DOOL deliver a big present to their many friends with a massive list of new live dates. The Dutch dark rockers will not just embark on an extended European tour with French doom rock outfit HANGMAN’S CHAIR in October, but they have also added more dates to their growing list of concerts this year – including seven additional shows in the Netherlands this December.
Please see below for an updated overview of all currently confirmed live dates.
Cover art, tracklist, press quotes, and further details of DOOL‘s current album “The Shape of Fluidity” can also be found below.
Please note that DOOL kindly request to be spelled with capital letters.
DOOL will be touring in support of their highly praised new album“The Shape of Fluidity”, which has hit stores on April 19, 2024.
“The Shape of Fluidity” is streaming in full and available for immediate publication via the following link: https://youtu.be/BSPzeNB9OLk
Shop link: http://lnk.spkr.media/dool-fluidity
DOOL Tour with Hangman’s Chair
10 OCT 2024 Colmar (FR) Le Grillen
11 OCT 2024 Karlsruhe (DE) Stadtmitte
12 OCT 2024 Köln (DE( Club Volta
14 OCT 2024 Hamburg (DE) Bahnhof Pauli
15 OCT 2024 København (DK) Stengade
16 OCT 2024 Berlin (DE) Hole44
17 OCT 2024 Poznan (PL) Progi
18 OCT 2024 Krakow (PL) Hype Park
19 OCT 2024 Wien (AT) Viper Room
21 OCT 2024 Aarau (CH) Kiff
22 OCT 2024 Montpellier (FR) Victoire 2
23 OCT 2024 Martigny (CH) Sunset Bar
24 OCT 2024 Paris (FR) Le Trabendo
25 OCT 2024 Nilvange (FR) Le Gueulard Plus
26 OCT 2024 Lille (FR) The Black Lab
27 OCT 2024 Aalst (BE) Cinema
29 OCT 2024 Bristol (UK) The Fleece
30 OCT 2024 London (UK) Downstairs at the Dome
31 OCT 2024 Dublin (IR) Grand Social
01 NOV 2024 Glasgow (UK) Slay
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24 MAY 2024 Hoogeveen (NL) Graveland Fest
01 JUN 2024 Haarle (NL) Dauwpop
05 JUN 2024 Dresden (DE) Chemiefabrik
06 JUN 2024 Gdansk (PL) Mystic Fest
07 JUN 2024 Praha (CZ) Klub Modra Vopice
22 JUN 2024 Bourlon (FR) Rock in Bourlon
23 JUN 2024 Pinkpop (NL) Landgraaf
28 JUN 2024 Vivero (ES) Resurrection Fest
30 JUN 2024 Clisson (FR) Hellfest
20 JUL 2024 Lichtenvoorde (NÖL) Zwarte Cross
26 JUL 2024 Herford (DE) Kulturwerk
27 JUL 2024 Osterholz-Scharmbeck (DE) Burning Q Festival
03 AUG 2024 Gränichen (DE) Open Air Gränichen
30 AUG 2024 Rillaar (BE) Down the Hill
7 SEP 2024 Balve (DE) Prophecy Fest
02 NOV 2024 Manchester (UK) Damnation Fest
16 NOV 2024 Eindhoven (NL) Helldorado
12 DEC 2024 Maastricht (NL) Muziekgieterij
13 DEC 2024 Nijmegen (NL) Doornroosje
14 DEC 2024 Groningen (NL) Oosterpoort
19 DEC 2024 Amsterdam (NL) Melkweg
20 DEC 2024 Utrecht (NL) Tivoli Vredenburg
21 DEC 2024 Leiden (NL) Nobel
22 DEC 2024 Tilburg (NL) 013
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
Album of the Month
Aardschook (NL)
Rock Hard (DE)
Rock Hard (FR)
Inferno (FI)
Metal.de (DE)
Quotes & Scores
“The proof of how alive, well and kicking, how present, compelling and relevant Metal and related genres can still be today!”
10/10, ROCK HARD (DE)
“Simply mature and excellent!”
9/10, DEAF FOREVER (DE)
“In a landscape starved for authenticity, ‘The Shape of Fluidity’ offers a feast!”
