{"id":18729,"date":"2020-01-31T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18729"},"modified":"2020-01-24T22:27:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T03:27:55","slug":"dutch-occult-rockers-dool-to-release-summerland-on-april-10th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18729","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Occult Rockers DOOL to Release Summerland on April 10th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch dark occult rockers DOOL are releasing their new album <em>Summerland<\/em> on April 10th.\u00a0 The album follows the band&#8217;s critically acclaimed <em>Here Now, There Then<\/em>.\u00a0 The album won over fans worldwide and Summerland will no doubt have the same effect on the masses.\u00a0 Here is what DOOL&#8217;s press release had to say about the Summerland.<\/p>\n<p><em>Summerland <\/em>encapsulates the meaning behind the quintet&#8217;s monicker. Expansive and more varied on all fronts, it represents the constant evolution that goes along with the soul&#8217;s quest for ascension, resulting in a bedazzling mix of classic and post-rock, Middle Eastern flourishes, psychedelia and metal. Each track displays its own identity within a loose thematic frame as summarized in the climactic title track: the struggle to find a place in this world, reaching some ultimate state mind, ecstatic pleasure and reincarnation, also inspired by Richard Matheson&#8217;s novel <em>What Dreams May Come<\/em> as a modern take on Dante&#8217;s cycles of hell.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hALtNhlVpCM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The term &#8216;summerland&#8217; comes from paganism and refers to heaven, nirvana or whatever else you&#8217;d like to call it,&#8221; the lyricist explains. &#8220;Since I usually write from experience and about what keeps me awake at night, I was asking myself what makes me happy on this existential plane and how the ideal afterlife would look like. This became a recurring motif throughout the lyrics in the shapes of sex, magic, psychedelics and many other means to invoke this &#8216;summerland&#8217; in the here and now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group recorded <em>Summerland<\/em> at DAFT Studios in Malm\u00e9dy, Belgium, and Studio Cobra in Stockholm, Sweden, with Martin Ehrencrona (<strong>Tribulation<\/strong>, <strong>In Solitude<\/strong>). Mix and mastering were handled by Cult Of Luna&#8217;s drummer Magnus Lindberg in Redmount Studio Stockholm. As guests, Dool invited Per Wiberg (<strong>Opeth<\/strong>, <strong>Spiritual Beggars<\/strong>, <strong>Candlemass<\/strong>) on Hammond organ, backing vocalist Farida Lemouchi (<strong>The Devil&#8217;s Blood<\/strong>) and Okoi Jones (<strong>B\u00f6lzer<\/strong>), who contributed spoken words to &#8216;The Well&#8217;s Run Dry&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><em>Summerland<\/em> is available as Digipak CD, 2CD hardcover book with expanded artwork and two bonus tracks, gatefold 2LP and box set.<\/p>\n<p>pre-sale link: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=27e9322133e68238b4e24631f&amp;id=b62075eded&amp;e=b08b7dd0ea\">prophecy.lnk.to\/dool-summerland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch dark occult rockers DOOL are releasing their new album Summerland on April 10th.\u00a0 The album follows the band&#8217;s critically acclaimed Here Now, There Then.\u00a0 The album won over fans worldwide and Summerland will no doubt have the same effect on the masses.\u00a0 Here is what DOOL&#8217;s press release had to say about the Summerland. Summerland encapsulates the meaning behind the quintet&#8217;s monicker. 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