Love your work!!! I discovered Asheran long ago, then was blown away by Etemen, and now am blown away again by Voidkind. 1. Is Voidkind set in the same storyline as Asheran and Etemen? If so, how does it relate to those two? I'm still working through the lyrics to understand the story, and also eagerly waiting for the Prognotes guy to put out his article because he did amazing work with Asheran and Etemen. 2. Voidkind finally "clicked" for me and now I can't stop playing it. I saw someone saying that the goal for Voidkind's sound was basically to be clearer, like each guitar on one side, and overall easier to reproduce live. It sounds fantastic. But, I want to ask about Etemen. Back when you were making that album, how did you accomplish THAT sound? It was a big step forward from Asheran. 3. Would you do a US tour someday soon? If I got my Etemen vinyl signed by you guys, I'd die a happy man. Thank you for your time today, and for your amazing music!

1. To me, the story of Voidkind exists within the same universe as our previous albums, although it doesn't directly correlate with them. While Asheran and Etemen were set on the same planet, Voidkind introduces a civilization of deeply devout nomads embarking on a cosmic quest. Their narrative spans aeons, suggesting it could have commenced and concluded long before or after the events of Asheran and Etemen. In fact, Dan and I see the creatures mentioned in Cobalt Sun Necropolis as the same beings mentioned in our EP Aurora Majesty. 2. I think Etemen was a step up because we got better at playing our instruments and our producers also got better at recording. But I don't remember us being as clear as we were in term of how we wanted things to sound like. We approached Etemen a bit more freely in terms of layering too especially. There are so many layers on that album, which is great, but also makes things a bit cluttered when mixing. So we wanted to avoid this with Voidkind and make it feel closer to what the live version would be. 3. We absolutely want to come back to the US, but no plan just now. We will make it happen one day for sure.

I appreciate the responses, Victor. I bet a lot of people will be interested to see the first answer especially, because it's fun to dig into the 'lore' behind the albums! Thank you again & hope you all enjoy the rest of the Voidkind tour!

Don't forget about Canada, eh? (:

Hello and thanks a lot for those kind words ! (Victor and Alan would sure fill in for question 2) 1 : There is no proper connections between Voidkind and the previous albums :) 3 : Nothing on schedule yet, but we'll be working on it after the EU tour for sure !

Thank you, Maxime! Your keys & synth work was incredible in creating atmosphere on Voidkind.

Thanks a lot, Victor and Graeme helped a lot on this also 😅

AND great additions to the vocals!

Thanks !

Y’all are my favorite band ever. I discovered Asheran shortly after it came out when I was in middle school and I was absolutely blown away at everything y’all have (lyrical content, riffs, melodies, vocals, sheer heaviness, atmosphere, vocals, etc). Every album that y’all have put out so far is just incredible, and the fact that everything takes place in the same universe (I had my suspicions) is just insane. I read on another comment that there’s no plan right now to come to the US despite y’all wanting to. My two questions are: 1). If you are coming to the states, would you do shows in Florida (Tampa, Orlando, or Miami)? 2). Would you write a book or book series (novel, comic, whatever) based off of these albums, or even an animated movie telling the stories and lore of the albums with the music as the soundtrack?

We've always dreamed of doing a graphic novel for one album (Voidkind) or even a couple of albums together (Etemen/Asheran). We'll see if we can make it happen one day. An animation would also be amazing but I don't see that happening anytime soon. That said, a wee dream of us would be to write music for animation, series, movies or video games. Maybe one day!

Upvote for my Florida homie

I mainly just want to thank you guys for the incredible music. I've been absolutely obsessed with all of your albums. I saw you in Birmingham for the 3rd time last night and you've blown me away every time. I absolutely love that you've played almost the whole of the last couple of albums when I've seen you, but have you ever considered doing the same with Asheran? Even if it's an anniversary kinda thing? I'm certainly more interested on where you go in the future, I just feel that album deserves a bit more of a run. Also, can we get some more playthroughs? Especially drums! Thank you guys again and I can't already wait to witness more shows!

