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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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The King Live In Paris (24-bit HD Audio) (2024)
05/02 @ The Clyde Theatre - Fort Wayne, IN, Fort Wayne
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Verum is an industrial metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2019. They blend mechanized industrial textures with heavy metal's power for a cold, precise sonic assault.
Verwahrlosen is an atmospheric doom/black metal project from Germany, formed in 2021. The project merges the crushing weight of doom with black metal's bleakness in immersive atmospheric compositions.
Verwoed is a black metal band from Utrecht, Netherlands, formed in 2014. They channel atmospheric black metal from the Dutch heartland.
Verzauber is a black metal project from Cork, Ireland, formed in 2023. They deliver atmospheric black metal from the Irish southwest.
Vesania was formed in 1997 in Legionowo, Poland, playing symphonic black and death metal with dense, theatrical arrangements. The band was notable for featuring Orion of Behemoth on bass and Daray, who also drummed for Vader and Dimmu Borgir, giving the project deep ties to the Polish extreme metal elite. Their debut release, a split with Black Altar, arrived in 2002, and the band remained active until disbanding in 2018.
Vesen is a black/thrash metal band from Oslo/Romerike, Norway, formed in 2023. They fuse black metal's raw intensity with thrash's riff-driven aggression.
Vesperal is a black metal project from Nice, France, formed in 2017. They deliver atmospheric black metal from the French Riviera.
Active since 1994, one of Texas's longest-running black metal acts. Released records on Displeased Records and The Path Less Traveled.
Vespillo is a black metal project from Greece, formed in 2025. They deliver atmospheric black metal from the Greek underground.
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