Kyiv's Virvel av Morkerhatet, whose Swedish name means "whirl of the hatred of darkness," channels Scandinavian black metal tradition through a Ukrainian perspective. Their atmospheric compositions build immersive, tremolo-driven soundscapes of cold fury and existential darkness.

VIS is a black/folk/pagan metal band from Brescia, Italy, formed in 2017. They weave folk and pagan elements into a black metal framework.

Visceral Gleam is a black metal project from Cork, Ireland, formed in 2021. They deliver intense black metal from the Irish underground.

Visceralgreed is a progressive/melodic black metal project from Hildesheim, Germany, formed in 2024. The project blends black metal's ferocity with progressive structures and melodic sensibility.

Visions is a blackened death/thrash metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2018, evolving through several stylistic phases from blackened death/thrash to black metal and back. Their genre-shifting approach reflects an restless creative vision within extreme metal.

Visto is a black/death metal band from Finland, formed in 2015. They fuse the darkness of black metal with death metal's brutal intensity.

Viszeral is a black metal project from Rosenheim, Germany, formed in 2020. The project channels intense, visceral black metal.

Vitae Crucis is an experimental black metal project from Canterbury, England, formed in 2023. They push black metal's boundaries with experimental approaches from the historic English city.

Kyiv-based solo artist Vitaliy Sytnik crafts deeply personal depressive black metal, using the genre as a vehicle for raw emotional expression. His compositions channel profound anguish through minimal instrumentation and tortured vocal delivery.