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Vlk is a progressive/post-black metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2013. They merge the atmospheric expansiveness of post-black metal with progressive composition and dynamic song structures.
Vlkoslak is a symphonic black metal band from Leverano near Lecce, Italy, active since 2001. They layer symphonic orchestration over black metal's ferocity from the Salento region.
Vloed is a Belgian metal band from the Aarschot/Tielt-Winge region, formed in 2020 and drawing on doom, progressive, and old-school metal influences. Their releases "De Dag" and "Darkness" feature dark, obscure themes delivered through a blend of melodic and heavy subgenres, with Dutch-language tracks adding a distinctive regional identity.
Vlterior is a death metal band from the Ferrara/Bologna area of Italy, formed in 2019. They deliver crushing death metal from the Emilia-Romagna underground.
Vltima is a black metal project from Germany, active since 2001. They have maintained a long-running presence in the German black metal underground with raw, uncompromising compositions.
VLTIMAS is an extreme metal supergroup formed in 2015, uniting Norwegian guitarist Rune "Blasphemer" Eriksen (ex-Mayhem, Aura Noir), American vocalist David Vincent (ex-Morbid Angel), and Canadian drummer Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy. The band's blackened death metal sound synthesizes the cold Scandinavian riff architecture associated with Eriksen's black metal past with the brutal American death metal traditions represented by his bandmates. Their debut Something Wicked Marches In (2019) and follow-up EPIC, both released on Season of Mist, established them as one of the genre's most formidable recent collaborations.
Vltor is a pagan black/folk metal band from northern Italy, formed in 2019. They weave pagan and folk elements into an aggressive black metal framework.
Vltra Libra is a post-black metal project from Nantes, France, formed in 2025. They explore the atmospheric and emotional dimensions of post-black metal.
Vnrest is a progressive/technical death metal project from Kiel, Germany, formed in 2016. Across their numbered releases — I, II, and III — they explore increasingly complex technical death metal compositions.
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