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Vonlaus is a black metal project from Reykjavík, Iceland, formed in 2018. They deliver atmospheric black metal from the Icelandic capital.
Norwegian project Vonn operates at the punishing intersection of drone, doom, and industrial metal, creating suffocating walls of low-frequency sound. Their compositions stretch time and patience alike, building massive soundscapes from distorted feedback and mechanized percussion.
Voodoopriest is a death/thrash metal band from São Paulo, led by vocalist Vitor Rodrigues (ex-Torture Squad) and featuring guitarist César Covero (Endrah, ex-Nervochaos) and guitarist Renato DeLuccas (Exhortation). The band released the album Mandu in 2014 through Die Hard Records, drawing on themes from Brazilian indigenous history, African religion, and Hindu spirituality, and followed it with Cipó dos Mortos before going on hold.
Voorish is a black metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, whose self-titled debut album arrived on August 30, 2024. The band—featuring vocalist Devil From Chaos, bassist Scepticismi Defensoris, and drummer Umbra Entitatis—channels themes of misanthropy, Satanism, and contempt for humanity through a sound rooted in classic black metal tradition.
Vora is a black metal project from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020. They channel raw, atmospheric black metal.
Voracian is a black metal/crust band from France, formed in 2012. They fuse black metal's darkness with crust punk's raw aggression.
Ruthless Slam / Brutal Death Metal from San Antonio.
Voragine is a black metal and crust punk band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed in 2017, whose sound has been described as blending the glacial melodies of second-wave black metal with the raw force of stadium crust. The band has released music through the SADRecords collective and has a demo EP under their name as well as the release "Oscuridad" documented on Metal Archives.
Voraginem was a death/thrash metal band from Santiago, Chile, active from 2016 until their split-up. The band released one EP, "Ad Astra" (2016), a four-track recording composed entirely by the band between March and October of that year, with lyrics drawing on mythology and ancient gods.
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