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Dutch dark rock unit Dool has presented the first single/lyric video, "Hermagorgon", from its forthcoming third full-length, The Shape Of Fluidity, which will come out on 19 April via Prophecy Productions.
Dool's singer Raven van Dorst comments: "As one of the first songs that we had woven together for The Shape Of Fluidity, 'Hermagorgon' gave us a very clear direction on where we wanted to go musically. The track is about reclaiming space, breaking out of binary constraints, and facing the world head-on. This is something that everyone can relate to one way or another. However, this is one of the most personal songs on the album. It describes the internal journey that I've gone through over the past few years. The song also displays the birth of the collective songwriting spirit on which this whole album is based, as well as producer Magnus Lindberg's unique craftsmanship. We've been waiting a long time to share this with you".
Everything flows, nothing ever stays the same. This notion of the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus applies to all of us as life itself is in a constant state of change. The same can be said about the third studio album of the fast-rising Dool.
Aptly entitled The Shape Of Fluidity, there is not just musical innovation, but the full-length revolves around themes of personal change, physical change, psychological change, and the ever-changing world around us. Dool and particularly singer and guitarist Raven van Dorst ask questions: How does change affect us? How do we keep being ourselves in a world that is so incredibly demanding and aggressive towards the individual? We must be as fluid as water to navigate ourselves through this ocean of possibilities and uncertainties – and make peace with chaos and impermanence.
Musically, Dool continues on the path laid out in the two previous studio recordings of heartfelt rock music with added metal elements, while displaying a maturity and focus in songwriting that has grown out of experience. The Shape Of Fluidity exhibits an eclectic yet seamless amalgamation of progressive and post-rock as well as doom and heavy metal in combination with an inherent catchiness and a dynamic backdrop.
What sets this album apart from its predecessors is the collective endeavour that went into it with the combined forces of songwriting trio Raven, and guitarists Nick Polak and Omar Iskandr. In the rhythm section, bass player JB van der Wal has been joined by the abundant creativity of new drummer Vincent Kreyder. On the technical side of the production, the outstanding engineering and mixing skills of Magnus Lindberg have created the perfect transparent and powerful sound for The Shape Of Fluidity.
It is hardly surprising that the album's theme pitches the concept of identity against the backdrop of a world in constant flux and connects the album's lyrics to the biography of lead vocalist Raven. Born intersex, doctors at the time assumed that they could surgically determine which kind of life the infant should lead and decided that the child should be a girl. It has led to a life full of soul searching, fighting taboos and breaking boundaries until Raven recently decided to reclaim what others have tried so hard to take away from them and finally embrace their hermaphroditic nature.
This much more personal approach than before does by no means become self-centred. The lyrics of The Shape Of Fluidity can easily be read as universal stories about finding oneself, swimming against the stream, and facing the world head-on. We are all affected by questions of change and identity, but it is only legitimate and natural that art reflects the artists and the world around them.
"Hermagorgon" awaits you below... Link
The Shape Of Fluidity tracklist:
1. Venus in Flames
2. Self-Dissect
3. The Shape of Fluidity
4. Currents
5. Evil in You
6. House of a Thousand Dreams
7. Hermagorgon
8. Hymn for a Memory Lost
9. The Hand of Creation
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