Founded in 2016 in Neumarkt (Upper Palatinate, Germany) as a solo project by V.V., the project evolved into a duo in 2018 when Sturmwolf joined the ranks. In its early days, the sound was firmly rooted in classic melodic black metal – cold, melancholic, and tradition-driven. But over time something else started to bleed into it.

Today, VALOSTA VARJOON refuse easy categorization. Black metal collides with dirty rock’n’roll and punk spirit. The result is raw, unpolished and pissed-off sounding music – less calculated composition, more like a late-night outburst echoing through a worn-out amplifier in a smoky bar.

Lyrically, the band drifts far away from fantasy clichés. Instead, they draw inspiration from myths and legends of their home region around Neumarkt, mixing them with themes of melancholy, misanthropy, alcohol, and the so-called “Grattler” existence – a Bavarian expression for a life on the margins, somewhere between stubborn defiance and deliberate roughness.

DISCOGRAPHY:

• 2017 | Von Licht zu Schatten | Demo
• 2018 | Valosta Varjoon / Viha Surma | Split
• 2019 | Germanic & Slavonic Heathen Unity | Split
• 2019 | Oberpfälzer Wald | Album
• 2021 | Das Flammenmeer | Album
• 2023 | Boarisch Grattlig | Album

VALOSTJA VARJOON IS:

• V. V. | All instruments, Vocals
• Sturmwolf | Guitars