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Vettt is a doom/sludge metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, founded in 2018 in an 8-square-meter practice space, self-described as being "on a mission to make the world a better place with more distortion." Their debut demo "-ish" was recorded live in a single session, capturing raw, noise-drenched sludge and doom.
Victim of Reality is a doom/death metal band from Grodno, Belarus, formed in 2018. They combine the crushing weight of doom metal with death metal's guttural intensity, drawing on classic European doom/death traditions.
Viesti is a doom metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2025. They play crushing doom metal from the Finnish capital.
Taby's Villainthropy occupies the unusual intersection of doom metal's crushing weight and thrash metal's velocity, creating compositions that shift between glacial heaviness and rapid-fire aggression. Their dynamic range sets them apart from more single-minded acts in either genre.
Kyiv's Vin de Mia Trix crafts atmospheric death-doom metal with a distinctive, darkly romantic character. Their compositions merge death metal's crushing weight with doom metal's patient, sorrowful pacing, creating an emotionally resonant hybrid that has earned them recognition in Ukraine's underground.
Violet Vortex is a doom metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2024. They deliver crushing, heavy doom metal from the Greek capital.
Swedish project Virgin Forest crafts patient, heavy doom metal with an emphasis on crushing riffs and oppressive atmosphere. Their compositions unfold with deliberate pacing, building immense weight through distorted, sustained guitar work.
Virus Project is a gothic/doom metal band from Eger, Hungary, formed in 2020. They blend gothic metal's dark atmosphere with doom's crushing weight.
Visioned Frailty is a death/doom metal band from Várpalota, Hungary, formed in 2017. They combine death metal's aggression with doom's oppressive heaviness.
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