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Drag Me to Hell (2021)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Kiruna's Valarauk delivers crushing death-doom from above the Arctic Circle, channeling the extreme northern Swedish climate's oppressive darkness into slow, heavy compositions. Their geographic remoteness infuses their music with a genuine sense of desolation.
Valaraukar is a black metal band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 2018. Named after the Balrogs of Tolkien's Silmarillion, they deliver atmospheric black metal from the Scottish capital.
Valdaudr is a black/thrash metal band from Kristiansand, Norway, active since 2005. They fuse black metal's darkness with thrash's riff-driven velocity from southern Norway.
Vale of Tears is a gothic/melodic death metal band from Karcag, Hungary, formed in 2023. They evolved from gothic/death metal origins toward a more melodic death metal sound.
Valefar is a black metal project from Syracuse, Sicily, formed in 2021. They deliver raw black metal from the ancient Sicilian city.
Valemon is a blackened heavy metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2017. Named after the white bear king of Norwegian folklore, they blend blackened atmospherics with traditional heavy metal.
Valenta is a black/thrash metal band from Beroun, Czech Republic, formed in 2025. They fuse the raw aggression of black metal with thrash metal's riff-driven velocity in the Czech underground.
Valentino Francavilla is a heavy/power metal project from Casier near Treviso, Italy, formed in 2018. The solo project delivers melodic heavy and power metal.
Valermada is a progressive metal band from Finland, formed in 2020. They explore complex progressive metal compositions with technical ambition.
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