Paul Ledney, drummer and vocalist of New York-based black steel band Profanatica has offered a vial of his semen on the merch desk throughout a current reveals, dropping the unique value considerably.
And sure, a number of individuals have come ahead to substantiate that it’s certainly actual.
About Profanatica
Profanatica initially began within the early ’90s as one of many few U.S.-based black steel acts on the time. The preliminary model of the band solely lasted two years earlier than its members (who had additionally been a part of an early model of Incantation) splintered off into a lot of totally different acts.
Within the early 2000s, drummer and vocalist Paul Ledney began Profanatica again up with the assistance of some new members. They launched the band’s first correct full-length album, Profanatitas De Domonatia, in 2007. They’ve launched six albums in all (together with one titled Thy Kingdom Cum) and, earlier this 12 months, issued the six-track Wreathed in Lifeless Angels EP.
However their blaze stunt would possibly simply be what attracts essentially the most consideration to Profanatica since that notorious nude band photograph within the woods within the ’90s.
Profanatica Promoting Paul Ledney’s Semen
Earlier this week, photographs began to pop up on Instagram exhibiting what was marketed as “Paul’s precise cum” for $50. Subsequent to the signal was a small vial containing the alleged bodily fluid.
The value on this distinctive merchandise on the merch stand had been coming down as Profanatica’s present tour continues, at one level having an asking value of $100.
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The story gained some legitimacy when Claire Darling popped up within the feedback to substantiate that she was working the merch desk and that the vial did certainly include Ledney’s semen.
“I’m the merch woman, and sure, it is actual, and was additionally my concept lmao,” Darling commented on the submit exhibiting the merch desk at Profanatica’s present at The Regent Theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday (July 9).
Further photographs on Darling’s Instagram present that she is promoting merch for Profanatica on the band’s present run of dwell reveals.
Darling additionally shared a follow-up in her Instagram Tales, saying the semen had “offered out.”
“Waking as much as a bunch of articles concerning cum I advised the band to promote on the merch desk was not on my 2025 bingo card,” she shared.
Profanatica is subsequent scheduled to play The Standard Place in Las Vegas on July 11. See all upcoming tour dates here.
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