The band takes their name from the medical condition that involves a chronic, unexplained pain in the area around the opening of the vagina.
Looking in a medical textbook will tell you the following: Vulvodynia is a chronic, severe vaginal pain with no identifiable cause. While the severe part is dead on, what a medical textbook won’t tell you is that Vulvodynia is also the name of 2014’s brightest rising star in the world of brutalizing, slamming deathcore. With lobotomizing, lurid riffs, skin-shredding blast beats and slams gruesome and filthy enough to induce septic shock, Vulvodynia are a lethal plague, spreading throughout the flesh of today’s heavy music scene—infecting one set of ears at a time, and leaving no survivors.
Spawned in 2014, Vulvodynia is a South African slam juggernaut designed with one purpose: to make the heaviest, most absurdly heavy music possible, while attempting to define themselves as more than just “another slam band.” If their mission was over-the-top heaviness, then consider it accomplished—from their debut release, Lord of Plagues, Vulvodynia’s penchant for skull-splitting technicality and eviscerating heaviness has been obvious. Rapidly gaining popularity and recognition for their prodigal slam prowess, Lord of Plagues saw the band reach ears not just in their local scene, but around the world as well. As the band’s popularity grew, their sound matured, drawing more from a greater array of influences and improving their musicianship and dynamic—until finally, in October of 2014, the band released their debut full-length album, Cognizant Castigation. Featuring Acrania’s Luke Griffin and Ingested’s Jason Evans (among many others), Cognizant Castigation is an album that cements Vulvodynia’s status as slam legends, transcending common gimmicks and staples of the genre and instead opting to generate an overwhelmingly crushing experience that fans of any style of heavy music will be able to get into.
If 2014 was the year the band finally grew into their potential, 2015 was the year they shattered their own mould, evolving into an even more aggressive and creative display of no-holds-barred heaviness. The band released a lengthy-but-lurid eight-track EP titled Finis Omnium Ignoratium, completing their contact with Vicious Instinct Records. No longer satisfied with their status as a terrifying trio, the band sought to expand—searching South Africa for more like-minded musicians willing to bring forth brutality.
Vulvodynia’s search was not in vain; with the completion of a full lineup, the band joined with Czech-based label Lacerated Enemy Records, releasing their sophomore full-length Psychosadistic Design shortly thereafter. The time that followed was a blur of tours and festivals including Deathfeast Open Air (DE),Fall In The Brawl (UK) and 2018 tours with Despised Icon, Malevolence and Archspire. It wouldn’t be too much longer before 2019 would dawn on the band and see them release Mob Justice, a record that takes a step back from the band’s lore established on Finis or the outright brutality of Psychosadistic Design to focus on music surrounding the social strife and societal tensions surrounding living in South Africa. Widely hailed as their strongest work to date, Mob Justice hurled the band into 2020 with what seemed to be unstoppable momentum—until 2020 was complicated by a global pandemic. Determined not to let COVID-19 slow their unstoppable onslaught, Vulvodynia pushed on, releasing Societal Lobotomization, a split EP with slamming deathcore legends Acrania. The “Vulvocrania” project was a landmark success, catapulting the band into heavy music’s uppermost echelon—complete with their recent signing to Unique Leader Records and the imminent release of Praenuntius Infiniti, a lore-laden, slam-riddled, riff-driven monstrosity that transcends the borders between brutal death metal, technical death metal and deathcore.
Superluminal Wormhole Divulgation
Vulvodynia Lyrics
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We will blast a message through the fabric of time and space into the next dimension.
We cannot end this transmission
until it reaches the minds of the Annunaki who have what we need.
Once they're in our dimension we can take back the treasure that was stolen from us.
Then we can relocate
ourselves and the treasure to another planet
before we destroy this world!
We will torture and rape every alien life form in our custody until we have thee answer,
Where is the treasure that was taken millennia ago by the Annunaki fiends
who wish to murder and kill our planet?
We will torture and rape every alien life form in our custody
until we have thee answer!
