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Vigrid is a black metal band from Bornholm, Denmark, formed in 2014. They channel atmospheric black metal from the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.
Zolochiv's Vigrid, named after the mythological battlefield of Ragnarok, fuses black metal with pagan themes drawn from both Norse mythology and Ukrainian folk tradition. Their compositions blend furious extremity with cultural heritage, creating a distinctly Ukrainian take on pagan metal.
Vihamieli is a black metal project from Finland, formed in 2017. Their name meaning "hostile mind," they deliver misanthropic black metal.
Maine's Vihurienkeli — Finnish for "whirlwind angel" — surfaced in 2025 with a black metal identity as isolated and windswept as the New England coast itself. The Finnish-language name signals a project reaching beyond borders for its sonic and spiritual vocabulary.
Viil is a one-person black metal project from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, operated by the musician L.H., who writes, performs, records, and masters all material alone. The project has released three EPs in quick succession — EP I (December 2020), EP II (June 2021), and EP III (May 2022) — placing it within Brazil's RABM underground.
Vikingblood is a black metal project from Germany, formed in 2017. The project draws on Norse and Viking thematic elements filtered through raw black metal aggression.
Swedish act Vildbrand, whose name means "wildfire," delivers raw, scorching black metal with an intensity that lives up to their incendiary namesake. Their compositions burn through blast-driven passages and tremolo fury with unrelenting ferocity.
Seattle's Vile Command conjure black/death metal that feels as damp and lightless as the Pacific Northwest in November. Since 2020, the band has fused the two sub-genres with a palpable sense of siege, each riff another wall closing in.
Los Angeles' Vile Invokation summon the blackened death metal tradition with occult deliberateness since their 2022 founding, treating each track as a genuine rite rather than a performance. The city's sprawling darkness provides fertile ground for the kind of sinister atmosphere they conjure.
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