Vira is a metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band from Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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, Denmark

Denmark

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. , they have released two EPs and done several concerts, including the Roskilde Festival

Roskilde Festival

Roskilde Festival is a festival held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the six biggest annual music festivals in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer...

 and the Dutch metalfest Tsunamifest.

In 2008, Vira released their first EP, Recurrence, which won the "Demo of the Month" award in the biggest Danish music magazine GAFFA

Gaffa (magazine)

Gaffa is a free Danish music magazine, published on a monthly basis since 1983. The magazine is distributed to places such as educational institutions, record shops, libraries and cafés, as well as a small number to paying subscribers...

. In March 2009, Vira released their second EP, Re-Design.

EPs

• Recurrence (February 1, 2008)
  1. "Midnight Poison" – 4:52
  2. "Escape" – 5:21
  3. "Half Awake – 6:34

• Re-Design (March 16, 2009)
  1. "Re-Design" – 6:29
  2. "Smile" – 4:53
  3. "Release Yourself" – 4:49