Vircolac is a death metal band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2014, delivering "morbid tales of the macabre and visions from the darkside." Their discography — from 2014's "Codex Perfida" through 2024's "Veneration" — showcases evolving yet consistently dark death and black metal with a four-piece lineup.

Virgil is a blackened deathcore project from the Hauts-de-France region, active since 2000. With over two decades of activity, they blend blackened atmospherics with deathcore's crushing breakdowns.

Protvino's Virgins Blood of Cachtice, named after the legend of the Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory, delivers a multi-genre assault spanning black metal, death metal, grindcore, and melodic death metal. Their willingness to blend so many extreme subgenres creates a chaotic, unpredictable sound rooted in historical horror.

Viriditas is a progressive death metal band from Rennes, France, formed in 2018. They deliver technically ambitious progressive death metal from the Breton capital.

Virocracy is a progressive death and thrash metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, founded in 2018 and released through Apostasy Records. Their discography — from 2019's "Initio" through 2022's "Ecophagia" — delivers dark, atmospheric extreme metal that evolves through varying tempos and rhythms without filler.

Virology is a death metal band from Cardiff, Wales, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing death metal from the Welsh capital.

Virtual Void is a death/thrash metal band from Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. Their sound merges death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless energy in the Czech underground scene.

Virulent Life is a death metal/grindcore band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2021. They combine death metal's crushing heaviness with grindcore's furious velocity.

Estombar's Visceral grinds through a punishing hybrid of death metal and grindcore from the sun-baked Algarve region. Their short, explosive compositions pair guttural brutality with blast-driven fury in the tradition of early Carcass and Napalm Death.