DODECAHEDRON - Kwintessens - Debut March 17, 2017
Release date: March 17, 2017
DODECAHEDRON returns after four years to take black metal by the horns and launch the genre to new heights with their sophomore album 'Kwintessens'. The band conjures a unique sound that is as alien as it is terrifying; dragging the listener through a horrific journey of atonal and dissonant moments, jarring tempo changes, and dramatic shifts in composition. 'Kwintessens' sees DODECAHEDRON embrace the shifting from the light to the dark as they masterfully guide their signature style of bizarre, uneasy aggression into passages of cold, threatening calm. 'Kwintessens' marks a new evolution for a band far ahead of their peers, and spares no one in its path of sonic demolition.
Track List:
1. Prelude
2. TETRAHEDRON - The Culling Of The Unwanted From The Earth
3. HEXAHEDRON - Tilling The Human Soil
4. Interlude
5. OCTAHEDRON - Harbinger
6. DODECAHEDRON - An ill-Defined Air Of Otherness
7. Finale
8. ICOSAHEDRON - The Death Of Your Body
Line-up
Y. Terwisscha van Scheltinga Bass
J. Barendregt: Drums
J. Bonis: Guitars, Electronics
M. Nienhuis: Guitars, Songwriting
M. Eikenaar: Vocals
What the press is saying about DODECAHEDRON:
"For a debut, Dodecahedron has an incredibly refined and calculated intensity that screams maturity; the band plays with a remarkable musical acumen reserved almost exclusively for veterans of the craft." - Sputnik Music
This is not your typical black metal album. The technical musicianship is complex and the songwriting is enigmatic; there are many black metal bands out there that rely on tremolo picked riffs and blast beats as far as the eye can see. Dodecahedron is a shapeshifter that has top-notch production that leaves every facet of the band’s sound—bass included—completely audible and clear all while keeping an overall raw sound. - Heavy Blog Is Heavy
"DODECAHEDRON play a style of black metal that is atmospheric, dissonant, chaotic, and frightening. Avant-garde tendencies, unconventional song structures, and bone-chilling atmosphere hanker comparisons to DEATHSPELL OMEGA or PORTAL, while the chaotic soundscapes can be likened to groups like GORGUTS or CAR BOMB. With a strong debut under their belt, DODECAHEDRON are a rather unique group in the realm of black metal and will appeal to fans of forward thinking, progressive, and extreme music." - Progarchives
"Dodecahedron is a triumph. I have never listened to an album that gave me a knot in the stomach before; that actually evoked a physical reaction from me and made me tense up while listening to it. It is a truly extreme record in the most literal sense of the word." - Angry Metal Guy