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Vastator is a black metal project from Hesse, Germany, formed in 2014. They deliver raw, aggressive black metal from the German underground.
Gliwice's Vates drives hard with a death-thrash hybrid that channels the aggressive spirit of Kreator and early Sepultura through a modern Polish metal lens. Their tight, riff-centric approach favors rhythmic precision and controlled fury.
Vathsath are a black metal duo from Quintero, Chile, formed in 2025. Their debut album "Forgotten and Lost Empires" (2025) draws on the philosophy of Nietzsche, exploring nihilism and existential collapse across six tracks of melodic black metal with atmospheric keyboards.
Vathsath are a black metal duo from Quintero, Chile, formed in 2025. Their debut album "Forgotten and Lost Empires" (2025) draws on the philosophy of Nietzsche, exploring nihilism and existential collapse across six tracks of melodic black metal with atmospheric keyboards.
Vatican Spectrum is a thrash metal band from Cartagena, Spain, formed in 2022. They play aggressive, riff-driven thrash metal from the Spanish Mediterranean coast.
Vatikan is a black metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2014. They deliver raw, blasphemous black metal channeling the anti-religious fervor suggested by their provocative name.
Vattnet Viskar — Swedish for "the water is whispering" — formed in Plaistow, New Hampshire in 2010 and played atmospheric black metal that incorporated post-rock dynamics and shoegaze texture alongside conventional black metal extremity. Their debut full-length Sky Swallower (2013) was followed by Settler (2015) on Century Media Records, which expanded the band's sonic palette into more expansive, melodic territory. The band renamed themselves Vattnet in 2016 and released a final self-titled album in 2017 before disbanding.
Vature is a black/post-metal band from Kiel, Germany, formed in 2017. They merge the atmospheric expansiveness of post-metal with black metal's intensity and aggression.
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