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Halo (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Vulvatorious is a black metal/crust band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2024. They fuse black metal's ferocity with crust punk's raw, political aggression.
Vulvectomy is a slam/brutal death metal band from Bari, Italy, formed in 2020. They deliver crushing slam death metal from the Pugliese underground.
Vuohenkieli is a black/death metal band from Hyvinkää, Finland, formed in 2019. They combine the darkness of black metal with death metal's brutality.
Vuolla is a melodic doom/death metal band from Jyväskylä, Finland, active since 2009. They blend the sorrowful melodies of doom metal with death metal's guttural intensity.
Vuosisata is an atmospheric black metal project from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2023. Their name meaning "century" in Finnish, they craft expansive atmospheric black metal.
Vurculac is a death metal band from Santiago de Compostela, Spain, active since 2004. They are one of the longer-running death metal acts in the Galician underground.
Swedish project Vurdh crafts atmospheric black metal with a focus on immersive soundscapes and ethereal textures. Their compositions prioritize mood and atmosphere over relentless aggression, creating a contemplative strain of Scandinavian black metal.
Vurricator is a death metal band from Collesano near Palermo, Sicily, formed in 2014. They play aggressive death metal from the Sicilian interior.
Irkutsk's Vuvuzela, named with tongue-in-cheek humor after the infamous stadium horn, delivers groove-thrash metal from the shores of Lake Baikal. Their riff-heavy approach pairs thrash velocity with groove metal's syncopated rhythmic punch in compositions that prioritize energy and fun.
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