We will make them regret the day they ever made a treaty with
humanity!
We are the scum of the universe!
A plague to all in our way!
Parasites of Existence!
We will one day bring about eternal darkness...
Parasites."
Superluminal Wormhole Divulgation
Our contract to obliteration sent out and recieeeeeeeved
by a being born before time itself bent to devour all!
It has caught onto our scent!
Bringing eternal devourment!
Tearing a portal into our plain,
Leaving destruction in it's wake!
We will torture and rape every alien life form in our custody until we have thee answer,
Where is the treasure that was taken millennia ago by the Annunaki fiends
who wish to murder and kill our planet?
We will torture and rape every alien life form in our custody until we have thee answer,
Where is the treasure that was taken millennia ago by the Annunaki fiends
who wish to murder and kill our planet?
Meanwhile Praenuntius
slowly begins his descent through
the fabric of time and space into our dimension so that he may feast on all in his path bringing darkness to all because of
"We will blast a message through the fabric of time and space into the next dimension.
We will blast a message through the fabric of time and space into the next dimension.
The lyrics of Vulvodynia's song "Superluminal Wormhole Divulgation" tell a story of destruction, greed, and the pursuit of power. The song starts with the idea of blasting a message through the fabric of time and space into the next dimension. However, this message is not a peaceful one, but rather a demand to the Annunaki, an extraterrestrial race, to return the treasure that they have stolen from humanity. The theme of revenge and reclamation is prominent throughout the song, as the band threatens to torture and rape any alien life form until they get their answer about the stolen treasure.
The lyrics also showcase humanity's destructive nature and insatiable thirst for power, as they plan to relocate themselves and the treasure to another planet before destroying the current one. This desire for dominance is what leads to their downfall, as they attract the attention of a being born before time itself, Praenuntius, who is set on devouring all in its wake and bringing eternal darkness. The song ends on this ominous note, with the realization that humanity's pursuit of power may lead to their ultimate destruction.
Overall, the lyrics of "Superluminal Wormhole Divulgation" paint a bleak picture of humanity's greed and the consequences that it may bring.
Line by Line Meaning
We will blast a message through the fabric of time and space into the next dimension.
We intend to send a message through time and space to reach the Annunaki from another dimension.
We cannot end this transmission
until it reaches the minds of the Annunaki who have what we need.
We will keep sending the message until the Annunaki get it and give us what we want.
Once they're in our dimension we can take back the treasure that was stolen from us.
Then we can relocate
ourselves and the treasure to another planet
before we destroy this world!
When the Annunaki come to our dimension, we will take back what they stole from us, move it to another planet, and destroy this one.
We will torture and rape every alien life form in our custody until we have thee answer,
Where is the treasure that was taken millennia ago by the Annunaki fiends
who wish to murder and kill our planet?
We will torture and rape every alien life form in our custody
until we have thee answer!
We will brutally interrogate every captive alien until they give us the location of the treasure that the Annunaki took and who want to kill our planet.
We will make them regret the day they ever made a treaty with
humanity!
We are the scum of the universe!
A plague to all in our way!
Parasites of Existence!
We will one day bring about eternal darkness...
Parasites."
We will cause the Annunaki to regret ever making a treaty with us, as we are the worst of the universe, causing destruction and darkness wherever we go.
Our contract to obliteration sent out and recieeeeeeeved
by a being born before time itself bent to devour all!
It has caught onto our scent!
Bringing eternal devourment!
Tearing a portal into our plain,
Leaving destruction in it's wake!
Our message of destruction has been received by a powerful entity born before time itself, who is now coming for us, causing destruction in its path.
Meanwhile Praenuntius
slowly begins his descent through
the fabric of time and space into our dimension so that he may feast on all in his path bringing darkness to all because of
"We will blast a message through the fabric of time and space into the next dimension.
We will blast a message through the fabric of time and space into the next dimension."
As all of this is happening, Praenuntius is coming closer to our dimension to bring darkness and destruction, attracted by the message we are sending.
Contributed by Emma B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.