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Vargens Blood is a melodic black metal band from Mexicali, Baja California, formed in 2012. The project released its debut demo, Death Path Ritual, in 2012 and followed it with the debut full-length Hidden Sens of the Heretic in 2025. The band operates as an independent act and draws on classic melodic black metal aesthetics rooted in darkness and occult themes.
Vargnatt is a German black metal project from Koblenz, active since 2007 and featuring viola alongside traditional black metal instrumentation. Their discography — from 2007's "Wintergrab" through 2015's "Grausammler" — delivers melancholic, German-language black metal with extended atmospheric compositions recorded by core members Evae and Wiedergaenger.
Vargr Nocthyrr is a black metal project from Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, operating under the name Carlos Misanthropic and signed to Depressive Illusions Records. Their 2025 debut Revelations Through Fang and Blood is structured as a three-part ritual — the wolf, the vampire, and the blood oath — drawing on Satanic, Luciferian, and lycanthropic imagery across its three compositions.
Vargrimm is a black metal band from Berlin, Germany, formally established in January 2008 though all members had prior involvement in other metal acts. Their releases "Des Wolfes Zorn" and "Vom Wolf unter Schafen" channel German-language black metal with a wolf-themed conceptual identity.
Vargsheim is a black metal band from Würzburg, Germany, active since 2007 and blending raw and melodic black metal with unexpected influences from grunge and classic rock. Their extensive discography includes splits with Imperium Dekadenz and Hlidskjalf, with a sound the band insists "never sounds like patchwork" despite its eclectic roots.
Vargskraft is a black/pagan metal band from Comodoro Rivadavia, in the Chubut province of Patagonian Argentina, featuring a multi-member lineup including Velkan on vocals, VargVind on bass, DysterEnsomheit and Vinter on guitars, and Panzer on drums. The band released their debut EP "Aullidos de Libertad" on December 2, 2015, a three-track release with songs including "Estrategia Alfa" and "Fortaleza de Lobo."
Swedish project Vargthron delivers raw black metal with a deliberately lo-fi aesthetic that embraces tape distortion and minimal production. Their primitive approach strips the genre to its most hostile core, favoring atmosphere and aggression over clarity.
Philadelphia's Varials deal in a suffocating strain of metallic hardcore that draws equally from beatdown and death metal, punctuated by crushing low-tuned breakdowns and vocalist Travis Tabron's venomous delivery. Albums like 'Pain Again' and 'In Darkness' showcase a band unafraid to push heaviness to its most oppressive extremes.
Norrkoping's Varices brings together death metal's crushing weight, groove metal's rhythmic punch, and melodic death metal's soaring harmonies into a versatile hybrid. Their multi-faceted approach keeps compositions dynamic and unpredictable.
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