Volition’s story can go all the way back as early as the beginning of 2013. Malice had just released Tormentstorm’s debut full length titled “Into the Ominous Door” in early of that same year, by the label No Sleep Til’ Megiddo Records. Gaining a cult following soon after. It was also around this time that he met Chris Potter through original bassist, Dakota West. One day they decided to jam and shortly afterwards went under the temporary EVIL SACRIFICE name for a few weeks. However, after those few weeks the band changed the name to VOLITION. The name stuck and VOLITION it was. The band’s musical influences are : Motörhead, early Slayer, Voivod, Toxic Holocaust, Exodus, and Sodom. Making their music a blend of punk, proto-death metal, and thrash metal. Over the years, Volition had underwent various lineup changes and hardships throughout the course of the band’s history. The lineup of : Christian Potter, and Malice von Creitz, had been the band’s most stable lineup. The band’s live performances usually are intense as the crowd’s would erupt into full on moshing. Volition’s first official release is the “Vengeful Satisfaction” EP, recorded in fall of 2015, released in January of 2016. Gaining a small but loyal following in their hometown of Tulsa. In March of 2017, the band went to Roger’s Arkansas to record their first full length : “Visions of the Onslaught”, recorded at Big Adventures Studios. Record was released digitally on October 31st. Record was met with praise from metal critics and fans. Shortly aftwards, Brutal Records contacted the band and Volition signed with Brutal Records in January of the following year.
