Take a look outside your window: shit’s getting serious. We’re living through a particularly bleak paradigm, with ominous political shifts occurring around the globe. It’s time for a rallying war-cry, to tap into the power of our ancestors, to learn the wisdoms taught by history and its recurring patterns. It’s time to acknowledge the power of women, to burn with the fire of a banshee wail, to taste the energy of revolution and feel the inspiration of generations of resistance. And that’s where Ascend, the second album by insurrectionary heavy rock trio Vodun, comes in. 10 slabs of ground-flattening, groove-inflected rock power, driven by the afro-inspired dervish drums of Zel Kaute (interpreting the spirits of Ogoun), the roaring, fierce chromium guitars of Linz Hamilton (The Marassa), and fronted by the fire-breathing howl of frontwoman Chantal Brown (Oya), delivering you the truth of generations with a drive and focus that can’t be matched. Its ten tracks full of the hurricane of mystic heaviness, spiritual soul and furious positivity, its colossal riffage and rhythms allied to inspirational lyrics and powerful melodies to deliver food for the soul and fire to inflame uprisings.

LP - 500 Copies on Black Vinyl housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Download.

LP+ - 500 Copies on Blue / White Vinyl housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Download.

CD - Digipack with Lyric Booklet.