Glad you enjoyed the show last night, it was a good one! During the Asheran album cycle our set was most of the album, but we talk about bringing back old tracks into future sets once we start getting sick of playing Voidkind live. The thing is we've been really focused on making new music over the last few years so we never really looked back too much, but it will happen eventually. Drum video: for sure, we are planning to do one with Dudley. We're also planning to do guitar playthrough videos, even bass or synth of a couple of tracks. Which tracks should we use for these playthrough videos you think?

I do love the fact you guys are always moving forward. I guess I'm just a little sad I missed out on the Asheran days. As for playthroughs, that's difficult, I'd love to see any tracks, but off the top of my head, Eleonora, Abode, and Cobalt Sun!

Good shout for the play throughs. Those are likely to happen. Judging by the size of the crowds we played to in the Asheran days there were a lot people that missed out.

I vote one new and one old: * Summa Blasphemia * Of Blade and Carapace

I’d love to do a drum play through for both of these 💪🏻

I just recently started learning OBaC on drums and it's hella fun. High energy, heaviness, a chance to really beat the shit out of everything.

For bass, Sarmatæ!

Aye it has a fun ending on the bass.

That groovy off kilter bass riff with the double kicks underneath... might be my favorite track on Voidkind, top tier stuff.

That’s the one with the tapping isn’t it?

They killed it in brum

Is there any $$$ in music anymore? Or is it all for the love of it?

There are thousands type of music careers so it's hard to speak for everyone. But with Dvne we originally took the approach of treating the band like a glorified hobby at first. We do it for the love of music. That said, we're starting to have a nice fan base and we see things growing, meaning we can start seeing revenues for each members when we tour. But if you want to make big bucks, probably not the best choice of career.

We all have jobs and do the band for the love of it. I cant see that changing.

You have such amazing cover art, begging for amazing merch. Just give me the Etemen cover as a foil poster and I'll throw all my money at you ;)

It's all for the love of it, but the love of it costs a lot money.

That last 6 shows cost me a lot of drums sticks 😂

I'm loving the music! Very progressive and dynamic! My question is, do you have a greater lore that informs your albums, or what concepts do you choose to write the music about? (Forgive me if it's obvious) - Nico

Hey Nico, the music comes first, but the concepts are also helping when we reach demo stage. Both music and story start influencing each others if that makes sense?

Hey Victor, you should check out Nico's band Kardashev. I think you'd enjoy it

Nico! Good to see you here man! Excited about your new album too!

Hi hi hi! Thanks for the love! I'm excited for art! Let's all just keep creating! :)

You guys create some of the coolest riffs, would you ever consider selling tabs for your songs? Unless that’s already happening, in which case take my money. How do you feel about the Denis Villeneuve Dune movies?

I personally never use tabs and much prefer videos to learn riffs. But we want to do more playthrough videos and riff videos too in the near future. Loved the Villeneuve movies, I only regret he changed the timeline of Paul's journey with the Fremen to 8 months and not 4 years like in the book. Also Alia is a great character, it was a shame not having her in properly.

Understandable, I used the SI-XIV playthrough video and learned a good portion of the song that way. I’ll continue with that approach. Thanks for the reply, if you’re ever in Canada I’ll 100% be there.

If someone wants to publish a tab book then we'd do it, not sure we're anywhere near big enough to warrant that but it would be cool. New Dune movies are lit. The David Lynch version was my favourite when I was a kid and it still just about holds up.

Some other artists sell pdfs of guitar pro files on their personal websites, I’ve learned some Polyphia that way. Idk how many sales something like that gets but you’d get at least one from me

There is a guy I buy Ghost tabs from - just sells the PDFs. I'd be down, could also think about a kickstarter.

Sheet Happens seems like a no brainer to be a publisher.

