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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Viron is a power metal band from Worms, Germany, formed in 2022. They deliver anthemic power metal in the tradition of the German power metal school.
Virophage is a black metal band from London, active since 2012. They channel atmospheric black metal from the British capital.
Virtaus is a black metal project from Mäntsälä, Finland, formed in 2022. Their name meaning "current" or "flow" in Finnish, they channel atmospheric black metal from rural southern Finland.
Virtual Dreams is a progressive metal band from Gütersloh, Germany, formed in 2015. They explore complex, technically ambitious progressive metal compositions.
Virtual Lies is a progressive metal/rock band from Mitilini, Greece, formed in 2022. They explore complex progressive compositions from the Aegean island of Lesbos.
Virtual Void is a death/thrash metal band from Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. Their sound merges death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless energy in the Czech underground scene.
Virtue is a NWOBHM/heavy metal band from Oxford, England, formed in 2018. They revive the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with classic riffing and anthemic vocals.
Boston's Virulence stands apart in the death-grind landscape by incorporating jazz-influenced harmonic thinking into an otherwise ferocious framework — an approach that creates unexpected tension between structure and chaos. Founded in 2022, they occupy a niche in the city's storied extreme metal scene that is entirely their own, making even the most dissonant passages feel intentional.
Tampa's Virulence draws directly from the deep well of Florida death metal tradition, forging a sound that honors the genre's geographic origins without simply recycling them. Active since 2022, the band works in a city where death metal is not just a style but a history, and their music carries that weight.
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