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Paris post-metallers DDENT premiere ritualistic video on Cvlt Nation ; prepare for debut album « آكتئاب » on February 13th.

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  • Christophe Acker, DDENT, Hamda Yacoub, industrial metal, khol, new video, post-metal, post-rock
  • 31/01/2017

Parisian mystic post-metal outfit DDENT teamed up with Cvlt Nation to unveil their debut video « Kohol », an aesthetic dive in the band’s poetry-driven universe.

Watch DDENT’s debut video « Kohol » over at Cvlt Nation 
Directed by Christophe Acker, the video shows a man (Hamda Yacoub, the artist responsible for the album artwork) making ‘kohol’ or ‘khol’, a powder used by ancient desert tribes to protect their eyes from the sand, drought, and disinfect their wounds. As for each song on the album, the Oriental-sounding title « Kohol » draws its inspiration from Arab psalms.
DDENT‘s debut album « آكتئاب » was recorded by Chris Fielding at Skyhammer Studio and mastered by James Plotkin. Eight heavy instrumental pieces that become one to depict the journey of a horseman throughout depression. Lunar, massive and goosebump-inducing.
 
DDENT – Debut album « آكتئاب »
Available February 13th on CD and digital here
DDENT is the instrumental brainchild of guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Louis Lambert and drummer Marc Le Saux. First EP « Chien Noir » (in reference to Churchill’s « black dog » metaphor) sees the day in 2014, which quickly leads to the addition of live musicians to the project. This milestone that lays the foundations for a dark post-rock sound, inducing an inevitable spiritual and sensory journey.
After a short hiatus, the project rises in the winter of 2015 with a new set of live musicians, the songwriting remaining the exclusive preserve of its main founder and guitarist. Debut album « آكتئاب (ektiheb; or melancholy, depression) is recorded at Skyhammer Studio (Conan, Electric Wizard, Napalm Death) in Liverpool. The eight tracks follow an instrumental thread, guided by enigmatic words: « Habouz », « Arzel », « Houri »… Coming from arab psalms, each one of these words and tracks depicts the melancholy and depression of a horseman, a poet.
With « آكتئاب », DDENT sees its music blossom into a more massive and industrial-sounding post-metal, providing the listener striking otherwordly sensations, an invitation to introspection. The white and golden artwork for « آكتئاب » – drawing inspiration from marble tombstones found in certain Middle-East countries – is ornamented with a unique calligraphy designed by Mohammed Yacoub. The band is now formed of four permanent musicians, all set to release the first full-length on February 13th, 2017.
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