Vhäldemar is a power metal band from Barakaldo in the Basque Country, Spain, active since the late 1990s and one of Spain's most enduring metal acts. Having opened for legends like Dio and Iron Maiden, their extensive catalog — from "Fight to the End" through "Old King's Visions" — delivers unwavering commitment to classic heavy metal.

Via Doloris is the project of Gildas Le Pape, a Brittany-born composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Oslo who served as guitarist in Satyricon from 2007 to 2013. Founded in 2023, the band draws on Nordic atmospheric black metal traditions filtered through melody, restraint, and pagan folk influences, with Frost of Satyricon contributing drums. Their debut album Guerre et Paix was released in March 2026 on Season of Mist.

Via:Pontica is a solo atmospheric black metal project from Burgas, Bulgaria, created in 2024 by Iksrog, who also performs in Forest Troll and Ethereal Suns. Named after the ancient Roman trade route along the Black Sea coast, the project's debut "Under Neolithic Constellations" draws thematic inspiration from the prehistoric ecology and culture of southeastern Bulgaria.

Viagra Boys formed in Stockholm in 2015, drawing members from punk, hardcore, garage, and underground rock backgrounds into a band that sounds loose, abrasive, and oddly danceable. Their early EPs led into Street Worms, a debut full-length built on pulsing bass, saxophone blurts, deadpan vocal delivery, and satirical portraits of modern masculinity and self-destruction. Welfare Jazz widened the frame with country-ish detours, sleazy grooves, and sharper character studies, while Cave World pushed their post-punk toward paranoid social commentary and heavier conceptual focus. Later material kept the band's mix of absurdity and menace intact, showing how flexible the formula could be without losing its ugly charm. Musically, they sit in a line that connects The Stooges, Birthday Party tension, dance-punk rhythm, and Scandinavian punk grit, but the saxophone and Sebastian Murphy's voice make the identity immediately recognizable. Their history is one of turning crude jokes, repetition, and bodily groove into a surprisingly durable form of art-punk pressure, where humor and disgust sharpen the rhythm rather than softening it and give every groove teeth.

Viande is a black/death metal band from Chambéry, France, formed in 2015. Their name meaning "meat" in French, their releases — including "A la Mort!" and "L'abîme dévore les âmes" — deliver visceral extreme metal with French-language titles exploring themes of death and darkness.

vianova approach metalcore like a restless design problem, constantly interrupting heavy precision with flashes of color, groove, and oddball timing. Founded around brothers Felix and Paul Vogelgesang, the band built its reputation through sharp, emotionally charged songs that treat djent mechanics, modern metalcore breakdowns, electronic production, and pop-aware hooks as compatible tools. Tracks such as "Hypersomniac," "Mas Rapido," "User Experience," and "Whatever Alright" show how quickly they can move from tight low-string riffs and harsh vocals into playful rhythmic pivots, clean melodic passages, and almost hyperactive synth accents. The debut album Hit It! sharpened that identity into a full statement: heavy but not dour, technical but not sterile, and willing to be strange without losing the punch of the riff. Their best songs feel engineered for surprise, yet the emotional thread stays clear through the switchups. vianova make modern metalcore that sounds anxious, clever, stylish, and physically heavy all at once.

Viatora is a folk metal band from Maastricht, Netherlands, formed in 2012. They blend Dutch folk elements with heavy metal instrumentation.

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.

Belgrade's Vicery delivers punishing death metal with a relentless intensity rooted in the classic traditions of the genre. Their compositions pile on blast beats and guttural vocals with uncompromising aggression.