DVNE Make New Album ‘Etemen Ænka’ Available For Streaming In Its Entirety
March 18th, 2021
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Edinburgh, Scotland-based sludge / stoner metal band Dvne issue second full-length studio album Etemen Ænka on March 19th, 2021 through Metal Blade Records.
Etemen Ænka can be streamed in its entirety via YouTube below.
“It’s an album that has a narrative musically, and we hope that will encourage the listener to explore the universe we’ve created around it,” commented vocalist / guitarist Victor Vicart. “It is a very dense and layered album which will reward multiple listens, and while this is becoming a recurring aspect of our music, we feel that we went further with it this time. It’s also a very polarizing album, emotionally speaking. The heavy sections are, well, very heavy, while the clean sections are much more intricate and delicate – and in a way wouldn’t be out of place in a Studio Ghibli anime soundtrack.”
“We knew we wanted to include keys and synths in the equation,” continued Victor Vicart. “We wanted to be able to add new textures and new sounds that weren’t on our previous releases, and we felt that this was something that will give us more options creatively. Looking back, that was a great decision because we’ve used synths for everything, with ambient sounds, heavy subs and actual leads, which really added a new dynamic to this album. We’ve also kept this balance between down-tuned heavy riffs and clean movements, which were already present in Asheran, but we really wanted to make sure we could capture more details and subtleties once recorded.”
Etemen Ænka marks Dvne’s second collaboration with producer Graeme Young in Edinburgh’s Chamber Studio. “He acts like an extra member of the band and really pushes us to do better takes,” Victor Vicart remarked.
Dvne found composing challenging. “The composition was challenging because we second guess every riff that gets written,” Vicart observed. “We want to keep things fresh, and we want to keep the energy high too, so the initial creative stage can become intense. Then, because our tracks are pretty big and dense with ideas and movements, we didn‘t finalize each track structure until we started laying down the drums. But I think it’s what made the whole recording process so much fun too, because it allowed us to really think about the different options available without committing to a final structure too early in the process.”
Etemen Ænka also features guest vocals courtesy of Lissa Robertson, who sings on ‘Omega Severer’ and ‘Asphodel’ and contributes spoken word on ‘Weighing Of The Heart’.
Cover artwork was created by Marald Art.
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The track listing is as follows:
01. ‘Enûma Eliš’
02. ‘Towers’
03. ‘Court Of The Matriarch’
04. ‘Weighing Of The Heart’
05. ‘Omega Severer’
06. ‘Adræden’
07. ‘Si-XIV’
08. ‘Mleccha’
09. ‘Asphodel’
10. ‘Satuya’
Dvne’s line-up is as follows:
Victor Vicart (vocals, guitar and keyboards)
Daniel Barter (guitar and vocals)
Greg Armstrong (bass)
Dudley Tait (drums)
Evelyn May Hedges (keyboards)
Etemen Ænka will be made available in the following coloured vinyl formats; 180g black vinyl (EU exclusive), raisin rouge marbled vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 400 copies), grey / yellow-green marbled vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 300 copies), gold / black dust vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 200 copies), clear / black dust vinyl (Kings Road exclusive – limited to 100 copies), dark goldenrod marbled vinyl (US exclusive), and clear ash gray marbled vinyl (US exclusive).
A music video was filmed for the track ‘Si-XIV’, while a live performanve video was released for the song ‘Towers’. Both clips can be viewed below.
Debut studio record Asheran was released in July 2017 via Wasted State.
Promotional photograph by Calum McMillan.
