Völva are a band from Sweden that plays a raw mixture of black metal and crust and this is a review of their 2024 album "Desires Profane" which will b e released in November as a joint effort between Grind To Death Records and Fiadh Productions.
A very powerful sounding bass guitar starts off the album along with some heavier riffing a few seconds later. Melodies are also added into a lot of the riffs while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams as well as the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style.
Elements of crust can also be heard at times while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the music more of a raw feeling. A lot of the music is also very heavily influenced by the classic Nordic style and the whole album also sticks to a heavier direction.
Völva plays a musical style that takes a very raw and traditional form of black metal and mixes it with crust to create a sound of their own. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism, Anti Christianity, Anti Patriarchy and Feminism themes.
In my opinion Völva are a very great sounding raw mixture of black metal and crust and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Tower" "Inverted Cross" "Asmodeus" and "Vagabond". 8 out of 10.
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