Vanadium is a heavy/progressive metal band from Aachen, Germany, formed in 2014. They blend progressive metal's technical ambition with traditional heavy metal's power and accessibility.

Vanaheimr is a progressive black/death metal band from Bath, England, formed in 2018. They blend progressive compositions with the extreme aggression of black and death metal.

Vanta is a progressive black metal project from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2017. The project explores the intersection of progressive composition and black metal intensity with complex song structures.

Vapa is a progressive metal/rock band from Greece, formed in 2018. They explore the intersection of progressive metal and rock.

Vardøger is a melodic/progressive death metal band from Trondheim, Norway, formed in 2024. Named after the Norse concept of a spectral predecessor, they evolved from melodic black metal roots.

Varso is a progressive metal band from Miskolc, Hungary, formed in 2021. They craft technically ambitious progressive metal compositions.

Vasari is a progressive/epic heavy metal project from Duisburg, Germany, formed in 2017 by multi-instrumentalist Matin Vasari. Their debut "Starbound" is a science fiction concept album inspired by Hoshino Yukinobu's manga "2001 Nights," featuring 15 tracks of epic metal with session musicians and a limited run of 50 hand-numbered digipak CDs.

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Vass/Katsionis is a progressive metal project from Athens, Greece, formed in 2022. They craft technically ambitious progressive metal compositions.