Vulvodynia reveal lineup change due to recent allegations

Due to unsettling accusations made against its newest member, vocalist Zion Bittenbender, South African deathcore group Vulvodynia has come under criticism. Now, the band has revealed a lineup change due to this matter.

Official Statement from Vulvodynia:

Following the recent allegations circulating online involving our vocalist, Zion Bittenbender, we want to provide an update regarding our touring plans.

After careful discussion, Zion will be returning home from our current tour in Asia to focus on addressing these matters through the appropriate legal channels. Handling this responsibly would be extremely difficult while continuing to tour internationally, so this decision has been made in everyone’s best interests.

Lwandile Prusent, who originally fronted Vulvodynia and has since been performing on guitar, will resume vocal duties for the remainder of 2025 to ensure our commitments are fulfilled.

We appreciate everyone’s understanding and support while this situation is handled properly and respectfully.

The band just recently announced Bittenbender as an official member of the band.

We’re very excited to announce Zion Bittenbender as our new vocalist. We’ve been working with him behind the scenes for a while now, and the new material is sounding like the best music we’ve created to date. We can’t wait for all of you to hear the new era of Vulvodynia.

They recently performed their first gigs under Bittenbender’s direction, but since then, unsettling accusations against Bittebender have come to light. Concerning allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual assault, and other offenses have been made by a lady who claims to be his former intimate relationship. You can view that post below, which has multiple screen grabs of alleged chats with Bittenbender.

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