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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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To Serve Man (2002)
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Vitriolic is a black/speed metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2019. They merge black metal's icy ferocity with speed metal's relentless velocity.
Vitrol is a death/thrash metal band from Ibiza, Spain, formed in 2020. They deliver aggressive extreme metal from the unlikely setting of the Balearic Islands.
Los Angeles black metal project formed in 2023, built around the cold clarity and cutting edge implied by their Latin name for glass. Vitrum occupies the frigid, atmospheric end of the black metal spectrum, a new voice in LA's underground that favors sharp, transparent bleakness over brute force.
Boise, Idaho raw black metal outfit formed in 2025, among the most freshly forged acts in the American underground. Named for the bearded dragon lizard, Vitticeps brings a primitive, reptilian ferocity to the deliberately unpolished, lo-fi production aesthetic that defines raw black metal's uncompromising ethos.
Kolback's Vittra brings together death metal, melodic death metal, and thrash metal into a versatile hybrid named after the nature spirits of Swedish folklore. Their multi-genre approach creates dynamic compositions that shift between melodic passages and aggressive bursts.
Santo Tirso's Vittrah merges black and death metal into a savage hybrid that draws from both genres' most aggressive tendencies. Their compositions combine black metal's atmospheric tremolo work with death metal's guttural intensity and rhythmic heaviness.
Stockholm's Vituperation delivers aggressive death-thrash with a focus on precision and intensity rooted in the Swedish capital's prolific extreme metal scene. Their tight, riff-centric approach channels the best of both genres without unnecessary embellishment.
Warsaw's Vitur brings technical precision to death metal with intricate riffing patterns, complex time signatures, and a relentless rhythmic foundation. Their compositions showcase the technical death metal tradition while maintaining visceral heaviness.
Viuda Negra was a heavy metal and hard rock band from Chihuahua, Mexico, active from 1992 to 1996. The band released the EP Flotando en la nada in 1995, their only recorded output during their initial run. They have since split up and left behind a small but documented footprint in Mexico's northern heavy metal underground.
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