Fronted by Gene Gallagher, son of Oasis legend Liam Gallagher, Villanelle channel late Nirvana grunge through a lens of lo-fi grit and arena-sized swagger. The UK trio sold out a headline tour before even releasing a single, building a fervent following purely on the strength of their incendiary live shows.

Ville Lehto is a metalcore solo project from Kirkkonummi, Finland, formed in 2020. The project delivers metalcore compositions with technical guitar work and dynamic arrangements.

Vils Gueux is a black metal project from Nantes, France, formed in 2025. They channel raw black metal from the western French underground.

Vils Serpents is a black metal project from Évreux, France, formed in 2017. Their name translating to "vile serpents," they deliver raw, venomous black metal.

Linkoping's Vilt brings together death metal, groove metal, and melodic death metal into a versatile hybrid that draws from Gothenburg's melodeath legacy while incorporating modern rhythmic punch. Their compositions balance technical musicianship with accessible, headbanging-ready riffs.

Vimbulnatt is a black metal project from Elsterheide in Saxony, Germany, founded in 2019 and inspired by the nature and landscape of the Lusatia region. Their prolific output — including "Schattenpfade," "Totenwache," and "Der dunklen Tugenden" — channels emotions of anger, pain, and longing into what they describe as a constantly growing substance.

Kyiv's Vin de Mia Trix crafts atmospheric death-doom metal with a distinctive, darkly romantic character. Their compositions merge death metal's crushing weight with doom metal's patient, sorrowful pacing, creating an emotionally resonant hybrid that has earned them recognition in Ukraine's underground.

Vinas is a heavy/thrash metal band from Hungary, active since 1993. They are one of the longer-running metal acts in the Hungarian underground.

Vindicator is a thrash metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2008 with hardcore influences woven into their thrash assault. They deliver aggressive, high-energy thrash with a hardcore edge.