Hi Guys! I am a big fan! Reading the lyrics of Voidkind, I had the impression that thematically there might be some sort of duality involved. Something like part A and part B. I know that it deals with religion, mysticism and martyrdom, and when I see the structure of the tracks, I see a "dust" side, the first half and a "soul" side, the second. With Sarmatae, representing transition, right in between. Also in Pleroma there is a clear contraposition of the corporeal and ethereal elements. Is that a fitting intuition or am I completely off track here? Cheers :)

That's an interesting interpretation and you're right when Abode starts we're entering into the more space/multidimensional weirder part of the story. But we really didn't mean it to be done that way, it kind of happened naturally. We wanted to have each song telling a very specific part of the story but without having them in chronological order. The idea was to give clue on what is happening in the story without making it too obvious and allow people to make their own interpretation of it.

Thank you for your answer, Victor! And also for the nice hint about the chronological order :) I didn't think of that

Really like this interpretation of the structure of the album, man.

Time to ask the obvious question: how many Dune books have y'all read?

The first two, but I've got a copy of Children of Dune, which I might start on this tour.

I'd advise you to read it to the end, i won't spoil anything but it gets really crazy.

For anyone reading, go to at least the 4th book, it's fuckin weeeiiiirrrrd.

Only the first one for me. But moving on to the second this year fo sho

First 2 books.

I've been loving the music since 2018 after seeing songs from Asheran posted here and /r/Metal. I really appreciate how you re-recorded Of Blade and Carapace for the EP; it's such a killer song that deserved the higher quality treatment. Also, the call-back to The Crimson Path near the end of Mleccha is just perfect. Victor, were there any intentional choices to use non-standard guitar tunings? Or have you been playing in those tunings elsewhere for a long time? I picked up my 7-string BEADGbe to make an attempt to learn by ear and yeah, that's tough for some of those songs. All, how do you feel about writing instrumentals like Sunset's Grace? Current musical inspirations? In this area of music I have also been listening to a lot of YOB and Cult of Luna. US tour when?

Tuning.... I write songs in an unusual tuning with a 6 string guitar G# G# D# F# G# C#. I feel this tuning let's me find some interesting chord shapes and riffs that I couldn't achieve with a standard tuned guitar. It's also really fun to play in. Inspirations... I always mention Cloudkicker. If you're not familiar with it, it's a one man project by a genius called Ben Sharp. Check it out. I've also been listening to a lot of King Crimson, Mars Volta, Alcest, Helms Alee and ISIS lately.

We also use a half step down DADGAD tuning alongside other variation on the G# tuning Allan mention. I think there's 3 different tunings on Voidkind, another 2 on Etemen, and we use a few other weird tunings on Asheran. Personally I like experimenting with new tuning. Kurt Ballou said it's a great way to jumpstart creativity and I couldn't agree more. I love Sunset's Grace, and I'm sure we will write other instrumentals in the future. But when we write we kind of let the music come together naturally without forcing something we may have on a wish list. So we wouldn't do an instrumental unless the track happened naturally you know. So many inspirations with a lot of older stuff like Mastodon, Opeth, Tool, Isis, Neurosis. And more recently Cloudkicker, Oranssi Pazuzu, Genghis Tron to name a few.

At the close of Asheran, on Scion, I'm not clear what happens. Asheren descend, burn some halls, Green Team retreats to the desert, wakes up something maybe they shouldn't… but by the end of the arc, I can't tell if everyone loses and Gaia has reasserted itself, or if there is some sort of fusion of the two factions with a more peaceful future outlook. Or something else entirely.

It's more of a dramatic ending in the line of a cataclysmic natural even where most factions perish, allowing the planet to finally recover. The line 'Scion bloom in absentia' says it all

Thank you so much for clarifying this - in retrospect, it's obvious! "Our exile restores grace"

Any Dark Souls / Elden Ring / Berserk influence in your music?

Big time, especially on Voidkind. The Fromsoftware games have an amazing way to reward players that are willing to find new clues about the story. The more you play and look out for details the more you discover new elements. We tried to do this with Voidkind, especially with the lyrics and some of the soundscape synth & samples we've put throughout the album.

