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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Vocis is a melodic death metal band from Nottingham, England, formed in 2014. They play melodic death metal with harmonic guitar work and dynamic vocal contrasts.
Voice of Hate is a death metal/grindcore band from Torrent, Spain, active since 2003. With over two decades of activity, they are one of the more established extreme metal acts in the Valencian underground.
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