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Vuyvr is a black metal band from Geneva, Switzerland, formed in 2013 by veterans of Impure Wilhelmina and Rorcal. Their releases — including "Eiskalt" and the Throatruiner Records-released "Incinerated Gods" — blend cold, brutal, and melodic black metal with an unconventional approach shaped by the members' diverse musical backgrounds.
Dallas, Texas act blending the caustic filth of crust punk with raw black metal, delivering the kind of lo-fi, abrasive material that draws equally from d-beat and primitive second-wave kvlt aesthetics. Formed in 2023, they represent a scrappy underground presence in the DFW scene.
Vasteras' Vvardenfell, named after the volcanic island from the Elder Scrolls video game Morrowind, channels fantasy-inspired themes through atmospheric black metal. Their compositions build immersive, otherworldly soundscapes that evoke their fictional namesake's alien landscapes.
Vverevvolf Grehv is the solo project of Dapose, a musician from Omaha, Nebraska best known as a member of the electronic act The Faint, combining death metal brutality, speed metal tempos, and industrial noise with the structural logic of IDM and electronic music. Signed to Relapse Records in 2007, the project released its sole album Zombie Aesthetics in 2008, a confrontational and genre-defying record that found a place in both the metal underground and experimental electronic circles. The band subsequently toured with Skinny Puppy.
Vvilderness is a post-black/folk metal project from Szombathely, Hungary, active since 2017 and notable for incorporating self-built traditional instruments including hurdy-gurdy, talharpa, and nyckelharpa. Praised by Heavy Blog Is Heavy for achieving "forceful, explosive black metal" alongside tantalizing folk contrasts, releases like "Devour The Sun" and "Path" define a uniquely atmospheric "woodgaze" sound.
Columbus, Ohio band weaving Gothic gloom into melodic death metal, pairing the melancholic atmosphere of the Gothic tradition with driving riffs and death metal aggression. Active since 2022, they occupy the darkly romantic space between mid-era Paradise Lost and Scandinavian melodeath.
VvitchVvömitt is an electronic/raw black metal project from the forest of Saint-Pons, France, formed in 2026. They merge electronic textures with raw black metal in a remote, nature-surrounded setting.
VVM is an electronic/industrial/gothic death metal project from Girona, Spain, formed in 2023. They fuse industrial electronics and rock with gothic and death metal for an eclectic, genre-crossing sound.
Vy Kaos is an atmospheric black metal project from Minas Gerais, Brazil, active since 2017 and signed to Violet Nebula Productions. The band released VY-K1.5 in January 2021, a four-track work that continues their exploration of space and cosmic themes through an atmospheric black metal framework.
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