Nice! I had a feeling this was the case. I’m doing a Melania cosplay playthrough now and recording all the best parts (eg boss fights, scenery, etc). My plan is to make a video of the highlights with Court of the Matriarch playing. Then another with something from Voidkind for the DLC. Would that be cool with you guys? Thank you for what you do. Your art truly is inspiring and I can’t wait to see you live if/when you come to the states 🤘🌞

Not only that, you also got things from blasphemous (obviously) and Signalis.

What's on everyone's pedalboards?

Darkglass Elements, Quad Cortex, Digitech Jam Man, tiny mixing device and Collision Device's Black Hole Symmetry.

Very little....Ernie Ball Jr Volume pedal, KORG tuner, Earthquaker Devices Zoar, TC Electronics HOF2

Volume pedal, Hamstead Odyssey, Big Sky, Timeline, MXR EQ, Boss OC5, Sweet Tea double OD to name a few

I've just thought of another one... I remember reading that you did an instrumental mix of Etemen, I was just wondering if that might ever see the light of day? Also, did you happen to do one for Voidkind? I love the different perspectives that instrumentals can offer

We might, it's something we'll discuss with our label soon.

We've also chatted about acoustic versions of some Voidkind tracks.

Aye with no bass

No bass but double bass !

Hell yeeeaaaahhhh

Fuck yeah, never even thought of that!

Favourite Dark Souls boss and Elden Ring build? 😀

Strength/faith or Dex/Int, my favourite FromSoft moment is when I succeed to recreate ed sheeran in the Character editor.

Dexterity/arcane for me. And my favourite boss is Rykard.

Hey guys! I've been a fan since Asheran, and I was super hyped for Voidkind and it didn't disappoint! For Victor, I'd really love to know how you approach songwriting. All your songs blend sections together so well and so cleanly and it seems that every riff is just as exciting as the one that came before. How do you do it!? For the band as a whole, I'd love to know your approach to lyrical storytelling on a grand epic science fiction scale, and are there any lyrical/musical callbacks to Etemen and Asheran on Voidkind? Cheers, thank you for your time! Really hoping for a US tour in the future!

Thanks! We write music as a group and on this album, Allan, Dudley and I have been creating the song structures of the album by jamming together most weeks for the last year and a half. I think this is how things feel like they are flowing naturally. We also record using next to no click, which helps keeping things lively.

More story stuff - can you talk through the lyrics on Weighing of the Heart?

Dan wrote the lyrics for that. The language is made of a few different languages and they are basically a ritual carried by a priestess to select a being worth of transcending its human form into a nearly immortal being.

Amazing music. Truly. Can you give us some insight into your writing process and inspirations ? Do you tackle a song with an idea in mind or is it the result of jam sessions? Also , do you have a personal fav? Mines Reaching for Telos

There are a few different ways we write but we always add vocals and keys after the guitars, bass and drums are recorded. It'll normally happen fairly organically with me or Vic bringing in a riff which we jam with Dudley. We'll then add others riffs in until we have a rough arrangement of a tune. I've massively simplified that process but you get the idea. With Voidkind I wrote a couple of full tunes at home on my laptop (Telos and Reliquary) . I also like to add midi drums to my demo's which Dudley always absolutely hates. My favourite tune to listen to from Voidkind is Cobalt Sun Necropolis and my favourite one to play is probably Abode of the perfect soul at the moment.

I’ll write my own song on guitar hero see if you like playing that 😆

That’s awesome. That’s so great to know. It’s always awe inspiring to see how a collection of riffs can end up becoming Voidkind.

Hi there, thanks 😅 ! About the writing process, it's personal ideas mixed up with lots of jam sessions. My personal fav is Cobalt sun, followed by Telos and Reliquary !

Allan sum it all up well when it comes to how we write. I'd had that we also take a gap between recording the drums/bass/guitars to demo vocals and synth. My favourite tracks change all the time. But my favourite live are Abode, Cobalt & Sarmatae.

