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Oulu, FI · 2018–present · active
Vague is a heavy metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2018. They play traditional heavy metal from the Finnish north.
FR · 2022–present · active
Vague à Lame is a raw black metal/dungeon synth project from France, formed in 2022. They blend the rawness of black metal with dungeon synth's medieval atmosphere.
Valencia, ES · 2020–present · active
Vahladian is a progressive power metal band from Valencia, Spain, formed in 2020. They blend progressive metal's technical ambition with power metal's melodic grandeur.
Västra Götaland, SE · active
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FI · 2017–present · active
Vaina is an avant-garde black metal, dark ambient, and noise project from Finland, formed in 2017. The project pushes extreme boundaries by merging avant-garde black metal with dark ambient and noise experimentation.
Helsinki, FI · 2011–present · active
Vainaja is a three-piece death/doom metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2011 and performing entirely in Finnish. Their albums — including "Kadotetut," "Verenvalaja," and "Kiviristi" — are concept-driven narratives based on encrypted historical events, combining crushing riffs with dark melodies in what has been called one of the heaviest Finnish-language records.
Scotland, GB · 2025–present · active
Vaincue is a black metal/shoegaze project from Scotland, formed in 2025. They blend black metal's intensity with shoegaze's dreamy, wall-of-sound textures.
Agrigento, IT · 2022–present · active
VainHopes is a heavy metal band from Agrigento, Sicily, formed in 2022. They play traditional heavy metal from the Sicilian south.
Jyväskylä, FI · 2022–present · active
Vaino is a black metal project from Jyväskylä, Finland, formed in 2022. They deliver intense black metal from the Finnish lake district.

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