Völva unveil the soul-skinning force of Asmodeus

Following in the bloody wake of ‘The Tower’, Swedish black metal witches Völva have unleashed a second single of vehemence and venom from their upcoming album, Desires Profane. ‘Asmodeus‘ is a fierce and implacable assault on the senses, a grim and nefarious attack of cold, metallic fury – black to the core.

You can watch the video for ‘Asmodeus‘ right here and fall beneath the shadow of its baleful black wings…

Desires Profane will burst from its cage on November 28th in a fearsome display of merciless hate. 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.

From Malmö, Sweden comes the vengeful, satanic, feminist sound of Völva; a howling, hate-filled voice of rage, fuelled by the fire and the fists that have subjugated womankind since the old ways were undone by the insidious Christian contamination of the world. Born in the simmering underground cauldrons of punk and black metal the band built their foundations with a self-titled demo and the highly regarded Promises Unfold As Lies EP – and now the time for the unveiling of their mesmerising, intimidating full length debut album is at hand. Desires Profane begins with the acidic malice of ‘The Tower’ and immediately draws you into its world of flame and shadow. With its clarity edged with dirt and direct, unflinching approach ‘The Tower’ begins to carve out a strange soundscape of distinct character, with melody implied rather than simply stated. Familiar yet unsettlingly different…it’s an aura that permeates the whole album. ‘Walk With Me’, primal and chaotic, infused with anger and a sense of the forbidden that underlines the fact that Völva are born of different blood, a breed apart and your welcome into their circle is by no means assured. ‘Never Forgive’ stalks you like a blood encrusted valkyrie with a slow menace and a Transylvanian hunger, while ‘The Serpent’ sinks its needle fangs of nightmare into your quivering flesh, injecting the venom as cold flames lick at your nerve endings. The dark and ragged glory that unfolds as Desires Profane progresses is both addictive and magnificent. This is black metal at its assured and powerful, cruel and angular best, attacking with a merciless and fiercely focused purpose. Finishing with ‘Vagabond’ that brings a pagan lilt to its grimy onslaught, a hymn to forgotten times before the coming of the worm, Desires Profane leaves you in no doubt that Völva want to tear down everything that you know and set light to all you think you understand.

On November 28th Desires Profane will be unleashed on vinyl by Fiadh Productions and CD by Grind To Death Records – both versions housed in a sleeve that affirms Völva’s chosen role as the enemy, the adversary of the oppressor. Scathing and acerbic in their assault on all who support the pillars of our rotten society, this band are passionate advocates for its end. You will not hear another album this year as aflame with scorn, contempt and fury as Desires Profane – bewitching in its bitterness and spellbinding in its savagery.