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Underworld (band)

Underworld: British electronic band of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith (with DJ Darren Emerson 1991-2000), known for dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994), Born Slippy.Nuxx from Trainspotting, and the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.

Unique 3

Unique 3 is an English dance group from Bradford, West Yorkshire, formed in 1988, best known for the bleep techno singles "The Theme" and "Musical Melody".

UNITE with Tomorrowland Italy

UNITE with Tomorrowland Italy was the Italian edition of the UNITE satellite series linked to Tomorrowland in Belgium, held on 28 July 2018 at Parco di Monza near Milan.

Unleash the Archers

Unleash the Archers (UTA): Canadian power metal band from Vancouver, BC, formed 2007 by vocalist Brittney Slayes and drummer Scott Buchanan; known for melodeath-to-power-metal style and sci-fi concept albums Apex, Abyss, and 2024's Phantoma on Napalm Records.

Unlocked (musician)

Unlocked is the stage name of Tom Schonenberg, a Dutch DJ and producer of frenchcore and uptempo hardcore who has released on Partyraiser Recordings since 2020.

Unlucky Morpheus

Unlucky Morpheus, known to its audience as Ankimo (あんきも), is a Japanese metal band formed in 2008 by vocalist Fuki and guitarist Shiren, featuring a violin as a fixed member.

Unprocessed

Unprocessed is a German progressive metalcore/djent band from Wiesbaden (formed 2012/2013), led by guitarist-vocalist Manuel Gardner Fernandes; seven albums from In Concretion (2014) to Angel (2025), tours with Polyphia, TesseracT, Jinjer, and a 2026 Angel world tour.

Unproven

Unproven is the stage name of Stein Bosch, a Dutch uptempo hardcore DJ and producer signed to Barbaric Records who has played Defqon.1 and Masters of Hardcore.

Unresolved

Unresolved is the stage name of Ihor Fedorutsa, a Ukrainian raw hardstyle DJ and producer active since 2014 who runs RSLVD Records and has played festivals including Defqon.1.

Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album)

Until the End of Time is 2Pac's double album of unreleased Death Row-era recordings, released March 27, 2001 on Amaru/Death Row/Interscope; it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and was later certified 4x Platinum.

Unto Others (band)

Unto Others, formerly Idle Hands, is a Portland, Oregon heavy metal/gothic rock band formed in 2017 by Gabriel Franco; albums Mana (2019), Strength (2021), Never, Neverland (2024).

Untold Festival

Untold Festival is an annual music festival held each August in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, founded in 2015 by Bogdan Buta, known for its main stage at Cluj Arena, themed storytelling, hundreds of thousands of attendees, and large local economic impact.

Upchurch (musician)

Upchurch (Ryan Edward Upchurch, born 1991, Pegram, Tennessee), also Upchurch the Redneck, is an independent American country rap and hick-hop artist whose 2015 EP Cheatham County charted on Billboard and who alternates hip-hop and country albums.

Uplifting trance

Uplifting trance, also known as anthem trance or euphoric trance, is a melodic subgenre of trance music with a tempo of around 138 BPM, emerging in the late 1990s from hard trance and anthem house.

Uptempo hardcore

Uptempo hardcore is a fast subgenre of hardcore electronic dance music that emerged in the Netherlands in the early 2010s, defined by distorted kicks, screeching leads, and tempos past 200 BPM.

URL (Ultimate Rap League)

The Ultimate Rap League (URL) is an American battle rap league founded by Smack White in New York in 2009, widely seen as the sport's leading league.

USC Events

USC Events, short for United State of Consciousness, was a Seattle electronic dance music promoter founded by Chad Anderson, known for the Paradiso and FreakNight festivals.

Uzielito Mix

Uzielito Mix (Uziel Silva, born 1998 in Mexico City) is a Mexican DJ and producer of perreo mexa, hard reggaetón with electronic sounds, who has played EDC México and Vive Latino.

V Recordings

V Recordings is a British jungle and drum and bass record label founded in London in 1993 by Bryan Gee and Jumpin' Jack Frost, still run by Gee.

Vader (band)

Vader: Polish death metal band from Olsztyn formed in 1983, led by founding guitarist and vocalist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek; known for the demos Necrolust and Morbid Reich and the 1992 debut The Ultimate Incantation, the first Eastern Bloc death metal deal with a Western label.

Vakula

Vakula (Вакула) is a Ukrainian electronic music producer and DJ, the working name of Mykhailo Vityuk, born 1981 in Konotop, known for deep house and techno.

Van Der Dijs

Van Der Dijs (Vanderdis, VDD) was a Venezuelan nu metal and rap rock band formed in Caracas in 2024 by Manuel Van Der Dijs, Gabriel Gómez, Xander Hernández, and Abraham Foucault; all four died in the 24 June 2026 La Guaira earthquakes.

Vanilla Ice

Vanilla Ice (Robert Matthew Van Winkle, born 1967) is the American rapper whose "Ice Ice Baby" became the first rap song to top the Billboard Hot 100; his album To the Extreme sold over seven million copies before a backlash over a fabricated biography.

VE/RA

VE/RA (Vera van de Kerkhof, born 1999) is a Dutch techno DJ and producer whose track "Love & Peace" topped the Beatport Hype Charts in 2023.

Vedan (rapper)

Vedan (വേടൻ), stage name of Hirandas Murali, is a Dalit anti-caste Malayalam rapper from Thrissur, Kerala. Known for "Voice of the Voiceless" (2020) and "Vaa" (2021), film songs like "Kuthanthram", a Kerala State Film Award, Calicut University syllabus inclusion, and 2025 sexual assault, drug, and wildlife cases.

Veeze

Veeze is a Detroit rapper known for scratchy, Auto-Tuned, offbeat delivery; debut mixtape Navy Wavy (2019), viral 2020 single Law N Order, acclaimed 2023 album Ganger on Warner Records, and 2026 mixtape Y'all Won.

Vegedream

Vegedream, real name Sachtela Evrard Djedje, is a French rapper and singer of Ivorian origin, born in 1992 in Orléans, blending rap, R&B, and afro-pop.

Veil (musician)

Veil, the performing name of Becca Drylie-Perkins, is an American dubstep and bass-music producer and DJ based in Denver who launched the project in 2020.

Veil of Maya

Veil of Maya is an American metal band formed in 2004 near Chicago, known for technical deathcore albums like [id] before pivoting to progressive metalcore and djent on Matriarch, False Idol, and [m]other.

Vended

Vended is an American metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 2018 and fronted by Griffin Taylor, son of Slipknot singer Corey Taylor, with drummer Simon Crahan, son of Shawn Crahan.