Latest Albums From DOTMA, ODD DIMENSION To See North American Release In March
January 6, 2011, 13 years ago
Scarlet Records has announced their second set of releases in the North American Market. They are DOTMA's Sleep Paralyses and ODD DIMENSION's Symmetrical. Both releases are scheduled for release on March 22nd.
DOTMA were formed in 2005 in the small city of Hyvinkää, Finland, by guitarist and keyboardist Harri Koskela. They started recording their first album in December 2009 at Rockstar Productions, in Hyvinkää, Finland, with the help of sound engineer Lari Takala. The album was mastered in May 2010 at renowned Cutting Room Studios, Sweden, with Björn Engelmann.
On this debut release they had the chance to collaborate with various guest musicians such as Vladimir Lumi (ex-THAUROROD), Ines Lukkanen (EMBASSY OF SILENCE), Lasse Nyman (Thaurorod) and Tero Kalliomäki (Embassy Of Silence, SAATTUE).
The album is made up of seven tracks that represent, even on a textual level, a sound path which originates from very intense atmospheres and flows that then follow into a milder end: a journey amid lights and shadows, good and evil, past and present all transfigured within a relationship of a father and his son, lead by a narrator into the interior journey within themselves.
The journey of these six exceptional musicians started in 2001 with their introduction in the metal scene, which they've explored in its entirety, from classical death metal to the progressive genre and everything in between.
"Mixing all those musical influences wasn't easy in the beginning", states Gigi Andreone, bass player, referring to his first sessions with Federico Pennazzato (drums), Gianmaria Saddi (guitars) and Antonio Agate (keyboards), "but with the Arrival of Manuel Candiotto (vocals) everything really started to fall into place."
Recorded and produced by Gianmaria and Gigi in the band's own studio, Symmetrical was mixed at Thin Ice Studios - Surrey, UK by Threshold's guitarist Karl Groom (renowned for his work with bands like YES and DRAGONFORCE) and mastered in Milan, Italy by Alberto Cutolo at Massive Art Studios. The artwork was done by Brazilian artist Gustavo Sazes at Abstrata Studios (MANOWAR, KAMELOT, ANGRA, LAUREN HARRIS, ARCH ENEMY).
In November 2010 the band signed a record deal with Scarlet Records for an early 2011 release of Symmetrical worldwide.
