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Vosforis is an industrial black metal project from London, formed in 2024. They merge mechanized industrial textures with black metal's raw intensity.
Votan has been channeling epic black metal out of Corpus Christi, Texas since 2016, drawing on the mythological resonance of the Mesoamerican deity their name invokes. The South Texas coastal setting is an unlikely crucible for this kind of sweeping, grandiose black metal, which makes the project's ambitions feel more singular. Their compositions reach for the kind of mythic grandeur associated with European epic black metal while remaining rooted in their own cultural context.
Votive is an atmospheric sludge/post-metal band from Shropshire, England, formed in 2022. They blend atmospheric sludge with post-metal's expansive dynamics.
Charlotte, North Carolina's Votnut have been grinding since 2012, building a catalogue of short, furious grindcore that has no patience for anything that doesn't immediately attack. The band fits squarely within grindcore's tradition of radical brevity and maximum intensity, with songs that land like a series of quick body blows. More than a decade into their existence, they remain a stubborn fixture in the Southeast underground.
Connecticut's Vouroborus have been fusing blackened death metal and grindcore since 2015, carving out a niche in the dense, chaotic overlap between those extremes. The band's name evokes the ouroboros — the serpent consuming itself — which fits a sound built on cycles of escalating brutality and collapsing structure. Their approach draws equally from death metal's heaviness, black metal's atmosphere, and grindcore's violent concision.
Vous Autres formed in Nantes, France in 2017 as a duo operating under the initials ₣ and β, combining the rawness of black metal with the heaviness of sludge in a style that is both abstract and emotionally suffocating. Their debut EP Trente Pièces d'Argent and subsequent full-length Champ du Sang (2019) attracted significant attention in the European underground and earned them a deal with Season of Mist's Underground Activists imprint. Their third album Sel de Pierre further refined their sound while maintaining the oppressive atmosphere that defines their catalogue.
VOV is a symphonic/power metal band from Nakkila, Finland, formed in 2025. They combine orchestral symphonic grandeur with power metal's melodic energy.
Vow is a post-black metal band from Manchester, England, formed in 2013. They explore the atmospheric and emotional dimensions of post-black metal.
Vowels is a black metal project from Vicenza, Italy, active since 2012 and evolving from raw black metal toward atmospheric post-black metal and ambient. Their stylistic evolution reflects a journey from aggression to introspection.
Vox Heaven is a heavy and progressive metal project from Paraná, Brazil, founded by Celso De Freyn and built around an ambitious collaborative framework that enlisted over two dozen co-lead vocalists and fourteen guitarists for its self-titled debut release. The project draws on Christian lyrical themes and brought in internationally recognized players such as Rex Carroll of Whitecross to help shape its densely layered sound.
Istanbul's Vox in Rama crafts atmospheric black metal with an emphasis on haunting, almost liturgical atmosphere. Their compositions draw from religious imagery and dark spirituality, creating a sound that is both intensely aggressive and eerily devotional.
Vox Mortem is a thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro whose 2008 debut album The Worst Creature—recorded at Area 3 Studios with guitarist Rodrigo Coutinho, co-guitarist Esau Xavier, bassist and vocalist Eduardo Martins, and drummer Flávio Monteiro—established their place in the city's underground metal scene. The band draws from the aggressive thrash tradition of 1980s Brazilian acts like Sepultura and Dorsal Atlântica while incorporating hardcore and death metal elements.
Vox Mortuis is a black metal project from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2016. The project delivers raw, uncompromising black metal steeped in darkness and misanthropy from the Belarusian underground.
Vox Populi is a thrash metal band from South Shields, England, formed in 2025. They play aggressive thrash metal from the northeast English underground.
VoXager is a progressive metal band from Düsseldorf, Germany, founded in 2006 and creating what they call "atmospheric space metal" inspired by modern metal and synthesizer pioneers. Their conceptual releases explore science fiction narratives about outer space, drawing comparisons to Arcturus and Ulver.
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