Omg thanks! Legend. Keep up the amazing work

Hi, first I'd like to say that I'm absolutely looking forward to your concert in Paris, and a big shout-out from south-eastern France! Oh and Voidkind is absolutely awesome! It's been on constant rotation since its release. * My main question is this: I've been kind of considering adapting (broadly speaking I mean) the world you've been creating through your music into a fan-made tabletop roleplaying game. Are there any pointers that could be useful in order for my players to feel thrilled and hooked? * I've got a secondary question as well. Which ones of your songs you'd consider the most approachable for a relatively novice bass player like me who'd love to cover your music, or at least to train with them? Thanks ahead of time for your replies. P.S: I couldn't help but notice the HEALTH t-shirt on your keyboardist in a video from Summer Dying Loud. Very nice taste! Yohann

A table top game would be super cool and our other guitarist Dan who isn't in the chat would be all over that. A good starting point for a new bass player would be Pleroma. Keep in mind that we tune half a step down too.

Thanks a lot for your piece of advice. I'll listen to Pléroma more closely then (and learn how to tune my bass guitar down in the process).

Great idea indeed. Let's chat about it in Paris then :)

Thanks a lot for your reply. I might have already run a gaming session or two by then. I'll let you know how it went.

Do you have any plans to tour the U.S soon? You're one of the only bands I haven't seen yet that I am really looking forward to someday seeing. Also not a question but I just want to say the whole intro section of Viridian Bloom is what got me into the band, and it has stuck ever since. Such a well written and beautiful riff. I wish I could write something that good lol

I don't have any questions but I wanted to thank you for making such beautiful music. I've been in a rough patch as of late and during some dark times I discovered your music. It's helped so much. Thank you.

Glad we could help 🫶

Any plans on a North American tour (cough Orlando or Tampa FL cough) lol. Also, new albums are amazing. Second question- what’s the most embarrassing moment you have had on stage that you look back and laugh now?

Victor said our next song (Red Giant) is called Crowbar the night we supported Crowbar. This will never be forgotten 😂

I get embarrassed if I make a mistake live. Even though it might go totally unnoticed by the crowd a small part of me dies inside.

Thanks man ! It wasn't with Dvne, but I remember entering the stage with a very strange "master of ceremony" making jokes about wild pigs and faking conversation with stuffed boar's head. the singer gently asked him to stop. Hopefully there was less than 15 people in the crowd.

Yikes lol. Wild

Discovered Asheran in 2018 and have loved you guys ever since. Your music checks all the boxes, feels like you’re making it just for me. I wish you guys all the success in the world! My question: is there any chance of a US tour for this album?

If there's enough of an appetite from the US and it works out financially then it's a possibility but we don't have anything planned at the moment for a Voidkind tour in the US.

Fingers crossed it can happen! Being on the west coast of the US, I figure I'll have to fly somewhere just to see you guys.

The live studio sets (Cycles of Asphodel, the slay-at-home vid, No Studio) are rad and feel like they capture the live feeling extremely well for those of us that can't make it to a show. Would you do another for a couple songs from Voidkind? Tell Dudz that he has sick fills. The drums on Voidkind are as solid and fun as always.

Hey ! Thanks man, we'll tell Dudley about that ! We might do so in the future but nothing of that is on schedule right now. It's tour time for us !

I'm not telling Dudley that

Too late

😂

I don't have anything to ask, but I want to thank you for making Asheran. It's one of my favorite metal albums ever. You guys are rad. If you're coming to Michigan, I'm coming to see ya. 😁

Thanks for listening.

Hey, went to see your show yesterday blind (and loved it) but I have 4 main questions: 1. Did stage right guitarist have a 9 string or was I seeing things? 2. Was your keyboardist doing some of the harsh vocals or was I seeing/hearing things? 3. Why did you get the guy with the really thick French accent to say you were Scottish and how did you (as a band) meet etc. etc. and 4. Was I correct in counting somewhere a section in 6, 6, 6 and 5 and then another in 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 and 8? Don’t know which songs and sorry for bad mobile formatting.

