Opole's Vis Vitalis plays classic heavy metal and power metal with an emphasis on soaring vocals, anthemic choruses, and galloping rhythms. Their traditional approach channels the spirit of early European power metal with conviction and energy.

Estombar's Visceral grinds through a punishing hybrid of death metal and grindcore from the sun-baked Algarve region. Their short, explosive compositions pair guttural brutality with blast-driven fury in the tradition of early Carcass and Napalm Death.

Visceral Carnage is a goregrind band from Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France, active since 2005. They deliver graphic, visceral goregrind from the Vosges mountains.

Visceral Evisceration was formed in Vienna, Austria in 1991 and were among the earliest extreme metal bands to incorporate female operatic vocals alongside male death growls, creating a jarring contrast that defined their sound. Their sole full-length Incessant Desire for Palatable Flesh (1994) on Napalm Records combined slow doom riffing with mid-paced death metal and marked a singular moment in early death-doom. The band changed their name to As I Lay Dying shortly afterward and disbanded in 1996.

Visceral Gleam is a black metal project from Cork, Ireland, formed in 2021. They deliver intense black metal from the Irish underground.

Visceralgreed is a progressive/melodic black metal project from Hildesheim, Germany, formed in 2024. The project blends black metal's ferocity with progressive structures and melodic sensibility.

Poznan's Vishurddha, named after the throat chakra in Hindu tradition, delivers fierce death metal rooted in the rich Polish extreme metal tradition. Their compositions pair guttural vocal fury with technically proficient riffing and blast-beat percussion.

Lidkoping's Visio Mortis, whose Latin name means "vision of death," delivers melodic death metal that balances aggression with accessible guitar harmonies. Their Gothenburg-influenced approach pairs hooky melodies with death metal's essential heaviness and guttural vocal intensity.

Vision of Choice is a German heavy metal project from Nordfriesland, formed in 2020 with classic influences from Judas Priest, Helloween, and Omen. Centered around composer Steve Brockmann with vocalist Lukas Remus, their albums "Mistress of the Gods" and "Second Sight" deliver 10-track slabs of 1980s-inspired traditional metal.