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A Grey Sigh In A Flower Husk (2007)
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Paper Tiger (2025)
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Chicago's Vile Secretion have been operating in the city's uncompromising death metal underground since 2017, delivering the kind of fleshy, old-school brutality that requires no explanation. The name tells you everything you need to know, and they deliver on every syllable of it.
Born in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 2025, Vile Serpent deal in raw black metal stripped to its rawest, most venomous essentials. Their home region — steeped in folklore, storms, and wide open plains — is perfect terrain for metal this cold and unadorned.
Istanbul's Vile Urn delivers aggressive metalcore from Turkey's largest city, pairing crushing breakdowns with melodic guitar leads. Their polished, modern approach channels Western metalcore influences through the energy of Istanbul's vibrant underground music scene.
Vasteras' Vilefuck delivers exactly the kind of unsubtle death-thrash their name promises, grinding through aggressive compositions that prioritize impact over finesse. Their confrontational approach channels the raw energy of Sweden's underground extreme metal scene.
Colorado's Vileness emerged in 2023 to practice black metal in its most unmediated, atmospheric form, drawing from their state's high-altitude isolation and long winters. Short on ceremony and long on misanthropic intent, they deliver darkness with a direct hand.
Viletale is a blackened death metal band from Blumenau, Santa Catarina, active since 2016, whose output draws heavily on H.P. Lovecraft's mythology. The band built their discography through a succession of EPs — including "From the Depths Ov Mind" (2017) and "The Suicide of Dei" (2017) — before issuing their first full-length, "Land of Thousand Pleasures," in December 2018.
Vilethrone is a death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2024. They deliver crushing death metal from the Catalan underground.
Vili Kušen is a progressive/groove metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2021. They blend progressive metal's complexity with groove metal's rhythmic weight.
Vilipêndio is a speed/thrash and hardcore crossover band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2012, fusing the aggression of Brazil's thrash tradition with hardcore punk energy. The band appeared on a limited three-way split cassette alongside Espectro Tenebroso and A.N.T.I.L.I.V., released on Arte Ancestral Records in December 2019 in a run of 33 copies.
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