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Velorium is a post-black metal band from Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, whose sound expands beyond the genre's traditional confines to incorporate elements of doom, shoegaze, and post-rock. The band — featuring Tiago Magno on vocals and guitar, Marcelo Siuves on guitar, Anderlon Auder on bass, and Amazarak on drums — released the two-track record "Prisão de Carne" in 2017, exploring themes of loneliness, depression, and nostalgia.
Veltharion is a death/black metal band from Bahia, Brazil, consolidated in late 2025 and comprising Ana Falcão, Fábio Nephilim, Bruno Freire, and Danton Tyrannizer — musicians with prior experience in outfits such as Dark Heaven, Diabolic Empire, and Iron Wolves. The band released their debut single "Sustained By Suffering" in January 2026 and announced their first full-length album "Black Hole's Dance" for April 17, 2026 via Sangue Frio Productions, exploring themes of ego, existential nihilism, and criticism of religious manipulation.
Venator Infernalis is a black metal project from Bogotá, Colombia, active since 2008 under the command of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Infernak. Their debut EP "VI:I" was originally recorded at War Studio in Bogotá and first published in 2011, with a remastered reissue following in 2015. The project delivers raw, Satanic black metal in the Colombian underground tradition.
Veneficum Ignis is a black metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, founded by the duo Khoronzon Magus and Abissus Daemoniom and rooted in themes of Luciferianism, Thelema, vampirism, and occult philosophy. Their release "Dominion of the Khaos Spheres" — a rehearsal-captured recording made available in 2014 — was picked up and pressed as a CD-R by Ukrainian label Depressive Illusions Records, cementing the band's reach into the international underground.
Verbult is a Brazilian black metal band active since 2004, drawing on esoteric and occult themes. The band released the demo "Símbolos fundamentais das artes ocultas - Demo I" and is associated with the label Reliquaire Hérétique.
Vermgod is a black metal band from João Pessoa, Paraíba, founded by Luiz Eduardo Viana and Marahl. The band has released multiple recordings including the album "When the end of days is coming, I will kill christ again!" and has appeared on international compilations such as Black Metal Narcoleptica Vol. 4.
Vermis de Inferni is a black metal band formed in Quito, Ecuador in 1999, later relocating to Madrid, Spain, where the project has continued to operate. Rooted in Satanic themes, the band released the boxed set Sathanas Sit Perpetus Maledictus in 2015 and remains active on the Bueroboros Records label.
Vermis Mortem is a black metal band from Salvador, Bahia, active since 2014 and recorded at Vitorino's Lair in their home city. Their discography spans over a decade and includes the albums "Stillborn Rebirth" (2024) and "...Of The Occult" (2024), alongside earlier releases such as "Inhuman Entities" (2018).
Vexatan is a one-person blackened death metal project from Paranaguá, Paraná, formed in May 2022 by multi-instrumentalist Danihell, who handles all instruments, vocals, production, and artwork. The project has released two EPs — "Eternal Torment" (2022) and "Diabolic Empire" — building on Danihell's prior work in bands including Satanic Funeral, Tormento, and Rotting Corpse.
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