Classical music disruptors Seven)Suns have revealed their cover of The Dillinger Escape Plan's "Prancer."
"Prancer" is the opening track off the mathcore legend's landmark 2013 album, One of Us Is the Killer, celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Seven)Suns has recreated the entire album, rearranging all eleven of its wildly complex tracks for a string quartet. The album will be released on Silent Pendulum Records on September 29th.
Stream "Prancer," here: https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/08/10/sevensuns-somehow-makes-the-dillinger-escape-plans-prancer-sound-even-more-dangerous/
Pre-order the album, here (LP): https://silentpendulumrecords.com/products/sevensuns-one-of-us-is-the-killer
Pre-order the album, here (digital): https://silentpendulumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/one-of-us-is-the-killer
MetalSucks describes Seven)Suns' sound as "dissonant chaos with a tinge of class" and goes on to report: "If The Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman once described the band’s music as 'garbage cans falling down stairs,' then I’d probably describe Seven)Suns’ variation on their work like 'Joseph Haydn writing a classical piece during a major earthquake.'"
Seven)Suns founder Earl Maneein – a world-class violinist whose resumé includes performances with Jay-Z and Rihanna, and whom Metallica’s Robert Trujillo has stated to be “a kick ass player who pushes the creative boundaries” – describes his own group’s sound as “dystopian music rooted in the language of avant-metal and hardcore, played by a string quartet.” Based in New York City, the quartet consists of Maneein on violin, Adda Kridler on violin, Fung Chern Hwei on viola, and Jennifer DeVore on cello.
Seven)Suns has broken boundaries in both the metal and classical music worlds. While their core repertoire is original music written by Maneein, the group incorporates songs from metal and punk bands into its set list as well as Western composers such as Arvo Pärt and Hildegard Von Bingen. One of Us Is the Killer is its most ambitious project to date.
Seven)Suns’ collaborations with The Dillinger Escape Plan date back to 2015 when Maneein and his gang grabbed the attention of TDEP’s Ben Weinman with their cover of the band's odd-time mosh anthem, “43% Burnt.” Impressed, Weinman invited Seven)Suns to perform on two songs on TDEP's final album, Dissociation, and he released their debut album, For The Hearts Still Beating, on his label, Party Smasher Inc. Seven)Suns performed live at TDEP's farewell shows in NYC in December 2017.
Other recent collabs include composer Daniel Bernard Roumain and avant-metal act Imperial Triumphant. Seven)Suns has twice been honored with residencies at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute, and has performed at the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival, The TriBeCa New Music Festival, NPR’S Green Space, and the Fairbanks Musical Association.
Photo by John DeVore
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