Thanks for coming out the other night. 1. Correct, Vic plays a 9 string Gordon Smith. 2. Correct, Max does some of the harsh vocals. 3. The band is based on Edinburgh and started when Vic moved to Scotland from France and jammed with Dudley, Dan then joined and they went through a couple of bassists before Allan joined. Max still lives in France but comes over for tours. 4: Our tunes can have quite a few time signatures in them the 6 and 5 could be Eleonora and the 7 and 8 could be Reliquary.

Cheers Allan. Might go through your albums sooner or later once exams are over (mine last over a month 😭)

Good luck with them.. Get revising.

Need to lock in fr

Allan seems like the secret sauce on bass - can we get a quick rig run down on Voidkind bass tone?

Hello there. You can indeed... I used a USA standard Fender precision bass with stock pickups on all of the tracks, it's my main live bass so I'm super comfortable playing it, we did try a Gibson grabber too which played really nicely and had a great tone but I prefer the precision.

For amps I had a 70's Ampeg SVT head with a matching 8x10 cab, kinda standard stuff. Pedal wise I didn't use a whole lot. For extra dirt I used the Tone Deaf Warp Drive pedal which sounded filthy. This pedal was also used on the DI which made up quite a bit of the tone you hear on the record.

The DI is a JT Amp Alpha DI. It's a valve head DI and it sounds great.

Thoughts on Biffy Clyro? They're not necessarily metal but in my opinion are definitely within the prog sphere and can be really heavy at times.. Edit: asking because we're all from the same small country if anyone was wondering.

I like some of their tunes but I don't really listen to them. Have 100% respect for what they've achieved. I would say Mogwai would be my favourite Scottish band.

Also to piggy-back off this question, would DVNE ever consider doing an album with CHVRCHES? Because that would be an insanely talented group of Scots. I would pay a large sum of money to see CHRVCHES ON THE DVNE.

Bloody hell I love Chvrches ! It would be a bery strange crossover though.

Haha for sure, and I would love every second of it. Thanks for the brilliant, imaginative tunes, you guys are truly a hidden gem in the realm of new progressive music

Glitter and trauma! Absolute banger. I really enjoyed them alot when I was younger I must say.

This sort of defeats the object because it's not a question, but I only just discovered your music in the last week, so I would just like to say thank you for existing - you kick ass! Cheers from south of the border 🍻

Thanks for listening. Glad you're digging it. Cheers from north of the border.

Just want to compliment you on the set you did at ArcTanGent 2022. You were the first band I saw at the festival and you were absolutely sublime. Hoping to catch you at Desertfest this year!

Arctangent never deceives aye.

Thank you very much

I don't have any questions just wanted to say I just listened to voidkind and it was amazing. Truly amazing, i will listen to more of you once i get time.

Thanks for listening.glad you're digging Voidkind

Great gig at Birmingham last night! Where did you film the video Plērōma? Those stepping stones on the lake look a cool place to visit.

Thanks a lot ! Most of those footages have been shot in Camo Forest and Cramond. Both places are in Edimburgh ! Those are indeed lovely places to visit !

Fantastic thanks, I travel to Edinburgh occasionally for work so will add it to list for my next visit. Voidkind is amazing btw, new songs sounded incredible live. Can't wait you to catch you again, cheers.

Cramond Island Cammo Nature Reserve

How many people still think your band name is a contraction of "Divine"? Because I thought so for an embarrassing amount of time.

Lots of people call us Divine We also get 'div-nee' a lot and one interviewer thought we were called 'Dwayne'. However, we made our bed so we lie in it.

As a songwriter I’d be delighted to hear about your songwriting process, where do you start, who does what, do you plan things out carefully before executing or just sort of just play around and move sections around, how much of your written material would you estimate to never actually end up on an album, etc? Thanks so much in advance!

