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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Vice Verse is a progressive thrash metal band from Berkshire, England, formed in 2019. They combine thrash metal's aggression with progressive structures and technical ambition.
Vasteras' Vicious hammers out death-thrash metal with the raw intensity and precision that defines Sweden's thriving underground scene. Their aggressive, riff-driven approach channels the velocity of thrash through death metal's heavier sonic palette.
Vicious Brewery is a thrash metal band from Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, formed in 2023. They play aggressive, party-fueled thrash metal in the tradition of crossover-tinged German thrash.
Vicious Knights is a thrash/death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2016. They combine thrash metal's speed with death metal's heaviness from Greece's second city.
Victim Iced is a thrash metal band from Xanthi, Greece, formed in 2016. They play aggressive thrash metal from the northeastern Greek underground.
Victory in Blood is a heavy/thrash metal band from Hardt, Germany, formed in 2013. They combine the melodic sensibilities of heavy metal with thrash's aggressive energy.
Swedish project Vidunderverk, whose name means "wonder" or "marvel" in Swedish, channels an aggressive hybrid of black and thrash metal through furious compositions. Their high-velocity approach combines tremolo-driven darkness with thrash's rhythmic drive.
Vigore is a thrash metal band from Nottuln/Coesfeld, Germany, formed in 2022. They deliver aggressive, riff-driven thrash from the North Rhine-Westphalia underground.
Vile Extortion is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2019. They combine melodic death metal's harmonies with thrash metal's velocity.
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