vˈiː ˈeɪt wʌz ɐn ˈɑːɹdʒəntˌaɪn hˈɛvi mˈɛɾəl bˈænd fˈɔːɹmd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn, wˈʌn ʌvðə fˈɜːst nˈoʊɾəbəl ˈɑːɹdʒəntˌaɪn ænd lˈætɪn ɐmˈɛɹɪkə bˈændz ʌv ðæt ʒˈɑːnɹə.
V8 was an Argentine heavy metal band formed in 1979, one of the first notable Argentine and Latin America  bands of that genre.