Algueirao's V12 fires on all cylinders with high-octane power and speed metal that channels the velocity of early Running Wild and Helloween. Their energetic, riff-driven approach channels classic European speed metal through a Portuguese sensibility.

Vebrifuge is a speed/thrash metal band from Bocholt, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver high-velocity thrash and speed metal in the tradition of the German thrash movement.

Venomwolf is a black/speed metal/punk band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2015. They fuse the rawness of black and speed metal with punk's confrontational energy.

Veteris is a black/speed metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2015. They fuse black metal's ferocity with speed metal's relentless velocity.

Violent Sin is a speed/black metal band from Kortrijk, Belgium, formed in 2009. They deliver ferocious, tempo-driven metal that fuses the velocity of speed metal with the rawness and aggression of black metal.

Vitriolic is a black/speed metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2019. They merge black metal's icy ferocity with speed metal's relentless velocity.

Vomit Bitch is a speed/thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2015. They play fast, aggressive speed/thrash metal with an irreverent attitude.

Vulture formed in Dortmund, Germany in 2015, reviving the spirit of first-wave speed and thrash metal with songs that draw equally from Bay Area aggression, Teutonic thrash, and NWOBHM melodicism. Signed to Metal Blade Records, the band has released a prolific series of albums including Victim to the Blade (2016), The Guillotine (2017), Ghastly Waves & Battered Caves (2019), Dealin' Death (2021), and Sentinels (2024), building a devoted following among fans of uncompromised classic-style metal.

Portuguese act Vurmo channels the raw energy of classic heavy metal and speed metal with an old-school approach that nods to the NWOBHM and early Motorhead. Their stripped-down, high-velocity sound favors riff-driven directness over technical complexity.