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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.
Gorzow Wielkopolski's Victimized blends melodic death metal's hooky twin-guitar harmonies with straight-ahead death metal's guttural punch. Their Gothenburg-influenced approach delivers memorable melodies without sacrificing heaviness or aggression.
Victims formed in Nyköping, Sweden in 1997 and became one of the most respected acts in the international d-beat and crust punk underground, drawing on Discharge, Motörhead, and 1980s American hardcore as primary influences. Over their career they released seven full-length albums on labels including Deathwish Inc., Tankcrimes, and Relapse Records, earning a reputation for unyielding intensity and ideological consistency. The band entered an indefinite hiatus in 2022.
Victims of Silence is a melodic death metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2018. They play melodic death metal with harmonic guitar work and dynamic vocal interplay.
Victorius was founded in 2004 in Leipzig, Germany, playing an energetic and often whimsical brand of power metal that has ranged from high fantasy to dinosaurs to space ninjas across their catalogue. Signed to Napalm Records in 2019, their album Space Ninjas from Hell (2020) and Dinosaur Warfare Pt. 2 – The Great Ninja War (2022), which charted at number 51 in Germany, established them as a colorful and commercially successful act in the European power metal scene.
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.
Vidargängr is a black metal band from Leipzig, Germany, active since 2013 with releases including their 2013 self-titled debut, 2016's "A World That Has To Be Opposed," and a 2019 split 7" limited to 300 copies. Their sound delivers intense, confrontational black metal from the Leipzig scene.
Vide is an atmospheric black metal project from France, formed in 2023. Their name meaning "void" in French, they craft immersive atmospheric black metal soundscapes.
Video Nasties is a black 'n' roll band from Liverpool, England, formed in 2017. Named after the banned horror films of 1980s Britain, they fuse black metal with rock 'n' roll swagger.
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