8/10 , METAL HAMMER (UK)
“Cliché-free, fearless rock music that is perfectly powerful and naturally produced!”
9/12, VISONS (DE)
“The band has bundled its strengths and taken them to a new level!”
8,5/10, ECLIPSED (DE)
Soundcheck #3, METAL HAMMER (DE)
90/100, AARDSCHOK (NL)
9/10, ROCK TRIBUNE (BE)
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 Dutch rock band 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 continue on the path laid out on 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 (CULT OF LUNA, RUSSIAN CIRCLES, TRIBULATION) and the excellent mastering by Ted Jensen (AC/DC, TALKING HEADS, MUSE, GHOST) have created the perfect crisp and transparent as well powerful sound for “The Shape of Fluidity”.
It is hardly surprising that the theme of the album that pitches the concept of identity against the backdrop of a world in constant flux 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. This has led to a life full of soul searching, fighting taboos and breaking boundaries, until recently Raven decided to reclaim that which 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 also reflects the artists as well as the world around them.
The band derived the name DOOL from the Dutch word for ‘wandering’. When their debut album “Here Now, There Then” was released in 2017, it became an instant success. Their fresh and wild rock and metal sound received “Album of the Month” titles in the renowned German magazines Metal Hammer and Rock Hard as well as the “Best Debut Album 2017” award from the former, while Vice (US), Aardschok (NL), and De Volkskrant (NL) happily chimed in with heaping praise on the young Dutch band.
DOOL also established a reputation as an excellent live act that loves to rock stages around the world. They have meanwhile played several tours and often in sold-out venues and performed at all the main festivals such as Wacken Open Air (DE), Graspop (BE), Hellfest (FR), Metal Days (SL), Lowlands (NL), Fortarock (NL), Wave Gotik Treffen (DE), Rock Hard Festival (DE), Stoned from the Underground (DE), Metalitalia Festival (IT), and North of the Wall (UK) among many others.
With their sophomore full-length “Summerland” released in 2020, DOOL successfully exceeded the already sky-high expectations and scored even more “Album of the Month” awards in German Rock Hard (10/10) and Sonic Seducer magazines as well as #2 soundcheck positions in Metal.de, Metal Hammer (DE) and another #1 in the Polish edition – with a pile glowing reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. Having been barred from extensive touring due to the global pandemic, DOOL were finally able to play shows again in front of sold out houses and decided to release the live album “Visions of Summerland” as a gift for their huge following that had patiently waited for the band’s return to the stages.
Last but not least, it is well worth to note the cover art, which completes the Gesamtkunstwerk (synthesis of all arts) of “The Shape of Fluidity”, by physically embodying the concept. Renowned French artist Valnoir (Metastazis) has created a semi-transparent flag through hardening a liquid in a metamorphosis by reducing temperature, which is shown on the cover. Imagery, lyrics, and music all flow together and pose questions about identity, freedom, life, and the will to change things that hold more than just one finger straight at the pulse of the Zeitgeist – but without ever pointing or raising it.
With “The Shape of Fluidity”, DOOL offer so much more than just damn cool music. These extra dimensions of depth and meaning are all part of their unique appeal and come out clearly on the new album. May all those who wander gather under the fluid flag of DOOL!
Release date: April 19, 2024
Style: Dark Rock
Label: Prophecy Productions
Review impact date: March 25, 2024
Line-up
Raven van Dorst – vocals, guitar
Nick Polak – guitar
Omar Iskandr – guitar
Vincent Kreyder – drums
JB van der Wal – bass guitar
Recording by Magnus Lindberg & JB van der Wal at DAFT Studios, Malmedy (BE)
Mixed by Magnus Lindberg at Redmount Studios, Stockholm (SE)
Mastering by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, Nashville (US)
Artwork & Layout by Valnoir (Metastazis)
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Available formats
“The Shape of Fluidity” is available as a 36-page hardcover CD artbook, Gatefold ltd. turquoise vinyl LP, Gatefold ltd. crystal clear vinyl LP (sold out), Gatefold black vinyl LP (sold out), and as a Digipak CD.
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