 2022, Von Boldt bring heavy metal to a city whose neon spectacle and underlying desert desolation make for an unexpectedly fitting backdrop for the genre. Still early in their trajectory, they're building on traditional heavy metal foundations with the kind of earnest conviction that suggests the city's outsider reputation is actually a point of pride.
Von der Spree is a progressive/doom metal/rock band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2024. Named after Berlin's Spree River, they blend progressive compositions with doom metal's weight and rock accessibility.
Portland, Oregon's Von Doom have been working the metalcore circuit since 2017, drawing on the genre's interplay between crushing breakdowns and melodic tension in a city whose scene has consistently rewarded bands that take the form seriously. They fit naturally into Portland's broad experimental metal community while keeping their aggression properly anchored.
Von Drakus is a four-piece thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band from Gießen, Hesse, Germany, active since 2009. They fuse thrash metal's speed with hardcore punk's raw energy and confrontational spirit.
Von Pey is a melodic death metal band from Cologne, Germany, active since 2004. They play melodic death metal with dual-guitar harmonies and dynamic vocal contrasts.
Von Trapp is a black metal/hardcore band from Kouvola, Finland, active since 2006. With nearly two decades of activity, they blend black metal's intensity with hardcore's confrontational energy.
Vonlaus is a black metal project from Reykjavík, Iceland, formed in 2018. They deliver atmospheric black metal from the Icelandic capital.
Norwegian project Vonn operates at the punishing intersection of drone, doom, and industrial metal, creating suffocating walls of low-frequency sound. Their compositions stretch time and patience alike, building massive soundscapes from distorted feedback and mechanized percussion.
Voodoopriest is a death/thrash metal band from São Paulo, led by vocalist Vitor Rodrigues (ex-Torture Squad) and featuring guitarist César Covero (Endrah, ex-Nervochaos) and guitarist Renato DeLuccas (Exhortation). The band released the album Mandu in 2014 through Die Hard Records, drawing on themes from Brazilian indigenous history, African religion, and Hindu spirituality, and followed it with Cipó dos Mortos before going on hold.
Voorish is a black metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, whose self-titled debut album arrived on August 30, 2024. The band—featuring vocalist Devil From Chaos, bassist Scepticismi Defensoris, and drummer Umbra Entitatis—channels themes of misanthropy, Satanism, and contempt for humanity through a sound rooted in classic black metal tradition.
Vora is a black metal project from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020. They channel raw, atmospheric black metal.
Voracian is a black metal/crust band from France, formed in 2012. They fuse black metal's darkness with crust punk's raw aggression.
Ruthless Slam / Brutal Death Metal from San Antonio.
Voragine is a black metal and crust punk band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed in 2017, whose sound has been described as blending the glacial melodies of second-wave black metal with the raw force of stadium crust. The band has released music through the SADRecords collective and has a demo EP under their name as well as the release "Oscuridad" documented on Metal Archives.
Vordr is a black metal project from Lappeenranta, Finland, formed in 2019. They deliver raw black metal from the Finnish-Russian border region.
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