– March twenty fourth, 2023 –
Whereas the world was nonetheless within the midst of the pandemic, DVNE determined to arrange a digital livestream of 4 songs off their 2021 album, Etemen Ænka, as a option to lastly convey the brand new songs to life to followers round in a secure approach. The excellent stay efficiency was recorded of their hometown Edinburgh with the assistance of producer Graeme Younger, who additionally produced Etemen Ænka. For the primary time ever, the band carried out the brand new songs stay with particular visitor Lissa Robertson on violin and vocals.
That stay recording turned the ’22 launch Cycles of Asphodel, which is now accessible on vinyl and might be discovered right here: orcd.co/dvne-cycles
Cycles of Asphodel Tracklisting:
01. Weighing of the Coronary heart (Dwell)
02. Omega Severer (Dwell)
03. Asphodel (Dwell)
04. Satuya (Dwell)
You too can watch the stay efficiency of Cycles of Asphodel right here: youtu.be/cFZSXwWjLCU
Steel-Digest.com had this to say concerning the album that was initially launched Might 20, 2022:
“Specializing in simply 4 tracks from their ‘Etemen Ænka’ album, this isn’t an album of elongated tracks stuffed with crowd interactions of lifeless, dried out name and responses or 20 minutes of drum solo that’s not even over by the point you’re taking a piss and seize a beer. As an alternative, that is Dvne creatively reimagining the tracks right here with using some tasteful violins from and paired with the vocals of Lissa Robertson and a few stunning keyboards from Evelyn Might Hedges who between them add a massively completely different dimension to this progressive post-metal which is assured to usher in followers from past the same old scope of The Ocean Collective, Mastodon and Neurosis.“
DVNE‘s line-up for the stay recording of Cycles of Asphodel options Victor Vicart on guitar, vocals, and keys, Dudley Tait on drums, Daniel Barter on guitar and vocals, Allan Paterson on bass, Lissa Robertson on violin and vocals, and Evelyn Might Hedges on keys.
The band has some upcoming performances (see beneath) then are planning to enter the studio to document their third album this September.
Upcoming exhibits:
11/04 – Glasgow, UK – Stereo
12/04 – Nottingham, UK – Bodega
13/04 – Sheffield, UK – The Company
14/04 – Bristol, UK – The Crofters Rights
15/04 – London, UK – Oslo
16/04 – Manchester, UK – Soup
28/06 – 01/07 – Viveiro, ES – Resurrection Fest
16/08 – Somerset, UK – Arctangent Competition
In different information, this stay launch additionally marks the second anniversary of the DVNE‘s launch Etemen Ænka. Right here’s what the press worldwide needed to say concerning the band’s well-received launch…
Revolver (US): finest songs proper now: revolvermag.com
Steel Hammer (GER): “A balancing act between Steven Wilson and Amenra“
Visions (GER): “Sludge Gentle between Mastodon and Dredg” (great thing about the month)
Hardbeat (UK): TOP 10 – albums of the 12 months 2021
Distorted Sounds: “In the end, this looks like a launch pad set to spring DVNE into the higher echelons of post-progressive music.“
Sputnik Music: “Their journey seeking their place among the many best has lastly come to an finish. Now sit, hear and watch them construct an empire.“
Heavy Weblog is Heavy: “It’s an clever, difficult, and bold subsequent step in Dvne’s profession and precisely the step they wanted to take.“
Echoes and Mud: “that is thrilling, emotive and very fulfilling“
Fuze (GER): “Contender for the most effective metallic launch of the 12 months 2021“
Betreutes Proggen (GER): “A monumental Sci-Fi film to your ears“
In regards to the band:
DVNE is a 5 piece progressive metallic band from Edinburgh, Scotland. Based in 2013, the band was then referred to as dune in reference to Frank Herbert’s masterpiece of the identical title; an announcement of the band’s mutual obsession for Sci-fi and fantasy of all varieties, the inspiration of which has continued to affect their music to at the present time.
Breaking within the scene with their first album Asheran in 2017, Dvne secured excursions within the UK, Europe and US with Eyehategod, Elder, Inter Arma and carried out at prestigious festivals similar to Psycho Las Vegas 2018, Desertfest London 2019 and Inferno Competition 2019.
In March 2021 Dvne launched their seminal second album Etemen Ænka which was hailed by followers and press alike across the globe and therefore ended up on many album of the 12 months listing which led Dvne to be awarded ‘Greatest Steel Act’ on the 2021 Scottish Different Music Awards. Following the discharge, Dvne has extensively toured the UK and Europe with the likes of Excessive On Fireplace, Villagers Of Ioannina Metropolis and Bossk and appeared at each London & Berlin’s Desertfest editions, Arctangent Competition and Freak Valley Competition.
Whereas the world was nonetheless in turmoil, the band determined to arrange a digital stay stream of 4 songs to lastly convey the brand new songs to life to followers across the globe in a secure approach. The excellent stay efficiency was recorded of their hometown Edinburgh along with the assistance of producer Graeme Younger, who already produced Etemen Ænka. For the primary time ever, the band carried out the brand new songs stay with particular visitor Lissa Robertson on violin and vocals.
Dvne are a band of nice contrasts, weaving titanic heaviness and complex gentleness collectively, complicated lyrical concepts with participating storylines, and this has solely been expanded upon and focused on second album Etemen Ænka. “It’s a very dense and layered album which is able to reward a number of listens, and whereas that is changing into a recurring facet of our music, we really feel that we went additional with it this time. It’s additionally a really polarizing album, emotionally talking. The heavy sections are, properly, very heavy, whereas the clear sections are far more intricate and delicate and in a approach wouldn’t be misplaced in a Studio Ghibli anime soundtrack.” , explains the band. Their title is a reference to the timeless sci-fi epic Dune by Frank Herbert, that is very a lot a style that they fortunately inhabit, and is as soon as once more mirrored within the lyrical content material of the document. Whereas desirous to create a universe of their very own, additionally they cowl extra severe matters associated to the society we stay in, and whereas Asheran was very a lot centered on their relation to their environment and the atmosphere, Etemen Ænka focuses far more on social points and extra particularly on inequalities and the human relationship with energy.
Picture Credit score: SHTRAK Productions
Lineup:
Victor Vicart: Guitar, Keys, Vocals
Daniel Barter: Guitar, Vocals
Dudley Tait: Drums
Allan Paterson: Bass, Guitar
Maxime Keller: Keys/Synth
Occasional stay members:
Alexandros Keros: Bass
Orestis Zafeiriou: Keys/Synth
Line-Up on stay recording:
Victor Vicart: guitar, vocals, keys
Dudley Tait: drums
Daniel Barter: guitar, vocals
Allan Paterson: bass
Lissa Robertson: violin, vocals
Evelyn Might Hedges: keys
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