Völva prepare to release Desires Profane
October 17, 2024
Crawling out of the filth of the Malmö underground come Völva – three women with hearts full of rage and riffs; raised on punk rebellion and black metal venom. After carving out a place for themselves in the extreme metal consciousness with a self titled demo and the confrontational EP, Promises Unfold As Lies, Völva are ready to unleash hell with their full length debut album, Desires Profane. There have been obstacles to overcome, line-up changes to work through, the grind of everyday life in a rotten society to contend with, but Völva’s original vision remains undiluted and unwavering – to bring vengeful, satanic, feminist metal to the world and grind the faces of the oppressors into their bile and blood. Desires Profane is an uncompromising distillation of Völva’s hatred for the establishment, for the invasive Christian culture that has denigrated women, casting aside the once sacred status of the mother, the priestess, the wise woman, the healer, the avenger in ancient pagan traditions. Crafted from black metal’s most wicked, jagged ice, vicious war cries like ‘Expulsion Of The Flesh’ and the thunderous storm of darkness that is ‘Inverted Cross’ are shocking in their vehemence. From the slow menace and scathing vocals of ‘Never Forgive’ to the cascading attack and superlative drive and focus of ‘Asmodeus’ Desires Profane seethes with a bacchanalian frenzy, the band’s desire to tear the flesh of their enemies into quivering shreds so intense you can taste it. Völva possess a spirit and character like no other, a disquieting and unnerving essence that sets them apart. While their assault on your mind and body is direct and unwavering, they also weave a spellbinding black magic that twists and warps the senses. All certainties crumble, but for the knowledge that Völva are here to destroy. A first taste of Völva‘s poison is offered up today, October 17th, in the twisted form of single ‘The Tower’, with Desires Profane bursting from its cage on November 28th in a fearsome display of ravening hate and fury. Grind To Death Records will release the album on CD, while Fiadh Productions will deal with its vinyl incarnation. Complete with sleeve art designed to offend those who would keep women submissive and controlled by religious rhetoric, Desires Profane is set to be one of the most impactful and powerful black metal releases of the year. Völva are coming for your plastic gods, your pathetic sense of propriety, your structures of dominance and control…and for you. Track Listing:
1 – The Tower
2 – Walk With Me
3 – Expulsion Of The Flesh
4 – Inverted Cross
5 – Never Forgive
6 – The Serpent
7 – Perpetual Putrefaction
8 – Asmodeus
9 – Salvation
10 – Vagabond
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