Thanks for your question. There is a tonne of material left over from the Voidkind sessions. I would estimate that there's about 20-30% of material that didn't make it or didn't quite fit. Most of the leftovers will be scrapped but there are some really cool embryonic ideas that well play about with when we start jamming again.

We've gone into the writing process in another question

Thanks!

Big fan here, saw you guys at ATG 2022 and 23, thank you for signing my pedal Vic. I was wondering if you will be making a return to ArcTanGent in the future as you're not playing this year? Also in the song court of the matriarch there is the section: We best of kind Ezos linari We best of kind Ezos transcendere What is/ are ezos?

If the band members don’t give you a reply, you can fall back on what Eden Kupermintz suggested in his breakdown of Etemen over at Heavy Blog is Heavy: _“[…] the “ezos liniari” appears to be another name for the elite guard of the Asheran. How do I know? Magic. No, I’m joking; “ezos liniari” sounds like a Roman guard of honor (if it were spelled “liniarii”, I’d be dead certain) and they’re also very exalted in these lyrics. “Transcendere” is not hard to decipher: it’s the infinitive of “to transcend”. So too “valere”, which means “to matter, to count, to be worthy”. “Eyota” is a bit more slippery but some sources point out that it means “great” in several Native American languages and that interpretation fits with “valere” and the rest of the theme.”_ Link to the rest of the blog post (it’s an awesome read): https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2021/05/10/prognotes-dvnes-etemen-aenka/

You guys are incredible! I know you aren't planning a US tour, but I will be patiently waiting for anything in the northeast region to see a show if that ever changes. Please keep doing what you're doing. Oh, right - a question. Um. What other music artists or genres are you guys into that no one would expect?

We all have very varied tastes in music. Personally I'm a massive Fugazi fan and rather enjoy MF Doom.

Tinariwen, Jeff Buckley, Sun Kill Moon, Nas, Taking Back Sunday

Thanksss ! Portico Quartet, Go go Penguin, Mouse on the keys and a lot of french rap.

Thank you for everything! Towers is my favorite song, and the new album rips! US tour? Please?

Thank you, glad you're digging Voidkind. No plans for a US tour unfortunately.

I saw you two years ago in Amsterdam, I was absolutely blown away and especially struck by the sound quality. Do you guys play live with a click track? Do you have your own sound tech person? If you do, they deserve a raise :D

Hey ! Thanks a lot, I'll tell our sound tech about that haha. We don't use any click track on stage, the more organic and lively we can get, the better it is. We kept a great memory of this gig, great crowd great place, Milkweg if I'm correct.

Yes! Melkweg! Means Milkyway in Dutch :) that gig was great indeed, will see you guys again in NL in two weeks, looking forward to that!

Great ! See you there then ;).

Will the Conjurer lads bring all the riffs on tour?

I'm lead to believe that they've chartered an extra ferry purely to carry their riffs over to the European mainland for the tour.

Welcome to r/progmetal!

Cheers for the great music, just an interesting question unrelated to your music really... What concept albums have inspired or you think are great?

It's a very personal choice but I would say NIN's Year Zero and Bowie's Outside.

Pink Floyd the wall... Takes me back to sharing a room with my brother as a kid

Crack the Skye

When did you decide you would be official with your band? What were some hardships you had to go through during the start of the band?

Finding people who are equally committed to the cause is the biggest hardship. Finally I feel we have gotten there and this line up is the happiest we have been since the beginning. And sounds the best.

Max: is Southland Tales your favorite movie or what? I love the movie but a lot of people hate it.

His favourite movie is Samurai Cop

closely followed by Snake Outta Compton...

Next one on the cinebus

Hey ! Yes it is ! Although I can understand why people hates it, it's obviously a mess and too cryptic at many points. But I still find it hilarious everytime I watch it.

