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Veldraveth is a black metal band from San Felix, Bolivar, Venezuela, formed in 2001 and currently signed to Evil's Records. The band has released several full-lengths including "Undefined God" (2007), "Temples of the Black Flame" (2009), and "Malformations of God" (2016), with themes centered on Satanism. After early lineup instability, the group rebuilt around vocalist R. Capella and has remained active through splits, live recordings, and studio albums.
Duque de Caxias, BR · 2009–present · active
Velho is a raw black metal project from Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, founded by Thiago Caronte on guitars and vocals alongside Thiago Splatter on drums, crafting chaotic, existentially charged music with lyrics entirely in Portuguese. The band's discography spans over a decade and includes the albums "Decrepitude e Sabedoria" (2015) and "O Retorno da Mesma Lua" (2019), maintaining an uncompromising underground stance throughout.
Buenos Aires, AR · 2012–present · active
Velocet is a thrash metal band from Buenos Aires formed in 1991, releasing the cassette EP "Sangre Para el Sacrificio" in 1993 and the full-length album "Cuando la Oscuridad Reine" in 1999, recorded at Sonar Studios. The band opened for international acts including Kreator, Motörhead, and Testament during their active years, with Testament's members notably inviting their drummer to perform in the United States.
Guillermo E. Hudson, AR · 2010–? · disbanded
Velociraptor was a traditional heavy metal quintet from Guillermo Enrique Hudson in the Greater Buenos Aires area, founded in 1996 by guitarist Juan José Suárez and bassist Julio César Sandoval. The band recorded their debut full-length "Ciudad y Fuego" (2018) at Secret Place Studios in Berazategui and followed it with "Arenas del Tiempo" (2021), a ten-track album released in June of that year.
Pedro Leopoldo, BR · 2017–present · active
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.
Santa Maria da Vitória, BR · 2025–present · active
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.
São Paulo, BR · 2013–present · active
Velvet Thorns is a solo ambient black and doom metal project from São Paulo, created by David Amorim and defined by melancholic, heavily atmospheric compositions that draw on doom, ambient, and experimental textures. The project released the album "Empty Soul" in 2013, followed by "In The Name of Reason" in 2017 — a record conceptually referencing the Colônia psychiatric hospital in Minas Gerais, where tens of thousands of lives were lost.
CO · active
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.
Natal, BR · 2014–present · active
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.

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