Voluntary Mortification
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New single CASKET OF FILTH now streaming everywhere & lyric video on our Youtube! Jesus said to go to all the ends of the earth to proclaim His message.
After His bloody death, Jesus Himself descended into the depths of Hell, and that’s where we bring our message of hope — into the hell of suffering, confusion, and fear experienced by too many in this world. Our desire is to be a light in the darkness for those who are broken and hurting in the metal scene. We’re taking that message right into the pit; not just into the mosh pit, but into the pit of darkness and evil that runs rampant in our world and within people seeking an escape. Each of us in the band knows we are broken and are sinners, but through our own sufferings, we’ve found faith and want to share that with our brother and sister metalhead. We feel called to create not only music to break faces, but break people’s souls; break down the walls we put up and let in someone better: Jesus Christ. Our first album is a concept album, “Suffer to Rise,” which follows the journey of a man, who after a life of dissipation, descends into Hell. The first part of that story is captured in our first song release, “Death Tremors”, a pummeling track with haunting lyrics depicting the angst of a soul who experiences the ultimate regret of a life lost because he rejected the graces of God. Yet this protagonist, named Paul (after the apostle and saint), is given a chance to realize his mistake in rejecting God and His invitation for eternal bliss and glory. He emerges renewed and reinvigorated as a vindicator for Truth in a world that has lost its way, with an abundance of grace and a mission for the remainder of his life. As far as our name goes, Voluntary Mortification sums up the call of the Christian life: to voluntarily lay down our lives for one another and deny our very selves and our desires. We believe the idea of dying to yourself is pretty radical and extreme - just like the very music we listen to and create.
08/14/2026
🚨 LANSING! WE’RE COMING HOME! 🏠
Mortifiers, join us for a hometown show at MACS BAR on Friday the 28th as we kick off Part 2 with This Is Me Breathing and special guests Bound by vendetta Fenrot Band and Maidenless!
This is an ALL AGES show and advance tickets are available direct from us, just shoot us a DM and we’ll hook you up!
YEAAAAAAAAH!
08/12/2026
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our good ol Metallica singing, beer chugging, string skipping, awesome swell wonderful holy jolly smiley guy!
Everyone say HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKEYY or he will subject you to his vocal cover of Sweating Bullets which I can say from personal experience, you’d prefer not to hear.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jacob Kanclerz 🎉🎂🎊
08/10/2026
📣❗️CHICAGOOOO
SUPPORT UPDATE: we are bringing along our new friends in Integument and Wyvern to play with us, This Is Me Breathing, and Soul Devour in Chicago at The WC Social Club!
August 29th just got even heavier (just when you thought it couldn’t) and we invite YOU🫵 (yes you) to come out and show these guys some love (and maybe us too idk)
Tickets link: https://tinyurl.com/54nud3tt
Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1012683458285727
08/08/2026
📣❗️MORTIFY THE MIDWEST PART 2 INFO
Our VM x This Is Me Breathing weekend run is coming up, and we’ve got some details to share!
Friday August 28th: we play our hometown venue of Lansing, MACS BAR, joined by Bound by vendetta , Fenrot Band, and Maidenless !
Tickets for this date will be will call - please DM us to get yours today!
Saturday August 29th: we are making our long awaited return to Chicago to play The WC Social Club, with our new friends in Soul Devour!
Tickets link: https://tinyurl.com/54nud3tt
Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1012683458285727
We are also saddened to announce we will no longer be playing Madison WI, we hope we can get out there someday soon!
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08/04/2026
…even to the nasty venue bathrooms
08/02/2026
🚨NEW MERCH ALERT 🔥
🍊 Crush the Serpent’s Head t-shirts
🎩 Black VM SnapBack hats
🧢 Camo Midwest Hunter SnapBack hats
Go get ‘em! Merch sales support our runs this summer.
07/28/2026
Big thanks to Abated Mass of Flesh (pictured with us top right) for making Part 1 a huge success! Thank you to all the other bands, venues and staff, and the fans! Below are just a few snippets of what a VM tour looks like 🤣
07/26/2026
NIGHT 3 IN NASHVILLE: Join us at The End with Abated Mass of Flesh, Gorge, Life’s Threat, and Her Dying Eyes to close out Part 1!
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