Out today: SEVEN)SUNS - One of Us Is the Killer

Seven)Suns' classical reinterpretation of The Dillinger Escape Plan's entire 2013 album, One of Us Is the Killer, is out today on Silent Pendulum Records.

Stream the album, here: https://silentpendulumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/one-of-us-is-the-killer

Buy the album, here: https://silentpendulumrecords.com/collections/sevensuns

More info: https://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2023/06/sevensuns-x-dillinger-escape-plan.html

"The arrangements, harmonic overtones and timbral qualities of the string quartet bring out the nervous, constantly moving underbelly of Dillinger's style, emphasizing the inherent cleverness of the compositions." 

–The Wire

"There are insane music feats — and then there's a string quartet covering the Dillinger Escape Plan's 'One of Us Is the Killer' in its entirety. NYC's Seven)Suns have done just that, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the mathcore titans' teeth-rattling 2013 opus — a classical-music reinvention that comes approved by Dillinger's own guitarist-songwriter-bandleader Ben Weinman, now of Suicidal Tendencies."

–Revolver

"Seven) Suns is an avant-metal/hardcore string quartet... Their latest release, a note-for-note reimagining of the Dillinger Escape Plan‘s One of Us Is the Killer, is out now on Silent Pendulum Records."

–Talkhouse

"Comprising violinists Earl Maneein and Adda Kridler, violist Fung Chern Hwei and cellist Jennifer DeVore, Seven)Suns is a string quartet that applies classical training to the music of metal and hardcore... Such relentless works."
–The Strad

"Seven)Suns, a NYC-based string quartet, has recorded a note-for-note 10th-anniversary reinterpretation of The Dillinger Escape Plan’s 'One of Us Is the Killer' album. And who said heavy metal was dead? Let alone the string quartet."
–Slipped Disc

"Seven)Suns is marking 10 years of The Dillinger Escape Plan's monumental fifth album 'One of Us Is the Killer' with a string quartet reinterpretation of the record in full… and it's just as intense as the original."

–Metal Injection

"You ever listen to something and instantly feel… unnerved by it? That’s the exact feeling I got when I first heard Seven)Suns‘ string quartet version of The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s 'Prancer'... Dissonant chaos with a touch of class."

–MetalSucks

"There was never a moment [The Dillinger Escape Plan] weren’t pushing the envelope, all the way up to the point they disbanded – if 'OOUITK' wasn’t their most interesting post-apocolyptic aural hellscape before, these brutalist classical reconstructions will surely prompt many to reconsider. Even in this allegedly stripped down format, maximum mathematical punishment is delivered. Seven)Suns’ scholarly approach to the original arrangements reveal a number of rhythmic complexities that were previously obscured..."

–Fecking Bahamas

"Transforming [The Dillinger Escape Plan]’s ultra-complex post-hardcore/math-metal songs into instrumental chamber music pieces works quite well. Maneein’s violin often takes the vocal melody, as Hwei and Kridler tackle the band’s stacked layers of guitar riffs and DeVore handles the low end. The pieces have a lot more going on than your typical rock or metal song — it’s not just a matter of a verse, a chorus, repeat."

–Burning Ambulance

"Wait – violas and violins in metal? Of course... That being said, Seven)Suns is not just about metal, with one of their biggest influences being The Dillinger Escape Plan. The reach into metalcore, with its grindy hardcore punk influences, really works for the quartet. They don’t even need a screeching vocalist to achieve the chaos... Shivers, with awe, somehow toeing the line of deep-seated dread."
–Ghost Cult