SEVEN)SUNS

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SEVEN)SUNS is a string quartet that plays dystopian music rooted in the language of avant metal and hardcore. Their repertoire is drawn from works by members of the group, re-imagined string quartet versions of metal and hardcore songs, as well as music from the Western art music tradition. 

SEVEN)SUNS has played varied venues like Terminal 5, The Gallery at Le Poisson Rouge, Saint Vitus Bar, The Cell Theater, Firehouse Space, Shapeshifter Lab, and The Knitting Factory. In addition to sharing the bill and touring with metal bands such as Candiria, Cellar Darling, Car Bomb, Empire Shall Fall and Cleric, SEVEN)SUNS has been presented by the Tribeca New Music Festival regularly over the years and has twice been awarded a residency at the prestigious Avaloch Farm Music Institute. 

SEVEN)SUNS did a cover Pantera's "This Love/Domination" and a cover of The Dillinger Escape Plan's "43% Burnt". The videos received over 100,000 views combined and led to features on numerous heavy metal websites such as Metal Injection, SkullsandBones.com, and MetalSucks.net, among others. This led to a collaboration with The Dillinger Escape Plan. SEVEN)SUNS is prominently featured on their final album "Dissociation", released in 2016 and performed with them on their final show in 2017.

SEVEN)SUNS received a generous grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council to write and perform a piece titled "Songs of the Voiceless" based on visits to Rikers Island Correctional Facility in New York City. The quartet members volunteered there playing music for inmates in conjunction with the Rangjung Dharma Prison Project- a Tibetan Buddhist organization whose mission is to teach meditation and provide guidance to inmates. The pieces resulting from that experience, among others, appear on their debut album, "For The Hearts Still Beating", released in 2017 on Party Smasher Inc.

Recent projects include recording two new SEVEN)SUNS albums- release details TBA with Silent Pendulum Records. In the meantime SEVEN)SUNS is featured on new albums by Thoughtcrimes, Imperial Triumphant, So Hideous and Amanda Palmer.

SEVEN)SUNS is:

  • Earl Maneein , violin

  • Adda Kridler, violin

  • Fung Chern Hwei, viola

  • Jennifer DeVore, cello

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