Out now, Amenra has announced an alternate mix/master of 2020's De Doorn album, simply named De Doorn (Version 2). The new take was mixed by Seth Manchester at Machine With Magnets studio in Pawtucket, RI.
Explaining the idea, vocalist Colin H. van Eeckhout offers:
An album is never an endpoint for us, but a beginning. I see everything as a study, a means to learn and become better. Playing these songs live also makes them “alive”. They change and evolve in time. Just like us. Change is always.
We are always interested in seeing or hearing what others might do to one and the same recording. Different band members sometimes have different opinions and tastes, and we strive for everyone in the band to be able to have a mix and master that truly comes close to what was aspired at first.
Guitarist Lennart Bossu gives more insight:
We were familiar with Seth from his work with bands like The Body, Full Of Hell and Lingua Ignota, and were therefore eager to see the direction he would take the songs in. Seth really succeeded in bringing our sound as close as possible to what I had envisioned, adding liveliness and new layers of depth. It offers a new perspective, another side to the story that is De Doorn.
The new mix and master is available through Relapse Records.
Oh, and check out SPB's 2016 interview with the group too.
AMENRA Tour Dates:
23/03/22 : Cirque Royal – Brussels (B) - De Doorn Release Concert
27/03/22 : Effenaar – Eindhoven (NL)
01/04/22 : L’Etage – Rennes (F)
02/04/22 : Elysee Montmartre – Paris (F)
03/04/22 : Circo Magnolia – Milano (IT)
04/04/22 : Rockhal - Esch/Alzette (L)
05/04/22 : TivoliVredenburg / Ronda – Utrecht (NL)
06/04/22 : Essigfabrik – Köln (D)
07/04/22 : Meet Factory - Prague (CZ)
08/04/22 : Durer Kert – Budapest (HR)
09/04/22 : Kruhnen Musik Halle – Brasov (RO)
11/04/22 : Kwadrat – Krakow (PL)
12/04/22 : Astra – Berlin (D)
13/04/22 : Freiheiz – Munich (D)
14/04/22 : PTR – Geneva (CH)
15/04/22 : Le Rex – Toulouse (F)
16/04/22 : Shoko – Madrid (ES)
17/04/22 : L’Atabal – Biarritz (F)
18/04/22 : CCO Villeurbanne – Lyon (F)
19/04/22 : L'Aéronef – Lille (F)
12/06/22 : Best Kept Secret - Hilvarenbeek (NL)
17/06/22 : Graspop Metal Meeting - Dessel (BE)
19/06/22 : Grauzone Festival - Den Haag (NL)
26/07/22 : MetalDays - Tolmin (SI)
10/08/22 : Brutal Assault - Jaromer (CZ)
18/08/22 : ArcTanGent Festival - Bristol (UK)
08/10/22 : Amplifest - Porto (PT)
11/12/22 : Waregemse Metal Day - Waregem (BE)
