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Viszeral is a black metal project from Rosenheim, Germany, formed in 2020. The project channels intense, visceral black metal.
Vita Detestabilis is a solo depressive black metal project from Campinas, São Paulo, driven by the multi-instrumentalist known as F.Nihil. The project explores themes of depression and misanthropy across releases including the EPs Desolation Heights (2020), Great Cold Eradication (2021), and the full-length Glimpse of Death (2023).
Vitae Crucis is an experimental black metal project from Canterbury, England, formed in 2023. They push black metal's boundaries with experimental approaches from the historic English city.
Ruthless Slam / Brutal Death Metal out of Texas.
Vital Remains formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 1988, building a reputation as one of the most relentless and darkly devoted acts in American death metal through a career spanning more than three decades. Their 2003 album Dechristianize, featuring guest vocals from Glen Benton of Deicide, is widely regarded as their defining statement, distinguished by intricate guitar work and marathon track lengths. Founded by guitarist Paul Flynn, the band has maintained a continuous presence across a discography that includes Let Us Pray (1992), Into Cold Darkness (1995), and Forever Underground (1997).
Vital Signs has been delivering workmanlike heavy metal since 2017, occupying the traditional end of the spectrum where hooks, groove, and raw energy take precedence over extremity. Location unlisted, they operate as a pure expression of the genre's core values — unpretentious, heavy, and built to last.
Olympia, Washington's Vitality Ritual situates itself deep in the experimental margins of black and doom metal, founded in 2024 with a sound that takes the cold austerity of black metal and stretches it into ambient, ritual-minded territory. In a city long associated with underground artistic experimentation, they fit naturally — patient, atmospheric, and deliberately disquieting.
Kyiv-based solo artist Vitaliy Sytnik crafts deeply personal depressive black metal, using the genre as a vehicle for raw emotional expression. His compositions channel profound anguish through minimal instrumentation and tortured vocal delivery.
Lviv's Viter merges Ukrainian folk traditions with industrial metal's mechanized textures, creating a distinctive hybrid that balances electronic elements with traditional instrumentation. Their compositions celebrate Ukrainian cultural heritage through an unexpectedly modern sonic lens, incorporating folk melodies and acoustic passages alongside electronic production.
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