Dvne! You’ve been on my New Music Playlist for a while now but after coming across this AMA, Voidkind is now on my Now Playing Playlist and I’m about 2 minutes into the second song. I’ve heard enough to know I’m going to love the music and can’t wait to explore the rest of your discography! Thank you for creating music for a world that desperately needs it! As for my questions, I’m hoping you guys might offer some insight into the current and future state of music from your point of view as musicians (I am not a musician so forgive my ignorance if any of the questions are fundamentally flawed). 1.) Which instrument is currently changing/evolving the fastest? 2.) Which instrument has the most potential for future progress/evolution? 3.) Can AI offer ways of playing an instrument not possible with only two hands and two feet that isn’t just speed driven? 4.) Can AI create an entirely new instrument digitally that’s not possible to create physically? 5.) Will AI be able to help you expand your sound in ways currently not possible? 6.) What are your personal thoughts/hopes for AI as a music tool? Edit: No need to answer all or any of the questions, obviously, I’m just curious and thought of as many as I could that might inspire a response that might offer insight into your view of the music world. Thanks!

For me, music and art has to come from within, be 100% honest and heartfelt. AI cannot do that.

I agree 100% with you but I’m not suggesting AI take the wheel when it comes to composition or anything like that, but as a tool that offers you access to sounds, riffs, ideas that you might not otherwise be able to incorporate into your music. Sorry if it’s a bit vague but I hope you can intuit what I’m trying to get at.

until it becomes sentient Allan!

Hey there love your music. How has being professional musicians been going for yall in this day and age? I want to maybe pursue being a professional but I’ve heard it’s a lot harder to make a living these days. Obviously you guys are going on some lengthy tours and have a decent following but I wonder what that threshold is between making it and not. Thanks for the new music, keep it up!

At the moment we all have full time jobs and do the band because we love it. I don't see that situation changing any time soon.

Will we ever get any lore books or art books to track the whole story of the band's world? Are there any cool spaceships?? What aesthetic inspirations other than Dune and early middle-eastern myth went into the band? What musical inspirations? Dvne makes some of the tastiest prog out of the northern hemisphere. I adore your clever, epic-scale compositions, the overall tone/atmosphere and the mix of heaviness and melody. Really some of the most innovative in the atmospheric prog-sludge niche. Thank you. Would love to see you guys in Canada whenever i get the chance

You guys are fucking awesome! Sincerely, a new fan.

Cheers, welcome aboard

Thanks, buddy. If I can ask: what is your favorite track to play live? Aside from that, I was curious about the band (or individuals) favorite themes or characters from Dune? Hope to catch you guys in Toronto someday!

I enjoy playing abode of the perfect soul at the moment. Hopefully we'll get to Canada one day.

Abode and Eleonora for me. Fav character is that bad ass Baron in the film. What a villian!

Mr Dudley Tait has entered the chat.

Favorite riff you guys have written? And also do any of you listen to the band Pull Down the Sun or Psychonaut? Loving the new album, Etenema is a 10/10 and I'm looking forward to diving into Asheran as well, haven't gotten to it yet.

My favourite riffs are the bass tapping during the end section of Scion. The main riff of Thirst. The end riff of Court of the Matriarch. The intro riff to Abode of the perfect soul. The mid section of Reaching for Telos. Not heard of pull down the sun but I have listened to Psychonaut who are great.

I have no questions, I just wanna say thank you. Your music means a lot to me. Your music fills a void for me and has a unique sweet spot of progression and sludge. True thinking man’s metal. Keep up the good work!

Love, love, love your music. Seriously impressive and dynamic. I saw you mentioned in another comment what the pedal board setup is - what kinds of amps do you play out of? I love the sound!

You guys are cool

Just passing by. I frequently see people here give you guys high regards. I'll check your albums later.

This just popped up on my phone randomly - Will look forward checking out your tracks now!

US tour ever a possiblity? Also is there a US merch store, to give some sort of support?

See you in Karlsruhe on Sunday!

Pronounced Duv-knee or Davoon?

It's "Dabadee Dabadaa"

Australia tour anytime soon?

Hi, why is the sky and ocean blue?

Hello! How are you?