While the world was still in the midst of the pandemic, DVNE decided to set up a digital livestream of four songs off their 2021 album, Etemen Ænka, as a way to finally bring the new songs to life to fans around in a safe way. The outstanding live performance was recorded in their hometown Edinburgh with the help of producer Graeme Young, who also produced Etemen Ænka. For the first time ever, the band performed the new songs live with special guest Lissa Robertson on violin and vocals.
That live recording became the ’22 release Cycles of Asphodel, which is now available on vinyl and can be found here: orcd.co/dvne-cycles
Cycles of Asphodel Tracklisting:
01. Weighing of the Heart (Live)
02. Omega Severer (Live)
03. Asphodel (Live)
04. Satuya (Live)
You can also watch the live performance of Cycles of Asphodel here: youtu.be/cFZSXwWjLCU
Metal-Digest.com had this to say about the album that was originally released May 20, 2022:
“Focusing on just four tracks from their ‘Etemen Ænka’ album, this isn’t an album of elongated tracks full of crowd interactions of dull, dried out call and responses or 20 minutes of drum solo that’s not even over by the time you take a piss and grab a beer. Instead, this is Dvne creatively reimagining the tracks here with the use of some tasteful violins from and coupled with the vocals of Lissa Robertson and some beautiful keyboards from Evelyn May Hedges who between them add a massively different dimension to this progressive post-metal which is guaranteed to bring in fans from beyond the usual scope of The Ocean Collective, Mastodon and Neurosis.“
DVNE‘s line-up for the live recording of Cycles of Asphodel features 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 May Hedges on keys.
The band has some upcoming performances (see below) then are planning to enter the studio to record their 3rd album this September.
Upcoming shows:
11/04 – Glasgow, UK – Stereo
12/04 – Nottingham, UK – Bodega
13/04 – Sheffield, UK – The Corporation
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 Festival
In other news, this live release also marks the second anniversary of the DVNE‘s release Etemen Ænka.
Lineup: Victor Vicart: Guitar, Keys, Vocals
Daniel Barter: Guitar, Vocals
Dudley Tait: Drums
Allan Paterson: Bass, Guitar
Maxime Keller: Keys/Synth
Occasional live members:
Alexandros Keros: Bass
Orestis Zafeiriou: Keys/Synth
Line-Up on live recording:
Victor Vicart: guitar, vocals, keys
Dudley Tait: drums
Daniel Barter: guitar, vocals
Allan Paterson: bass
Lissa Robertson: violin, vocals
Evelyn May Hedges: keys
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